Elvis Presley’s dwelling of Graceland won’t be hitting the public sale block on Thursday in any case.
Throughout a listening to Wednesday in Memphis that lasted round eight minutes, Shelby County Chancellor JoeDae Jenkins adjourned the sale of Graceland, saying, “The notary has sworn that the notary didn’t notarize the signature of Lisa Marie Presley on the deed of belief, which brings within the query as to the authenticity of the signature and certainly the deed of belief as being a fraud.”
The Tennessee listening to was referred to as to find out whether or not a mysterious enterprise might proceed with an marketed plan to public sale off the property of the king of rock ‘n’ roll, which for many years has been a serious vacationer magnet.
Memphis legal professional Jeff Germany, who’s representing Riley Keough, granddaughter of Elvis Presley, leaves courtroom after preventing the declare of an organization which desires to pressure the sale of the famed Graceland mansion to repay a debt allegedly owed by the late Lisa Marie Presley, on the Shelby County Courthouse in Memphis, Tenn., Might 22, 2024.
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Actress Riley Keough, Presley’s granddaughter, sued to cease an organization calling itself “Naussany Investments and Non-public Lending LLC” from auctioning off the positioning her grandfather purchased in 1957. The sale had been scheduled for Thursday morning on the entrance of the courthouse.
Keough is alleging Naussany offered fraudulent paperwork final September “purporting to point out that Lisa Marie Presley had borrowed $3.8 million from Naussany Investments and gave a deed of belief encumbering Graceland as safety,” in accordance with the courtroom paperwork obtained by Memphis ABC affiliate WATN.
Keough is being represented by attorneys primarily based in Memphis and Jacksonville, Florida. It isn’t but clear whether or not Naussany Investments has an legal professional; no lawyer appeared in courtroom Wednesday on behalf of the group.
“We requested the short-term injunction and the courtroom granted it,” Jeff Germany, the Memphis-based lawyer representing Keough, instructed reporters following the continuing.
Jenkins stated “Gregory Naussany” of Jacksonville filed a one-page movement for continuance on Tuesday, however the county chancellor denied the movement Wednesday.
“The courtroom will adjourn the sale as requested as a result of one, the true property is taken into account distinctive underneath Tennessee legislation and in being distinctive, the lack of the true property could be thought-about irreparable hurt,” Jenkins stated.
Jenkins added, “Graceland is part of this neighborhood, effectively liked by this neighborhood and certainly around the globe.”
Followers wait in line outdoors Graceland, Aug. 15, 2017, in Memphis, Tenn.
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ABC Information obtained a replica of the movement after courtroom on Wednesday.
“I imagine the claims made in opposition to Naussany Investments & Non-public Lending are unfounded and don’t warrant the issuance of a Declaratory Injunction or Momentary Restraining Order,” a person recognized as “Gregory E. Naussany” wrote.
“Lending the chance to current protection in opposition to the allegations made by Danielle Riley Keough, Trustee of the Promenade Belief, Naussany Investments & Non-public Lending is ready to offer proof and arguments to exhibit the reduction sought isn’t justified on this case,” he added. “I respectfully request that the Courtroom think about Movement of Denial and rule in my favor.”
ABC Information reached out to all e-mail addresses that had been listed in courtroom paperwork for Naussany Investments to hunt remark. On Wednesday night, a person figuring out themself as “Kurt Naussany” responded, “You possibly can wait like everybody else when paperwork are filed within the subsequent 48 hours.”
The addresses for Naussany Investments and the related agency of NIPL LLC which might be listed in courtroom papers are all submit workplace containers, with one being in Jacksonville and the opposite two being in Missouri’s Ozark Mountains.
Naussany Investments isn’t listed as a registered enterprise in Florida, Missouri or Tennessee.
Keough’s authorized workforce instructed the courtroom that signatures from Lisa Marie Presley on a promissory notice and deed of belief had been solid. Courtroom filings say that the paperwork had been “purportedly acknowledged earlier than notary public Kimberly Philbrick in Might 2018 in Duval County, Florida” however by no means recorded with the Shelby County Register.
The courtroom filings present that Philbrick, a registered notary in Daytona Seaside, Florida, signed an affidavit on Might 8 saying that she by no means met Lisa Marie Presley and by no means notarized these paperwork.
Philbrick has not but responded to requests for remark from ABC Information.
Graceland stays open to the general public for excursions this week.
ABC Information’ Josh Margolin contributed to this report.
