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Priscilla Presley‘s suing a number of former enterprise associates … claiming she’s been the sufferer of monetary elder abuse.
TMZ has obtained authorized paperwork, filed by Priscilla Presley’s lawyer Marty Singer Thursday, claiming a girl named Brigitte Kruse and several other others took benefit of her and bilked her out of greater than $1 million.
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Presley claims Kruse is a “con artist and pathological liar” who took over management of PP’s funds, forcing her into “a type of indentured servitude.”
Priscilla says they met in 2021 when Brigitte ran a enterprise promoting Elvis memorabilia by way of an public sale home, and so they established a relationship Priscilla says allowed Brigitte to reap the benefits of her.
In keeping with the lawsuit, Kruse satisfied Presley her former monetary advisors had been both deceitful or incompetent … after which duped her into signing contracts and forming firms that permit her and her associates obtain a whopping 80% of her revenue.
On the identical time, Priscilla says the group left her with solely minority shares within the firms they created and profited off her title, picture and likeness … particularly pointing to final 12 months’s controversial biopic “Priscilla” — cash from which Priscilla claims was additionally misappropriated.
Among the many many claims … Presley says her ex-business companions blew up a deal the place Priscilla would’ve obtained an possession curiosity in a cosmetics firm, and as a substitute settled for a $300k upfront fee — which she claims they put into financial institution accounts they managed.
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She additionally alleges they took smaller quantities out of an account for Priscilla’s son Navarone with out authorization, charged her for shifting and storage bills, and tried to make preparations and offers associated to Lisa Marie Presley‘s property after her tragic dying.
This is not the primary authorized difficulty between these 2 — as we beforehand reported, Kruse sued Presley for breach of contract — claiming she got here in to assist Presley stave off insolvency in 2022, however was abruptly lower off by Presley final 12 months.
We had been instructed on the time, Priscilla lower her off after discovering Kruse was misappropriating her funds … claims much like these now made on this lawsuit.
Presley’s suing Kruse for greater than $1 million in damages and desires the contracts she signed with Kruse, and the opposite defendants — voided.
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