Lisa Marie Presley claimed that her mother’s boyfriend sexually assaulted her when she was just 10 years old.
She revealed the bombshell posthumously in her memoir, From Here to the Great Unknown, according to the magazine. people. Presley said her mother, Priscilla, was in a relationship with actor and model Michael Edwards and claimed that he repeatedly entered her rooms and sexually abused her. According to People magazine, Presley claimed that he would “touch me and hit me” as he grew up, leaving him with bruises.
LAS VEGAS, NV – APRIL 23: Actress Priscilla Presley (left) and singer Lisa Marie Presley perform at Graceland Presents Elvis: The Exhibition – The Show at the Westgate Las Vegas Resort. – Attended the ribbon-cutting ceremony during the grand opening of “The Experience.” Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada on April 23, 2015. (Photo by Brian Steffey/WireImage) Getty Images
Priscilla and Edwards dated for about six years in the 1970s and 1980s, People magazine noted. Pressley said Edwards had a “terrible temper” and accused him of throwing a dining room chair at her and punching her in the back.
Nothing could have prepared her for the sexual assault allegations that began in the most shocking way.
Presley wrote in his memoir, “I woke up to find him kneeling next to my bed, running his fingers up my legs under the sheets. Whenever I moved, he stopped. I moved,” he wrote.
Priscilla Presley and Mike Edwards, circa 1980s (Photo by Ralph Dominguez/MediaPunch via Getty Images)
“I’m going to teach you what happens when you grow up,” Presley said, according to People magazine.
She went on to write that he placed his hand between her legs and “gently kissed” her.
Presley wrote that she told her mother about the incident and that Edwards explained his actions to her.
NASHVILLE, TN – SEPTEMBER 20: Lisa Marie Presley performs at Third & Lindsley during Day 3 of the 14th Annual Americana Music Festival & Conference on September 20, 2013 in Nashville, USA. (Photo by Rick Diamond/Getty Images for Americana Music Festival)
“He said, ‘I’m so sorry, but that’s what they teach kids in Europe, so that’s what I did too.’ I didn’t know what to say.” People According to , Presley wrote in her memoir that she felt sorry for him every time he apologized. (Related: Celebrity memoir reveals Lisa Marie Presley kept her son’s body in her home)
“Eventually he started touching me and hitting me and telling me not to look. ‘Don’t look at me,’ ‘Don’t turn around.’ I think he was having a seizure,” Presley claimed.
Presley passed away in 2023. Her memoir was completed by her daughter Riley and published in October 2024.
