Riley Keough is trying to stay close to her younger sisters amid shocking claims she’s the biological mother of John Travolta’s son Ben, friends tell Page Six.
“Her mission is just to hold the family together,” a source said of Keough.
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’s former business partner, according to court papers.
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.
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’s legal custody since the death of the girls’ mother, Lisa Marie Presley.
Although Keough is in sole charge of her sisters’ access to their trust fund, she will still have to “play by Michael’s rules,” according to Presley insiders.
“The twins won’t get their money [from Lisa Marie’s estate] until they’re 25. Until then, Riley controls the money,” said the source. “But, of course, Riley wants to see her sisters, so she has to play by [Lockwood’s] rules.”
This week, all three of Lisa Marie’s daughters were seen in a photo — along with Priscilla, Lockwood and one of Keough’s young daughters — posted to social media by Priscilla, captioned: “Holiday 2025 & unbreakable family bond.”
Lockwood had been embroiled in a bitter custody fight with Lisa Marie over their daughters before her shock death in January of 2023.
Keough, who starred in Amazon Prime’s hit show “Daisy Jones & The Six” and is an accomplished director, has been forced to deal with a load of chaos since her mom’s passing.
Priscilla, 80, challenged a 2016 document that removed her from Lisa Marie’s multi million-dollar trust and brought in Keough as sole trustee.
Four months after Lisa Marie’s death, it was reported that Keough settled with her grandmother for “millions” amid familial tension.
“Riley is an amazing person,” said the source, “Her 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, ‘Let’s just end this.’
“Riley is always going to take care of the family, hands down. Although she would have won in court, she didn’t want this mess.”
Now Keough is back in the headlines as Priscilla’s former business partner Brigitte Kruse is currently suing Priscilla’s son, Navarone Garcia, for breach of contract — and sources say Kruse is turning up the heat in hopes of a payout herself.
Legal docs filed in the case include the bombshell allegations that both Keough was the egg donor for “Saturday Night Fever” star Travolta and his late wife, Kelly Preston, for their son Ben, now 15. Preston passed away in 2020.
In the papers, Kruse alleges that Lockwood — Lisa Marie’s third husband — told her Preston had been unable to bear her own children.
Kruse claims Travolta and Preston previously used Lisa Marie’s eggs but did not want to try again because Lisa Marie’s eggs were tainted “with heroin.” Elvis’ daughter spoke publicly about struggling with opioid addiction.
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.
While Priscilla has previously accused Kruse of “elder abuse,” another family source said that Kruse had previously been firmly entrenched with Priscilla and Lockwood:
The night before Lisa Marie’s “celebration of life” service at Graceland, attorneys for Kruse emailed organizers to say she represented Priscilla, Navarone, Michael Lockwood, and Finley and Harper.
“They said she represented their image and likeness, and no one was allowed to take photos of them at the funeral,” the source said. “Michael was supposed to be banned, but he turned up anyway to be with the girls.
“Brigitte was partnering with Priscilla at the time of Lisa’s death.”
Another Presley insider told us, “When Priscilla was suing the trust, Kruse was the person acting for Priscilla. Now, Brigitte knows she’s going to lose everything.”
Priscilla’s attorney Marty Singer called the Travolta allegation “outrageous,” adding: “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.”
Jordan Matthews, the attorney for Kruse, said his clients had attempted to settle the matter out of court, adding, “Any claim that the allegations are ‘outrageous’ is patently false.”
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