Graceland being put up for sale? Sort of, but not really. Scroll down for more on that. 

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All Shook Up: Riley Keough Halts Graceland Auction Over Fraud Claims

Have you heard what's going on with Graceland? Elvis Presley's former home was going up for auction on Thursday before Presley's granddaughter and sole trustee of his estate, actress Riley Keough, filed a lawsuit to stop the sale. This definitely feels all shook up. (See what I did there? I promise that will be the last time I reference a Presley song.)

So Keough's lawsuit claims that the company that is threatening to sell Graceland, Naussany Investments & Private Lending LLC, is doing so fraudulently, falsely claiming that Keough's mother, the late Lisa Marie Presley, borrowed $3.8 million from the company and "gave a deed of trust encumbering Graceland as security," court papers filed in Tennessee read. Because of Keough's lawsuit, the court ordered the sale of Graceland be delayed until the matter is settled.

The kicker in all this is, the company making these claims cite a notary public as proof of Lisa Marie Presley's loan, but the notary, Kimberly Philbrick, said in court documents, "I have never met Lisa Marie Presley, nor have I ever notarized a document signed by Lisa Marie Presley." The New York Times were provided court documents by Elvis Presley Enterprises.

If you've ever been to Graceland, you know how popular it is as a tourist attraction. In 2022, Presley's former home took in $80 million. The house is operated by Elvis Presley Enterprises, which the family trust for Keough receives 15 percent of that income. Lisa Marie Presley sold off 85 percent of Elvis Presley Enterprises over the years to cover her personal debts. In 2023, Keough and her grandmother, Priscilla Presley, were embroiled in a legal battle over the family trust established by Lisa Marie 1993, with the court ultimately siding with Keough, making her the sole trustee.

When I was a kid, we would often go on weekend trips to Memphis to visit Graceland. The house is a wild place to visit, stuck in an era that is so perfectly preserved by Elvis Presley Enterprises. It would be wild if it were sold off. On this one, I'm rooting for Keough. But I'm also obsessed with this mystery company making these claims. If they did falsify documents, how scary is that for other institutions? Can someone really show a fancy document and sell your home? Terrifying. Hopefully this leads to somebody serving a jailhouse rock. (I'm sorry, I had to.)

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Exotic, whose real name is Joseph Allen Maldonado, shot to fame in 2020 as the star of the Netflix docuseries Tiger King, and in March 2023, he announced his campaign on social media. Exotic is serving a 21-year prison sentence following his conviction in 2019 on multiple charges, including two counts of hiring hit men to murder the wildlife activist Carole Baskin. He was also convicted of killing tigers and selling them across state lines.

In an email exchange, Exotic told Newsweek from FMC Fort Worth prison in Texas why he believed he was the better candidate compared to Trump and Biden, the presumptive nominees of the Republican and Democratic parties, respectively.

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