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Oprah Winfrey and Riley Keough, the firstborn granddaughter of the late Elvis Presley, will chat about the battles over his Graceland estate and the death of her mother Lisa Marie, in an interview slated to air next month.
The rare special from Winfrey with Keough, 35 - titled An Oprah Special: The Presleys - Elvis, Lisa Marie And Riley - comes about three years after the 70-year-old media icon made headlines for a pair of high-profile broadcasts with Meghan Markle and Prince Harry; and Adele.
The interview stemming from the famed Memphis mansion marks the first in-depth chat Keough has done since the January 12, 2023 death of her mother Lisa Marie Presley at 54, according to CBS News.
Keough, star of Daisy Jones & The Six, had been in legal clashes with her grandmother Priscilla Presley, 79, over conditions of Lisa Marie's will and estate in the nearly two years since her passing.
While they were reportedly not talking at one point, they came to a settlement in June of 2023 and reconciled earlier this year for a joint appearance at the Emmy Awards.
Oprah Winfrey, 70, and Riley Keough, 35, the firstborn granddaughter of the late Elvis Presley, will chat about the ongoing battle over his Graceland estate and the death of her mother Lisa Marie in an interview slated to air next month
An Oprah Special: The Presleys - Elvis, Lisa Marie And Riley was filmed at the famed Memphis mansion marking the first in-depth chat Keough has done since the January 12, 2023 death of her mother Lisa Marie Presley at 54
Keough in recent years has also fended off fraudsters after the famed family was targeted in a high-profile scam.
A Missouri woman named Lisa Jeanine Findley, 53, was arrested last month in connection with mail fraud and aggravated identity theft in the scheme, officials with the Department of Justice said, NBC News reported.
Prosecutors said Findley had a checkered legal past of scams and fraud, as well as a variety of aliases.
Findley in August appeared in Springfield, Missouri at the United States Courthouse ahead of Judge David Rush, where she consented to hearings occurring in the Western District of Tennessee.
Prosecutors in the case said that Findley had incorporated the use of fake identities, post office boxes, phones and faxes in connection with the attempted flimflam. Findley denied any involvement this past June, NBC News reported.
The issue emerged after Keough sued and obtaining a temporary restraining order in May over a scheduled auction of the property.
A judge in Memphis had blocked an auction of the 13-acre estate, the AP reported after reviewing court documents, after a company named Naussany Investments and Private Lending said that Lisa Marie had used the estate against a $3.8 million she took out in 2018 for her Promenade Trust.
Keough, who inherited her mother's trust and the estate follower her death, said in legal docs that Naussany Investments and Private Lending had given her fraudulent info over the loan in September of 2023.
The interview stemming from the famed Memphis mansion marks the first in-depth chat Keough has done since the January 12, 2023 death of her mother Lisa Marie Presley at 54. Pictured two days before her passing attending the Golden Globes in LA
Keough had been in legal clashes with her grandmother Priscilla Presley, 79, over conditions of Lisa Marie's will and estate, but they came to a settlement in June of 2023 and reconciled earlier this year for a joint appearance at the Emmy Awards
Graceland initially opened to the public as a museum in 1982, five year's after Elvis's death at 42 in August of 1977
Keough's lawyer said in legal docs, 'Lisa Maria Presley never borrowed money from Naussany Investments and never gave a deed of trust to Naussany Investments.'
A notary whose name was listed on the documents named Kimberly Philbrick said she had never met Lisa Marie Presley or worked on any projects with her in the filing from Keough's team.
'Elvis Presley Enterprises can confirm that these claims are fraudulent,' Elvis Presley Enterprises Inc. said in a statement May 21. 'There is no foreclosure sale. Simply put, the counter lawsuit has been filed is to stop the fraud.'
Graceland initially opened to the public as a museum in 1982, five year's after Elvis's death at 42 in August of 1977.
The special with Winfrey will also feature previously-unseen Presley family images and video, CBS said, as well as Keough expanding on 'the highs, lows and pressures of being a Presley' and 'the deep, profound relationship she had with her mother.'
Lisa Marie in her final years had recorded hours of audio amid her work on a book titled From Here to the Great Unknown, which Keough completed after her mother's death, the TV network said.
Keough pictured with famed stylist Jamie Mizrahi in NYC earlier this month
An Oprah Special: The Presleys - Elvis, Lisa Marie And Riley is slated to air on CBS Tuesday, October 8 at 8/7c
In one passage, Lisa Marie said of Elvis: 'I felt my father could change the weather. He was a god to me. A chosen human being.'
An Oprah Special: The Presleys - Elvis, Lisa Marie And Riley is slated to air on CBS Tuesday, October 8 at 8/7c.
It is slated to air concurrently on Paramount+ for subscribers of Paramount+ with Showtime; and will stream on-demand beginning October 9 for subscribers of Paramount+ Essentials.
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