An attorney for Priscilla Presley has responded to a lawsuit filed by his client's former business partners earlier this week accusing her of hastening her daughter Lisa Marie Presley's death so she could take control over her ex-husband Elvis Presley's financial estate.

Marty Singer, Priscilla Presley's attorney, called the lawsuit "a sad and vicious attempt to falsely tarnish the reputation of an eighty-year-old woman" in a statement to NBC News.

“Accusing a grieving mother of contributing to her daughter’s death is not savvy advocacy; it is malicious character assassination, and should be broadly condemned,” Singer said. “These fabricated claims have absolutely no validity and we are confident this case will be dismissed.”

Riley Keough, the daughter of Lisa Marie Presley and gra

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