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Priscilla Presley‘s former enterprise companion, Brigitte Kruse, has responded to her allegations of economic elder abuse.
Kruse issued a press release to Us Weekly on Monday, January 22, rejecting the claims as “retaliatory” within the lawsuit filed by Presley’s legal professional, Marty Singer, 4 days earlier.
“We’re assured that the details will communicate for themselves and justice will prevail,” Kruse said. “It saddens all of us who dropped our lives to supply assist to a lady who wanted assist and he or she is now making an attempt to make use of her superstar standing to wreck the lives of variety, hardworking individuals. Thanks to all of our supporters who’ve stood by us throughout this tough time. We are going to proceed to concentrate on our enterprise and sit up for our day in court docket. The reality will come out by means of proof and never rumors. There shall be no additional remark presently as we respect the judicial course of.”
Us has reached out to Presley’s authorized group for remark.
On Thursday, July 18, Presley, 79, sued 4 enterprise associates, together with Kruse, for 12 totally different complaints, together with monetary elder abuse. Singer claimed they deliberate to “drain her of each final penny she had” and had “meticulously” orchestrated a scheme in opposition to “an older lady by gaining her belief, isolating her from an important individuals in her life, and duping her into believing that they’d handle her” each personally and financially.”
Singer additional alleged that the defendants aimed to achieve management of Presley’s funds and “[force] her right into a type of indentured servitude” the place she would work, and they might “obtain the lion’s share of any income that she was capable of earn sooner or later.”
Courtroom paperwork obtained by Us referred to Kruse particularly as a “con artist and pathological liar” who, together with defendant Kevin Fialko, “misappropriated, [embezzled] and transformed” greater than $1 million from Presley. Additional claims said that they “fraudulently” had Presley “signal contracts” to obtain 80 % of her earnings.
In response to the swimsuit, Kruse ran a enterprise promoting Elvis Presley memorabilia and met Presley, the late music legend’s ex-wife, in 2021. (Kruse owns California-based GWS Auctions, now beneath scrutiny over the authenticity of its Elvis-related memorabilia.)
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Presley co-founded Elvis Presley Enterprises and has helped run the multi-million greenback enterprise empire associated to Elvis’ property. In February, Kruse and Fialko sued her for breach of contract — a declare Singer denied on Presley’s behalf.
The legal professional claimed within the July 18 swimsuit that the defendants “established a private relationship with Presley that enabled them to achieve her full belief and isolate her from her long-time enterprise and monetary advisors.” He additionally alleged that they gained “energy of legal professional, management over her household and private trusts, and management over her financial institution accounts.” Kruse and Fialko tried to “falsely painting themselves because the victims” with the preliminary swimsuit after “their scheme had been uncovered,” the paperwork learn.
Presley is in search of a jury trial and $1 million in damages plus legal professional charges.
