Overview

• Brigitte Kruse and Kevin Fialko filed a fraud and breach-of-contract complaint in Los Angeles Superior Court seeking more than $50 million in damages.
• They claim Presley misrepresented ownership of her name and likeness rights and failed to disclose prior sales while securing investments.
• The complaint alleges Presley ignored Lisa Marie’s 2010 advanced care directive to undermine her efforts to remove her as sole trustee of an irrevocable life insurance trust.
• Plaintiffs contend they invested millions and years building Presley’s brand but were cut out once lucrative deals were secured.
• Parallel litigation continues as the Elvis Presley Estate pursues a separate suit against GWS Auctions over alleged improper sales of archival documents.