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Missouri woman pleads guilty to federal charge in plot to sell Graceland
A Missouri woman has pleaded guilty to a federal charge accusing her of concocting a brazen plot to defraud Elvis Presley’s family by trying to auction off his Graceland mansion and property before a judge halted the mysterious foreclosure sale. Lisa Jeanine Findley pleaded guilty in front of a federal judge Tuesday to a charge of mail fraud related to the scheme.
Arthur Crudup wrote the song that became Elvis’ first hit. He barely got paid.
Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup helped invent rock ‘n’ roll. His 1946 song “That’s All Right,” an easygoing shrug to a lover, would become the first single Elvis Presley ever released. Rod Stewart would sing it on a chart-topping album. Led Zeppelin would play it live. But you wouldn’t have known it if you saw Crudup living out his […]
Tennessee turns over probe into failed Graceland sale to federal authorities, report says
A judge blocked a company’s attempt to sell Presley’s former-home-turned museum after his granddaughter filed a lawsuit claiming fraud.
Is Elvis’ Graceland actually up for sale? His granddaughter, alleging fraud, says no
Riley Keough, Elvis’ granddaughter and sole heir, says in a lawsuit that the company advertising a foreclosure sale of his Graceland property is using fraudulent documents — and may not exist at all.
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