Defense of the Presley Estate
One of the fundamental duties in estate settlement is for the executor to carefully examine claims made against the estate, paying the valid ones and defending against the false ones.
Lisa Marie Presley, the only daughter of Elvis and Priscilla Presley, died January 12, 2023. She was the sole heir of Elvis Presley, so her fortune was substantial, much of it held in Lisa’s Irrevocable Trust.
Following her death, a claim was made that Lisa had borrowed $3.8 million from Naussany Investments and Private Lending LLC, using Graceland as collateral. A creditor’s claim was filed in California, a deed of trust was filed in Memphis, and a foreclosure notice on Graceland. Lisa’s oldest daughter (Elvis’ granddaughter), Riley Keough filed suit to stop the foreclosure sale.
A subsequent investigation determined that the supposed lender was not a real company. A key document had been notarized by a Florida notary, but who reported that she had never met Lisa Marie, had never notarized any document signed by Lisa Marie, and had no idea how her signature had been applied to the document.
Lisa Jeanine Findley of Missouri was arrested on August 16, 2024, for the fraudulent claims against Presley’s estate. According to the indictment, Findley had posed as three different people in furtherance of the scam, creating the false documents used to try to squeeze a settlement from the estate. On February 25, 2025, Findley pleaded guilty to two counts of mail fraud. A charge of aggravated identity theft was dropped. She will be sentenced on June 18.
The brazenness of this claim is unusual, but the executor of an estate must be prepared for any eventually. That’s why choosing the right executor is so important for family financial security.
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