Lisa Marie Presley sues British newspaper
LONDON (AP) - March 10, 2008 Presley, who is pregnant, alleges in a suit filed at London's
High Court on Friday that the story in Britain's Daily Mail was
slanderous and degrading. The newspaper has since reported on the
40-year-old singer's pregnancy.
"Once they got a glimpse of my expanding physique a few days
ago, they have been like a pack of coyotes circling their prey
whilst eerily howling with delight," she said on her blog.
The daughter of the late singer Elvis Presley claims the
pictures taken at a Hollywood restaurant last week forced her to go
public about the baby she is having with her fourth husband, music
producer Michael Lockwood.
"It really upset her," Presley's attorney Jo Paton told The
Associated Press. "She was about to announce her pregnancy and was
shocked and hurt by the unkind article about her appearance."
Paton said Presley was seeking an apology and damages.
The Daily Mail said the first indication they had of Presley's
complaint was when they were served with court documents.
"We are investigating the matter," the newspaper said in a
statement.
The child will be Presley's third.
She has an 18-year-old daughter and 15-year-old son from her
first marriage to musician Danny Keough, which ended in 1994. She
was briefly married to Michael Jackson and to actor Nicholas Cage.
She married Lockwood in January 2006.
