**Pushy Priscilla Presley Scores Decent Payday with Memoir Amid Financial Struggles**
*Published: Nov. 5, 2025, 7:30 a.m. ET*
Priscilla Presley has landed a decent payday with her new memoir — a fortunate turn given the financial challenges she has faced in recent years, RadarOnline.com can reveal.
Sources say Elvis Presley’s ex-wife, 80, was eager to cash in, and the only way she saw to do so was by exposing Presley family secrets in print.
**Priscilla’s Money Woes**
“Priscilla is not as rich as people think and she’s burning through a ton of money on legal fees,” an insider confided, “thanks to her former business partners who are suing her and trying to take more than she has.”
Since 2023, Priscilla and her previous business associates, Brigitte Kruse and Kevin Fialko, have been locked in court battles. On top of that, her legal conflict with Riley Keough has left a significant dent in her bank account.
According to the insider, the $1 million lump sum and $100,000 annual payment she receives from the Graceland estate as part of the family settlement “aren’t enough” to cover her expenses.
**Spilling Secrets for Cash**
“Now she’s dragging the family’s skeletons out of the closet for cash after decades of loyal silence,” the insider said, “which shows how desperate she is.”
Priscilla’s new book, *Softly, As I Leave You: Life After Elvis*, follows up on her first memoir, *Elvis and Me*, published in 1985.
The insider added, “People are shocked she’d go to such lengths to reveal intimate details about Lisa Marie Presley’s death, her daughter’s marriage to Michael Jackson, her son Navarone’s drug addiction, her grandson Benjamin Keough’s suicide, and even her own affair with Robert Kardashian. It’s classless and lewd.”
While Priscilla claims she’s writing for closure and to set the record straight, the reality is she needs the cash. She’s reportedly worth around $10 million, but most of that is tied up in property and assets. Her liquid assets are modest at best.
The source concluded, “She’s not flat broke, but she’s not mega-wealthy either — which is tough for a woman accustomed to refined tastes.”
https://radaronline.com/p/priscilla-presley-cash-crisis-elvis-widow-financial-troubles/