{"id":15454,"date":"2026-01-02T02:11:53","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T02:11:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=15454"},"modified":"2026-01-02T02:11:54","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T02:11:54","slug":"riley-keough-desperate-to-hold-family-together-for-sisters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=15454","title":{"rendered":"Riley Keough desperate to &#8216;hold family together&#8217; for sisters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Riley Keough is trying to stay close to her younger sisters amid shocking\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/12\/17\/celebrity-news\/riley-keough-is-john-travoltas-youngest-sons-biological-mother-new-lawsuit-claims\/\">claims she\u2019s the biological mother of John Travolta\u2019s son Ben<\/a>, friends tell Page Six.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHer mission is just to hold the family together,\u201d a source said of Keough.<\/p>\n<p>The 36-year-old actress has been dragged into a fresh legal nightmare after her stepfather Michael Lockwood allegedly made the shocking claims to her grandmother Priscilla Presley\u2019s former business partner, according to court papers.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>This week, Priscilla Presley (left) posted a photo to Instagram of herself with granddaughters Finley and Harper Lockwood (from right) and Riley Keough (holding one of her daughters) \u2014\u00a0as well as Michael Lockwood (second row, left), who was married to Lisa Marie Presley. <span class=\"credit\">priscillapresley\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>And now a court may compel Ben, 15, to give DNA in a bid to prove whether Keough did, in fact, donate her eggs to Travolta and his wife Kelly Preston, legal sources said.<\/p>\n<p>Amid this minefield, friends tell us that Keough, the granddaughter of Elvis Presley, has to tread carefully as she wants to maintain her relationship with her sisters, twins Finley and Harper, 17, who have been in Lockwood\u2019s legal custody since the death of the girls\u2019 mother, Lisa Marie Presley.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Although Keough is in sole charge of her sisters\u2019 access to their trust fund, she will still have to \u201cplay by Michael\u2019s rules,\u201d according to Presley insiders.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe twins won\u2019t get their money [from Lisa Marie\u2019s estate] until they\u2019re 25. Until then, Riley controls the money,\u201d said the source. \u201cBut, of course, Riley wants to see her sisters, so she has to play by [Lockwood\u2019s] rules.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This week, all three of Lisa Marie\u2019s daughters were seen in a photo \u2014\u00a0along with Priscilla, Lockwood and one of Keough\u2019s young daughters \u2014 posted to social media by Priscilla, captioned: \u201cHoliday 2025 &amp; unbreakable family bond.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lockwood had been <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2023\/04\/15\/lisa-marie-presleys-ex-gets-custody-of-twins-after-long-battle\/\">embroiled in a bitter custody fight<\/a> with Lisa Marie over their daughters before her shock <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2023\/07\/19\/lisa-marie-presley-kept-death-causing-bariatric-surgery-a-secret\/\">death in January of 2023<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Keough, seen here earlier this month, is playing by her former stepfather\u2019s \u201crules\u201d in order to remain close to her younger sisters. <span class=\"credit\">Evan Agostini\/Invision\/AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The Presley women \u2014\u00a0Riley Keough, Priscilla Presley, Harper Lockwood, Lisa Marie Presley and Finley Lockwood \u2014 all came together for a screening of Baz Luhrmann\u2019s \u201cElvis\u201d movie in 2022, months before Lisa Marie\u2019s shocking death. <span class=\"credit\">Eric Charbonneau\/Shutterstock<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Keough, who starred in Amazon Prime\u2019s hit show \u201cDaisy Jones &amp; The Six\u201d and is an accomplished director, has been forced to <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2024\/06\/01\/celebrity-news\/riley-keough-working-to-save-mom-lisa-marie-presleys-legacy\/\">deal with a load of chaos since her mom\u2019s passing<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Priscilla, 80, challenged a 2016 document that removed her from Lisa Marie\u2019s multi million-dollar trust and brought in Keough as sole trustee.