Priscilla Presley slams report claiming Riley Keough is John Travolta’s son’s biological mother
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Priscilla Presley has forcefully denied explosive claims circulating in court filings that her granddaughter, actress Riley Keough, is the biological mother of John Travolta and Kelly Preston’s son, calling the allegations baseless, harmful, and completely unrelated to an ongoing financial dispute.
The accusation emerged from a lawsuit filed by Presley’s former business associate, Brigitte Kruse, but Presley’s legal team says the claims are a deliberate attempt to cause pain to her family and will be addressed in court.
Priscilla Presley denies claims involving Riley Keough
The allegation surfaced in amended court documents obtained by TMZ and Us Weekly, in which Brigitte Kruse claimed that Michael Lockwood, the ex-husband of Lisa Marie Presley, told her that John Travolta and his late wife, Kelly Preston, used donated eggs from Riley Keough to conceive their son, Benjamin Travolta.
According to the filing, Lockwood allegedly said Keough provided one of her eggs in exchange for an old Jaguar and between $10,000 and $20,000. Benjamin Travolta was born in November 2010.
Priscilla Presley’s attorneys strongly rejected the claim. “These recent outrageous allegations have absolutely nothing to do with the claims in this case,” her legal team said in a statement. The allegation against Keough was described as “shameful,” with Presley’s counsel adding that it “absolutely will be addressed in court.”
Priscilla Presley lawyer slams ex-associate in lawsuit
In a statement to Us Weekly, Priscilla Presley’s attorney, Marty Singer, accused Brigitte Kruse and others of engaging in unethical behavior amid their prolonged legal dispute.
“After losing motion after motion in this case, and unsuccessfully seeking to have Presley’s counsel of record, Marty Singer, disqualified from representing her in this matter, Brigitte Kruse, Kevin Fialko, and their co-conspirators have demonstrated that there is no bar too low, no ethical line that they are unwilling to cross in an effort to cause further pain to Priscilla Presley and her family,” Singer said.
He added that Kruse and her associates have also sued Presley’s son, cousin, and assistant in what he characterized as an improper attempt to pressure Presley into retracting her claims.
Presley and Kruse have been locked in a bitter legal fight for more than a year over financial matters. Kruse and Kevin Fialko have denied wrongdoing and pushed back against Presley’s accusations.
Jordan Matthews of Holtz Matthews LLP, who represents Kruse and Fialko, told Us Weekly that his clients were “heartbroken” to file the amended complaint, saying they have been accused of “horrific acts that are not supported by any evidence whatsoever.”
“These accusations are especially painful given the enormous amount of work they performed to keep the Presley family together during an extremely difficult and divisive period of time,” Matthews added.
John Travolta and Kelly Preston welcomed their son, Benjamin Travolta, in 2010, one year after the death of their eldest son, Jett Travolta, at age 16. At the time, the couple referred to Benjamin as a “miracle.” Preston died in July 2020 following a battle with breast cancer.
