The Presley family—already no stranger to the glare of the public eye—is now at the center of one of Hollywood’s most bizarre and explosive legal battles. Recent court filings have thrust Lisa Marie Presley and her daughter Riley Keough into a swirl of allegations that they donated eggs to help John Travolta and his late wife, Kelly Preston, conceive their children. The claims, emerging from a December 2025 lawsuit, have ignited fierce controversy, pitting former business partners against the Presley family and raising questions about privacy, celebrity, and the limits of legal warfare.
The story, as reported by The National Enquirer, People Magazine, RadarOnline, and corroborated by court documents reviewed by Los Angeles Times and NBC News, began with a legal dispute between Priscilla Presley, the 80-year-old matriarch of the Presley family, and her ex-business partners Brigitte Kruse and Kevin Fialko. What started as a financial quarrel—Priscilla accusing Kruse and Fialko of fraud and elder abuse, and the pair countering with their own allegations—has spiraled into a saga involving two of entertainment’s most iconic families.
According to the amended complaint filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court on December 16, 2025, Michael Lockwood, Lisa Marie Presley’s ex-husband, allegedly told Kruse that John Travolta and Kelly Preston had previously used Lisa Marie’s eggs to conceive their eldest son, Jett. Jett was born on April 13, 1992, but tragically died at age 16 in January 2009 after suffering a seizure and hitting his head during a family vacation in the Bahamas. The source, quoted by RadarOnline, claimed, “Lisa Marie was very close to John, and she wanted to help him and Kelly, who couldn’t bear children. Think about it: they named him Jett – Elvis Presley loved jets.”
The allegations grow even more tangled as the lawsuit describes a second attempt years later, around 2010, when Travolta and Preston allegedly sought more help from the Presley family. This time, however, the complaint claims Travolta “no longer wanted to use Lisa Marie’s eggs because they did not want ‘eggs with heroin’ on them”—a reference to Lisa Marie’s well-documented struggles with addiction before she got clean. Lockwood, however, dismissed the story outright, telling Enstarz, “That just sounds crazy. I have not heard anything about it.”
Instead, the lawsuit contends, Riley Keough—Lisa Marie’s daughter and Elvis Presley’s granddaughter—was approached to donate her eggs for the conception of Ben Travolta, John and Kelly’s youngest son, born in November 2010. The complaint alleges Riley received an old Jaguar and between $10,000 and $20,000 in compensation for her donation. The case file even references a supposed text message photo showing Travolta with his children, captioned for Priscilla: “There’s your beautiful great-grandson, his stunningly talented sister, and your buddy John.”
These shocking claims have been met with immediate and emphatic denials from the Presley family. In an unusually united front, Riley Keough and Priscilla Presley released a joint statement in September 2025, declaring, “We are aware of the latest allegations from Brigitte Kruse. These claims are not only untrue but also deeply hurtful. Our family is, and always has been, united in love and respect for one another.” Their attorneys, Marty Singer and Wayne Harman, didn’t mince words either, calling the allegations “outrageous” and describing them as “a completely improper effort to exert undue pressure” on their client. “Brigitte Kruse and her 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, as reported by The New York Times.
The roots of this legal maelstrom stretch back to Lisa Marie Presley’s sudden death on January 12, 2023, at age 54. Her passing triggered a scramble for control of her estate, with family members and former associates vying for influence over Graceland and other assets. According to the court filings, the chaos following Lisa Marie’s death provided fertile ground for increasingly outlandish claims to emerge as the parties fought for leverage in the ongoing litigation.
Kruse and Fialko’s lawsuit was initially a response to Priscilla’s accusations of financial exploitation and elder abuse. Priscilla alleged that Kruse, whom she labeled “a con artist and pathological liar,” had stolen $1 million by fraudulently securing 80 percent of her income. In turn, Kruse and Fialko’s amended complaint added the egg donation allegations, which Priscilla’s legal team insists have “absolutely nothing to do with the claims in this case.”
The situation has become so convoluted that legal experts suggest the case could drag on for years. Multiple amended complaints have been filed, each with more dramatic and personal accusations than the last. The Presley family’s attorneys note that Kruse and Fialko are already on their fourth set of lawyers, having lost several motions in court. Meanwhile, Kruse and Fialko’s attorney, Jordan Matthews, told People Magazine that his clients “will let the facts and the truth speak for itself” and argued that they were forced into litigation by the Presley family’s “false allegations.”
Amid this legal chaos, the Presley family has tried to project stability. Riley Keough, now the sole trustee of Graceland and Lisa Marie’s estate, has become a focal point for both family unity and media scrutiny. The lawsuit’s reference to Ben Travolta as Priscilla’s “beautiful great-grandson” only adds to the confusion and emotional weight of the case, especially given the tragic losses both families have endured—Jett Travolta in 2009 and Kelly Preston in 2020, after her battle with breast cancer.
Despite the salacious headlines and the swirl of speculation, no concrete evidence has yet emerged to support the egg donation claims. The allegations remain just that—allegations—lodged in the context of a bitter and high-stakes legal fight. As Priscilla’s attorneys continue to defend her reputation and the family’s legacy, and as Kruse and Fialko insist on their version of events, the case stands as a stark reminder of how quickly private family matters can become public spectacle in the world of celebrity litigation.
For now, the Presley family remains united in its denials, and the legal battle rages on in Los Angeles Superior Court. With so much at stake—financially, emotionally, and reputationally—this Hollywood saga is far from over, and the truth behind the extraordinary allegations may never be fully known.
