プレスリーの元妻、急死した娘の遺言の無効主張　米

【ロサンゼルスＡＦＰ＝時事】米歌手エルビス・プレスリーの元妻プリシラ・プレスリーさんが先週、先月亡くなった娘のリサ・マリー・プレスリーさんの遺言について、自分を遺産管理人から外した修正は無効だと裁判所に訴えた。（写真はプリシラ・プレスリーさん〈中央〉や娘のリサ・マリーさん〈左から２人目〉ら。米ハリウッドでのイベントで）
　リサ・マリーさんは一人娘で、先月１２日、５４歳で急死した。
　訴状によると、リサ・マリーさんは２０１０年、生前と死亡時の共同管理人にプリシラさんと元マネジャーのバリー・シーゲルさんを指名していた。しかし、１６年に遺言を修正し、２人の名前を削除。長女ライリー・キーオさんと長男ベンジャミン・キーオさんを新たに指名した。
　プリシラさんが遺言を書き換えられていたことを知ったのは、リサ・マリーさんが亡くなった後だったという。
　「修正版とされる」遺言状はリサ・マリーさんが生きていた間にプリシラさんに送られたことはなく、プリシラさんの名前のつづりも間違っており、リサ・マリーさんの署名もいつもとは異なるようにみえるため無効だと、プリシラさんは主張している。
　リサ・マリーさんは２００５年、エルビス・プレスリー・エンタープライズの株式の大半を投資ファンドに売却。プレスリーが暮らしていたテネシー州メンフィスの邸宅「グレースランド」も所有していた。
　ライリーさんは映画『マッドマックス　怒りのデス・ロード』などに出演している俳優。ベンジャミンさんは２０２０年に自殺した。リサ・マリーさんには、他に１０代の双子の娘もいる。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2023/02/02-16:00）

Elvis Presley's widow Priscilla has disputed their late daughter's will, claiming that an amendment which would remove her as a trustee is invalid, court documents show.
Lisa Marie Presley died suddenly in Los Angeles earlier this month from cardiac arrest at the age of 54.
According to court documents, Lisa Marie had in 2010 named her mother Priscilla and former business manager Barry Siegel as co-trustees of her estate, both during her lifetime and in the event of her death.
But Lisa Marie appears to have amended that plan in 2016 to remove them, and to declare that her older children Riley and Benjamin Keough should inherit the trust in the event of her death.
According to a filing last week by her lawyer, Priscilla Presley only discovered the changes after her daughter died on January 12.
The purported amendment should be declared invalid because it was never delivered to Priscilla Presley during her daughter's life, it misspells Priscilla's name, and Lisa Marie's signature appears inconsistent with her usual signature, alleges the filing seen by AFP.
The petition, filed last Thursday, calls on the Los Angeles superior court to rule the amendment invalid, and for the previous version of the will to be administered.
The financial stakes in a future court battle over Lisa Marie's inheritance would be high.
Lisa Marie was Elvis's only child. She previously controlled Elvis Presley Enterprises, although she sold the bulk of shares in the company to a private equity firm in 2005.
She retained control of Graceland, the estate her father owned and where he was found unconscious in August 1977.
Her son Benjamin Keough died by suicide in 2020.
Her oldest daughter Riley Keough, 33, is an actor who has appeared in Mad Max: Fury Road and recent indie hit Zola.
Lisa Marie was also survived by teenage twin daughters Harper and Finley.
They stand to co-inherit Graceland with Riley, a representative for the Tennessee mansion and fan pilgrimage destination told People magazine.
Priscilla Presley, who divorced Elvis in 1973 after six years of marriage, also had an acting career, including roles in the Naked Gun films, and television series Dallas.
On Tuesday, NBC News cited an email from an unnamed friend of Lisa Marie calling the court challenge a money grab and alleging that Priscilla had no relationship with her daughter at the time of her death.
Priscilla Presley's representatives did not immediately respond to AFP's request for comment.