The Aftermath of the Failed Graceland Auction Leaves More Questions than Answers

[shangri__la]

Someone may be trying to take Graceland from Elvis Presley’s family.

Who that person is exactly, no one knows.

Not Presley’s family.

Not even the judge overseeing the fight. https://t.co/PBFnP9b178
- TODAY (@TODAYshow) May 23, 2024

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NBC News and Commercial Appeal both did small investigations into the

Comments

[justabwaybaby]

Kimberling City and Hollister are just so seemingly random. Does anyone involved have any ties to Branson? It just seems odd...

[mend]

This is so damn crazy

[mwffj]

It's Carmen Sandiego!

[tube_fiend]

I get that conmen gonna con. And I get that famous, rich people can make good targets, because they are often very disconnected from all their assets, and things slip through the cracks. But how this dude thought he was just going to auction off Graceland and Elvis's family was going to just shrug and be like "whoopsie, guess we missed a bill".... wild shit.

It is unclear why Memphis (or Graceland and Keough's attorneys, lbr) allowed this case to go as far as it did.

I understand why Keough's attorneys did little initially. They received an outlandish claim to the estate, with no evidence to back it up. It is not uncommon for people to send letters to wealthy people/estates with their hands out. Hoping for a quick settlement. The lawyers tried the normal, basic methods of contacting the claimant, but he was inaccessible. They did not pursue it further. It is not on Keough to pay her lawyers to do his due diligence. If he has a legitimate claim, then he has to provide the evidence

[the_wicker_man]

More and more I feel like this was just one guy with a hare-brained scheme