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Elvis Presley's 'Long Lost' Swedish Daughter Sues His Estate for $130 Million

  • Posted on Nov 30th 2011 11:43AM by Cameron Matthews
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Since his death, the legend of Elvis Presley has garnered some pretty weird rumors while attracting several serious nut jobs. According to Billboard, a Swedish woman named Lisa Johansen has sued the late singer's estate for over $130 million in damages.

And why would she do this? Because she claims to be the long-lost daughter of the King of Rock and Roll. Johansen's memoir 'I, Lisa Marie: The True Story of Elvis Presley's Real Daughter,' was published in 1998 and asserts that after the death of her "father," she was whisked away to Sweden for her own safety and forced to change her name.

Though the book gained a bit of media attention at the time, the "other Lisa" faded into obscurity after refusing to take a DNA test to prove the allegations. Johansen was apparently given a $200,000 advance, only to be slapped with a $50 million suit by her publisher after the refusal.

The author has since reinvigorated her investigation and, according to court documents, had taken a DNA test with London authorities last year after submitting a claim of identity theft. This didn't stop Johansen from swinging by Graceland on the August anniversary of her supposed father's death, where she spoke with some of the estate's staff.

The Presley family caught wind of the Swedish author's presence at the property and have recently hired Hollywood attorney Marty Singer to warn Johansen and her reps of making "malicious false claims and offensive wrongful conduct." Last week, Johansen filed a suit against the Presleys for a whopping $130 million in Tennessee federal court, claiming that her attendance at Graceland was by invitation and that the Presley family has been bullying and spreading lies about Johansen. The author also claims that Lisa Marie Presley stole her identity.

So what do you think about Lisa Johansen's claims? Is she the real Lisa Maria or is she bonkers? Check out her "interesting" book cover here.

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osweetspirit

MONEY MONEY MONEY MONEY MONEY MONEY MONEY

This woman need to go and find a new daddy and pick his bones

May 04 2012 at 9:51 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
Harven

There is a saying like this "Only one himself knows if the shoes match his feet or not “。If u really love her /him, age ain't nothing but a number for these loved-up A-Listers. My BF and I both think so! He is almost 10 years older than I .We met via~~--Ageless'date . ℃○M .~~ a nice place for younger women and oldermen, or older women and younger men, to interact with each other! ,Ever feel that you would best enjoy someone who is not in your age group? If u are really interested in it, maybe u wanna check it out or tell your friends.

March 27 2012 at 10:59 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
Mark Bibbee

this is a huge conspiracy>I'm mark Bibbee,51 now...for 17 years i'venbeen trying to go public with the fact that i'm an elvis relative and found that Lisa Marie johansen is the real Lisa Marie Presley...Howard Bibbee married Carol Rister...now Carol Torgerson in Yuma,Az...When Elvis enlisted Howard was tranfered from Pentagon to basic training and put into drivers class with Elvis...Then while still in Germany they were transfered near Elvis and I was placed in their family...My certificate of report of birth is issued via US State department...I spent 10 years in radio...Am former independant Miss Hawaiian Tropic International pageant director in 11states and also ran my own national pagent in Nashville,Tn....Upon finding my son being put into small storage unit from class room at Walton Ferry School in 4th grade and realizing my life was also messed with I went undercover....I have since survived over 20 hit attempts...been cleared by FBI and secret Service and seen my life stolen for movie scripts and Elvis was the reson why my and my son's life was and is targeted by post WWII Nazi's...So for this to all go public we have to place Howard Bibbee at the JFK assasination since he was transfered back to Ft. Hood,Tx just before the 11/22/63 JFK hit....So as you can imagine it's very hard to get out and dangerous beyound all the internet armchair spectators...So if you want to pick an internet fight with Lisa Marie Johansen and think DNA will not be tampered with in America...then you think there was WMD's in Iraq and are easily scammed by the very people we were supossed to trust....

So pick on me not her...


mark bibbee@aol.com

December 18 2011 at 1:13 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
welcome sbar

of all the harebrained schemes. why isn't her mother coming forward? she is wrong in doing this. if she is not about getting money, then what does she want? recognition as his daughter? what for? MONEY, thats what for. a real child would just let him rest in peace already. people have been picking his bones until there isn't anymore to pick. why give crediblity to anyone anywhere, when elvis isn't here to defend himself. but isn't that when dogs come to feed. for every story about a person well loved, there has been dogs out there just waiting to dig up the dirt. americans are disgusting that way. why help them by putting their name in the media. believe me. it's the money. otherwise, why so important to dirty him even more just to be acknowledged as an offspring? dig up dirt then get the money? now that's true love!!! and lets not forget how overly anxious women were to get to elvis, and all the stars. they snuck into hotel rooms their homes. so if you play the game that way, all bets are off. tell that so called "daughter" to find an interesting hobby, and let elvis's daughter alone.

December 03 2011 at 3:15 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
lucy

I'm the same age as Lisa Marie, grew up watching anything on Elvis. My husband has joked for years that he finally understands why women went crazy over Elvis. He said he would faint too if Lisa wiped sweat on a scarf and handed it to him with a peck on the cheek. We both agree, show us a picture, no DNA test will be needed. Hubby says "hot dog" imagine two of'em. I believe he would wet himself. He realizes what effect a "female" Elvis can have on males, like Lisa's dad did on females. lol

December 03 2011 at 8:47 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
Phebes

I'm guessing from the comments that a lot of people didn't actually read the article? She's claiming to be the ACTUAL Lisa Marie, according to her book written in 1998. She isn't claiming to be a love child from another woman. =)

Funny that she's refused to take a DNA test, though....

December 02 2011 at 3:45 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
AmandaC

a DNA test could end this debate so quickly. SMH.

December 02 2011 at 1:57 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
samlupowitz

Interesting, but where's she been all these years. In other words, why didn't she make a financial claim way back when. All the questions aside however, thanks to modern science, a simple DNA test can settle the main question lickety-split.

December 02 2011 at 10:53 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
AmyLynne406

You'd be surprised at how many women Elvis actually DIDN'T sleep with. He wasn't that kind of man. He was actually very quiet and shy and believed that sex was for marriage. That's why he made Priscilla wait for years. He had such reputation for being such a bad boy when in actuality he was nothing of the sort. I don't believe this woman at all. It's wishful thinking on her part that she's Elvis' daughter and nothing more. She won't get a dime. Priscilla and Lisa Marie are way too smart for this cookie, lol...

December 01 2011 at 11:48 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
epsalo

It IS very surprising that Elvis only had one offspring. As many women that he had it's hard to believe that none of them had his baby. Perhaps someone was paid to keep quiet or have an abortion back in those days.

December 01 2011 at 2:24 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
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