Joel Weinshanker on What Lisa Marie Presley Wished for Graceland

Earlier than Lisa Marie Presley died final month, she had deliberate who she would depart her belief to: her kids.

On what would’ve been Lisa Marie’s 55th birthday on Wednesday, Joel Weinshanker, managing associate at Elvis Presley Enterprises, made an look on Sirius XM’s Elvis Radio to have fun her life and set the document straight on what she at all times needed for the way forward for Graceland.

“Everybody knew that when Elvis handed away, he left all the pieces to his little lady. He did so realizing that she can be the one to maintain his legacy going,” Weinshanker stated.

“We received alongside so effectively as a result of we had been each attempting to do what was finest for Elvis, no matter what any person else was attempting to do, no matter what a member of the family would do,” he stated. “Lisa could not be purchased, she could not be pushed. If she felt that one thing wasn’t in Elvis’ finest curiosity, it was by no means about cash. And he or she actually is the one Presley that you possibly can say that about.”

He then stated that Lisa Marie, the one youngster of rock legend Elvis Presley, was “fairly sure” and “very direct” about who she needed to hold on the legacy.

“We mentioned this many many instances [before] she handed, and that was at all times Riley and Ben,” he stated of her children Riley Keough and Benjamin Keough, whom she shared with ex David Keough. “There was by no means a query in her thoughts that they might be the stewards, that they might have a look at it the very same manner that she did. And clearly when Ben handed, it actually sat with Riley.”

He additionally insisted that although Riley has a profession in appearing and directing, she “at all times had an curiosity” and “knew that in the future she can be in cost.”

Weinshanker concluded by saying that followers ought to have fun Lisa Marie’s birthday by honoring “her phrases.” And although her dying is devastating, he stated “one of the best years of Graceland are forward of us.”

His look comes lower than every week after attorneys for Priscilla PresleyLisa Marie’s mother, filed a petition in Los Angeles questioning the “authenticity and validity” of Lisa Marie’s will, which states that her belief — which incorporates Elvis’ Graceland property and 15 p.c possession of Elvis’ property — can be left to her three daughters.

The petition claimed {that a} 2016 modification that put the belief within the palms of Riley, 33, and twins Harper and Finley Lockwood, 14, is invalid.

In accordance with the petition, which was obtained by PEOPLE, Lisa Marie wrote a residing will in 1993 and amended it in 2010, making Priscilla a co-trustee alongside her former enterprise supervisor Barry Siegel.

However after Lisa Marie’s dying, Priscilla found an modification that had been added in 2016, which booted each her and Siegel as co-trustees and changed them with Riley, her brother, Ben, who died by suicide in 2020, and her twin sisters. A rep for Riley couldn’t be reached by PEOPLE on the time.

The petition alleges “many points surrounding the authenticity and validity” of the modification, together with the truth that it was by no means given to Priscilla whereas Lisa Marie was alive “as required by the specific phrases of the Belief,” that Lisa Marie’s signature was “inconsistent” together with her common signature, and that there was no witness or notarization.

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Priscilla, 77, is claiming that the 2010 modification remains to be “the authoritative and controlling doc,” and is requesting the court docket order the 2016 modification invalid. A rep for Priscilla had no remark when reached by PEOPLE.

On Wednesday, Priscilla shared a written assertion with PEOPLE honoring Lisa Marie’s birthday.

“In the present day would have been Lisa’s fifty fifth birthday. My want is to guard my three grandchildren and maintain our household collectively,” Priscilla wrote.

“From the primary second I held Lisa in my arms, I’ve protected, beloved and guided her, as I’ve my son,” she continued. “Our hearts are damaged, and I’m having to study to stay with out my solely daughter.”

“We really love all of you, and we really feel your prayers. Thanks a lot for caring so deeply for our household,” concluded Priscilla’s notice.

Priscilla confirmed the news of Lisa Marie’s death in a statement on Jan. 12, hours after information that she had been rushed to the hospital broke: “It’s with a heavy coronary heart that I have to share the devastating information that my lovely daughter Lisa Marie has left us,” she stated.

The household remains to be ready for toxicology experiences to be returned earlier than the official reason behind dying will be declared.