A lawsuit has claimed that John Travolta fathered Elvis‘ great-grandson with Riley Keough.
Keough, the daughter of Danny Keough and Lisa Marie Presley, allegedly donated her eggs to Travolta and his late wife, Kelly Preston, who later used them to welcome their son, Benjamin, in 2010, according to court documents (via People).
If true, the allegation would place the teenager within the Presley bloodline.
Lisa Marie’s former husband, musician Michael Lockwood, father of her twin daughters Harper and Finley, is repeatedly cited in the lawsuit as the purported source of several of the claims made.
In an amended complaint filed by Priscilla Presley‘s former business associates, Brigitte Kruse and Kevin Fialko it is claimed that “Michael Lockwood, Lisa Marie’s ex-husband, and the father of Harper and Finley Lockwood approached plaintiff Kruse, telling her that John Travolta’s wife, Kelly Preston, had been unable to bear her own children, and Travolta and Presley previously used Lisa Marie’s eggs to get pregnant”.
The filing reportedly did not clarify if the late singer’s eggs produced a child for Travolta and Presley.
“Lockwood claimed that Travolta said he no longer wanted to use Lisa Marie’s eggs because they did not want ‘eggs with heroin’ on them and they orchestrated a deal, where Riley Keough gave her eggs to Travolta, so that Kelly could give birth to their son, Ben Travolta,” the complaint alleges.
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In exchange for donating her eggs, the court document claims that Keough was given an “old Jaguar and paid between $10,000 – $20,000 for the deal.”
The filing also allegedly references a handwritten note containing phrases such as “CA fertility partners,” “Ben Travolta,” and “Kelly Preston carried baby,” as well as a text message in which Benjamin is allegedly described as Priscilla Presley’s “beautiful great-grandson”.
Priscilla Presley’s attorneys, Marty Singer and Wayne Harman, have described the allegations as irrelevant, unethical, and designed to exert improper pressure.
“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,” they said in a statement via TMZ.
They added: “These recent outrageous allegations have absolutely nothing to do with the claims in this case. The conduct of Kruse, Fialko, and their new lawyers is shameful, and it absolutely will be addressed in court.”
The original filing accuses Priscilla Presley of fraud in the inducement, breach of contract, conversion, misappropriation of name and likeness, and intentional interference with contract and prospective economic advantage.