Priscilla Presley denies the rumor claiming Riley Keough is the biological mother of John Travolta’s son, Benjamin.
The record is being corrected by Priscilla Presley. The claim that John Travolta and his late wife Kelly Preston's 15-year-old son Benjamin Travolta's biological mother is Riley Keough was refuted by Elvis Presley's ex-wife.
Brigitte Kruse, Priscilla's former business partner, made the claim in a lawsuit during their financial dispute. Brigitte said in court records that TMZ was able to obtain that Michael Lockwood, Riley's mother Lisa Marie Presley's ex-husband, had informed her that the actress had given one of her eggs to John and Kelly in return for an old Jaguar car and up to $20,000.
Priscilla's lawyers told the publication in a statement that Brigitte 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."
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The attorney for the author of Elvis and Me went on, "These recent outrageous allegations have absolutely nothing to do with the claims in this case," calling the accusation against Keough "shameful" and promising that "it absolutely will be addressed in court."
Riley and her spouse, Ben Smith-Petersen, have two children: a 3-year-old daughter named Tupelo and an undisclosed name second child born in early 2025.
Reps for Priscilla, Riley, Michael, and John have been contacted by news organizations for comment, but they have not responded.
Benjamin was born to John and Kelly on November 23, 2010, a year after their firstborn son, Jett Travolta, died of a seizure at the age of sixteen. The couple, who already had a 25-year-old older daughter named Ella Bleu Travolta, referred to their youngest kid as a "miracle" at the time.
“He's given the house a renewed spirit," in a 2011 interview with People, John stated, "and purpose."
Kelly lost her fight with breast cancer on July 12, 2020, almost ten years after Benjamin was born. She was fifty-seven.
Ever since then, John, 71, has promised to be open with his kids about her death. He remembered telling his son once, "'Ben, you always love the truth and I'm going to tell you the truth about life. Nobody knows when they're going to go or when they're going to stay.'"
"'Your brother left at 16. Too young,'" he went on in a 2021 Hart to Heart episode. "Your mother left at 57 and that was too young. But who's to say?'"
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