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Priscilla Presley’s Ex-Associate Fires Back at Lawsuit Over Auction of Elvis’ Private Letters

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The woman being sued by Elvis Presley’s estate over an auction of the late musician’s “stolen” property fired back in court, In Touch can exclusively report.

According to court documents obtained by In Touch, Priscilla Presley’s former business associate, Brigitte Kruse, and GWS Auctions denied all allegations in the lawsuit brought by Graceland Holdings LLC and Elvis Presley Enterprises.

Priscilla and Brigitte are involved in two separate lawsuits, one accusing Priscilla, 79, of breach of contract and the other accusing Brigitte of financial elder abuse. Both have denied all allegations of wrongdoing.

In the lawsuit over the auction, Elvis Presley Enterprises claimed it sought to recover, “personal property in the form at least seventy four irreplaceable documents and items of memorabilia belonging to [The Elvis Presley Trust], which items defendants have improperly and illegally offered for sale at auction.”

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A man named Thomas McDonald was listed as a defendant, along with Brigitte and GWS Auctions.

The estate said the defendants had property owned by Elvis’ longtime manager, Colonel Tom Parker. Elvis’ estate purchased Tom’s collection of Elvis memorabilia in 1990.

The estate said Tom was required to turn over all items in his possession. However, the estate said it believes some of the items covered by the purchase agreement ended up with Tom’s former employee, Greg McDonald.

Greg denied the claims when approached by the estate, according to the suit. He said the items he had were photocopies and not original documents.

The estate said it later learned Greg did possess original documents despite his claims. The lawsuit said Greg died but passed on the Elvis property to his son, Thomas McDonald.

As In Touch first reported, Thomas fired back at the lawsuit earlier this month. He claimed his father was gifted the items from Elvis’ manager.

He said the two worked together for years, and Elvis’ manager viewed his father as a family member.

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Thomas said his father was gifted from Elvis’ manager Tom various memorabilia, including a 1956 Las Vegas contract signed by Elvis, statements from his record label RCA, merchandise agreements and telegrams to The Beatles, Bing Crosby, Dick Clark, Jerry Lewis, Dean Martin and various other entertainers.

Greg argued that the items that Elvis’ manager gifted to his father were in his father’s possession before the deal was executed with Elvis’ estate in 1990.

Therefore, he argued the property his dad had was not covered by the deal between Tom and the estate. Greg said he had problems with Elvis’ estate portraying his father as a “greedy employee” of Tom who “stole property worth millions of dollars from him.”

The auction over the property was held despite legal threats from Elvis’ estate. However, the property has yet to be mailed to the winners.

The court issued a temporary protective order prohibiting the items from being transferred to the people who purchased them. Now, in her response, Brigitte backed up Thomas’ claims.

She denied the property at issue belonged to Elvis’ estate or that she had improperly or illegally offered the property for sale at auction.

Brigitte accused Elvis’ estate of bringing the lawsuit to “improperly interfere with legitimate business operations of a competitor.” Priscilla’s former business associate demanded the entire lawsuit be thrown out and her legal bills paid for by Elvis’ estate.

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