<\/p>\n<p>Four months after Lisa Marie\u2019s death, it was reported that Keough <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2023\/05\/16\/priscilla-presley-settles-lisa-marie-trust-dispute\/\">settled with her grandmother for \u201cmillions\u201d<\/a> amid familial tension.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Michael Lockwood and Lisa Marie Presley were married from 2006 to 2021 and were locked in a brutal custody battle over their twin daughters up until her death in 2023. <span class=\"credit\">WireImage<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cRiley is an amazing person,\u201d said the source, \u201cHer mission is just to hold the family together. When Priscilla was suing for the trust, Riley settled out of court. She gave her grandmother a chunk of money and said, \u2018Let\u2019s just end this.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRiley is always going\u00a0to take care of the family, hands down. Although she would have won in court, she didn\u2019t want this mess.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Now Keough is back in the headlines as Priscilla\u2019s former business partner Brigitte Kruse is currently suing Priscilla\u2019s son, Navarone Garcia, for breach of contract \u2014\u00a0and sources say Kruse is turning up the heat in hopes of a payout herself.<\/p>\n<p>Legal docs filed in the case include the bombshell allegations that both Keough was the egg donor for \u201cSaturday Night Fever\u201d star Travolta and his late wife, Kelly Preston, for their son Ben, now 15. Preston <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2020\/07\/13\/actress-kelly-preston-dies-of-breast-cancer-husband-john-travolta-reveals\/\">passed away in 2020<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Keough married stuntman Ben Smith-Petersen in 2015. <span class=\"credit\">Anthony Harvey\/Shutterstock<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In the papers, Kruse alleges that Lockwood \u2014 Lisa Marie\u2019s third husband \u2014\u00a0told her Preston had been unable to bear her own children. <\/p>\n<p>Kruse claims Travolta and Preston previously used Lisa Marie\u2019s eggs but did not want to try again because Lisa Marie\u2019s eggs were tainted \u201cwith heroin.\u201d Elvis\u2019 daughter spoke publicly about struggling with opioid addiction.<\/p>\n<p>Reps for Keough declined to comment when contacted by Page Six, while legal sources told us it would be up to a court to order any DNA test.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>A wild new lawsuit alleges that Riley Keough (far left, with sisters Harper and Finley and mom Lisa Marie Prseley) is the biological mother of John Travolta and Kelly Preston\u2019s 15-year-old son. <span class=\"credit\">FilmMagic<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Travolta with his son Ben in 2020, when he was 10.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>While Priscilla has previously accused Kruse of \u201celder abuse,\u201d another family source said that Kruse had previously been firmly entrenched with Priscilla and Lockwood:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The night before Lisa Marie\u2019s \u201ccelebration of life\u201d service at Graceland, attorneys for Kruse emailed organizers to say she represented Priscilla, Navarone, Michael Lockwood, and Finley and Harper.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey said she represented their image and likeness, and no one was allowed to take photos of them at the funeral,\u201d the source said. \u201cMichael was supposed to be banned, but he turned up anyway to be with the girls. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cBrigitte was partnering with Priscilla at the time of Lisa\u2019s death.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another Presley insider told us, \u201cWhen Priscilla was suing the trust, Kruse was the person acting for Priscilla. Now, Brigitte knows she\u2019s going to lose everything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Priscilla\u2019s attorney Marty Singer called the Travolta allegation \u201coutrageous,\u201d adding: \u201cBrigitte 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jordan Matthews, the attorney for Kruse,  said his clients had attempted to settle the matter out of court, adding, \u201cAny claim that the allegations are \u2018outrageous\u2019 is patently false.\u201d\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/12\/24\/celebrity-news\/riley-keough-desperate-to-hold-family-together-for-sisters\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Riley Keough is trying to stay close to her younger sisters amid shocking\u00a0claims she\u2019s the biological mother of John Travolta\u2019s son Ben, friends tell Page Six. \u201cHer mission is just to hold the family together,\u201d a source said of Keough. 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