Riley Keough's private letter to her grandmother, Priscilla Presley, accusing the 80-year-old of "hurtful" conduct has surfaced in amended court filings in a dispute between Presley and former business partners.
The full letter from the 36-year-old actress was included by Brigitte Kruse and Kevin Fialko in an amended complaint they filed against Presley, according to documents obtained by the Daily Mail. In the letter, Keough wrote that she felt compelled to defend her late mother's wishes "legally and publicly" because Presley had taken legal action that she described as painful to the family.
"Unfortunately Nona, as you are taking me to court I am being forced to defend my mother’s wishes legally and publicly which would not have been my choice," Keough wrote in the letter, which the amended complaint made public. The letter adds, "It is really hurtful that after years of me trying to resolve your and my mother’s broken relationship and restore our family, you are taking me, of all people, to court."
The correspondence was appended to litigation brought by Kruse and Fialko, who are identified in court papers as former business partners of Presley. The amended complaint alleges a series of disputes between the parties; the Keough letter appears in the filings as evidence of the personal and familial tensions surrounding the controversy.
Lisa Marie Presley died in January 2023. Her death was later attributed to a small bowel obstruction caused by complications from bariatric surgery, according to previously released information. Keough, who is Lisa Marie Presley's daughter, has been publicly linked to the management of aspects of her mother's estate, and the newly filed court documents illuminate some of the private family disagreements over those affairs.
The Daily Mail reported that it obtained the amended complaint and the full text of Keough's letter, and that it reached out to a representative for Priscilla Presley for comment; the outlet said it had not yet received a response. Court records show the legal dispute between Presley and her former business associates remains active.
Attorneys for the parties have not publicly released further details about the contents of the amended complaint beyond what was reported, and court schedules for hearings or motions have not been disclosed in the materials obtained by the Daily Mail. The inclusion of the family letter in the litigation underscores how business and personal matters have intersected in the dispute.
Keough's decision to express the rift in a written letter and the document's appearance in the amended complaint add to a sequence of public and private exchanges among Presley family members and associates since Lisa Marie Presley's death. The litigation filed by Kruse and Fialko and the subsequent release of related documents are likely to keep aspects of those family tensions in public view as the case proceeds.
Representatives for Riley Keough, Brigitte Kruse and Kevin Fialko did not immediately respond to requests for comment on the newly revealed letter and its inclusion in the amended complaint. Court filings and media reports are the primary sources for the contents of the correspondence as of publication.