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Riley Keough’s bizarre fight to keep Graceland from being auctioned off

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: We figure you’ve seen some of the same stories we have about the strange situation in Memphis: Riley Keough, daughter of Lisa Marie Presley and granddaughter of Elvis Presley, is fighting to keep from []

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EXCLUSIVE: Lisa Marie Presley on Scientology, its leader David Miscavige, and why she left

[Lisa Marie Presley in 2015]

How I got to know Lisa Marie Presley was that a bomb went off in the Los Angeles Times on April 8, []

Lisa Marie Presley dies at 54 after apparent cardiac arrest

[From the album that declared LMP’s break with Scientology]

TMZ broke the news earlier today that Lisa Marie Presley was rushed to hospital after what appears to be a cardiac arrest. Now, this evening, it is being reported that she has died. She was []

Prosecution plans to call Lisa Marie Presley as witness at Danny Masterson rape trial

 This week, the two sides in the upcoming Danny Masterson rape trial have been arguing over what evidence would be allowed, and which witnesses would be called. Yesterday, Judge Charlaine Olmedo issued some rulings in the case, denying a delay that Masterson had asked for, but also denying an expert witness for the []

Lisa Marie Presley’s ex-husband accuses her of Scientology tactics: Read the court document

 Lisa Marie Presley and her ex-husband, music producer Michael Lockwood, are scheduled to begin their divorce trial on August 3, and Lockwood has filed a trial brief in which he accuses Presley of using Scientology “Fair Game” tactics against him in the grueling war between the []

Why Scientology can worry if John Travolta and Lisa Marie Presley seek solace in each other

 Yesterday, The Daily Beast published a story written by us that looked at Kelly Preston’s involvement in Scientology. We had talked to numerous former Scientologists with firsthand knowledge about what a “hardcore” and “strict” member of the church Preston []

Kelly Preston dies; Lisa Marie Presley loses son to suicide; Scientology remains useless

 We had just finished writing a story late last night about the shocking suicide death of Lisa Marie Presley’s 27-year-old son Benjamin Keough when we were blindsided by the news that Kelly Preston, 57, has died of breast cancer. We didn’t even know she was []

We have a Scientology document (we think) Priscilla Presley doesn’t want us to show you

[Priscilla Presley and her daughter Lisa Marie]

Dear readers, we find ourselves in an unusual situation, and after several weeks of frustration we’ve decided that writing about it and letting you into what is happening might help us figure out what to do []

Photo evidence which suggests, sadly, that Riley Keough has slipped back into Scientology

[Lisa Marie Presley and her three daughters]

In 2016, we had a wild story to tell you about Lisa Marie Presley. Through excellent sourcing, we learned that not only had Lisa Marie distanced herself from the Scientology she had grown up in, but she attempted to have a personal showdown with Scientology leader David Miscavige in []

Michael Jackson and Scientology: When the Hollywood Celebrity Centre went on lockdown

 After the airing of the HBO documentary Leaving Neverland, we’ve been getting questions from readers about one of the odd moments in the film: The Gloved One’s marriage to Lisa Marie Presley in 1994, and whether it had anything to do with []