Meet the Woman Who Saved Elvis Presley’s Graceland
Back in May, news broke that Elvis Presley‘s home, Graceland, was possibly going up for auction. Reports said that the late Lisa Marie Presley took out a $3.8 million loan from Naussany Investments and Private Lending and agreed to use Graceland as collateral. They claimed that she did not pay back her loan before her death and cannot now, so Graceland must go up for auction. Things looked a little fishy, and luckily, courts found it to be a scam. Now, we can credit one woman for helping stop the sale and discovering that it was indeed a scam.
That woman is Kimberly Philbrick, whose name was on the documents as a notary. When she was alerted of the documents, Philbrick said that she was shocked, as she had never signed those documents and never met Lisa Marie Presley. She shared with ABC News, “Where did they get my name? That’s the million-dollar question. I don’t know where they got it. I wish I knew where they got it because then I could tell them, ‘Look, I’m a victim in this. You did this to me too.’”
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While many people focused on the Graceland part of the story, she said that people forgot that Philbrick got her identity stolen as well. While she used to work as a notary, the signature claiming to be hers on the paperwork was false, and she also doesn’t live in Jacksonville, where the events supposedly took place. “It’s like they didn’t even attempt to make it look good,” she added. “Everything was fraudulent. Everything was fabricated.”
The judge assigned to the case later confirmed that Philbrick’s testimony was his deciding factor in halting the auction and said, “The affidavit filed by Kimberly Philbrick raises serious questions regarding the authenticity of the signature on the deed of trust.” Despite helping to save Graceland, she said that fans still somehow found her phone number and were leaving her angry messages, believing she was a part of the scam. “It was my 15 minutes of hell,” Philbrick said.
In what could be a whole other story, the scammers are currently being investigated. It appears an older woman from Missouri was behind the ordeal, and she has a long history of scams and prison time.
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