{"id":199383,"date":"2025-12-19T02:26:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T02:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/199383\/"},"modified":"2025-12-19T02:26:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T02:26:11","slug":"john-travolta-son-is-elvis-presleys-great-grandson-via-riley-keough-egg-donation-suit-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/199383\/","title":{"rendered":"John Travolta Son Is Elvis Presley&#8217;s Great Grandson via Riley Keough Egg Donation, Suit Claims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"anchor-28dd1a\" class=\"body-graf\">John Travolta\u2019s youngest child is the great grandson of Elvis Presley, via an egg donation from the king of rock and roll\u2019s granddaughter, actor Riley Keough, filings of an ongoing lawsuit against the famed family allege.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-adbcfe\" class=\"body-graf\">Keough \u2014 the daughter of Lisa Marie Presley and grandchild of Elvis and Priscilla Presley \u2014 received \u201can old Jaguar\u201d and \u201cbetween $10,000 \u2014 $20,000\u201d in exchange for an egg donation that led to Ben Travolta\u2019s birth in 2013, according to papers filed by lawyers for Pricilla\u2019s former business partners.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-80d36c\" class=\"body-graf\">Brigitte Kruse and Kevin Fialko have accused Pricilla Presley\u2019s son, Navarone Garcia, of breach of contract in a Los Angeles County civil complaint. Kruse and Fialko have another lawsuit against Pricilla Presley, claiming <a href=\"https:\/\/www.today.com\/video\/priscilla-priscilla-hid-valuable-assets-at-graceland-lawsuit-claims-249628229877\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">fraud<\/a> and<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/priscilla-presley-accused-hastening-lisa-maries-death-financial-gain-rcna224976\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> breach of contract<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-fd621b\" class=\"body-graf\">There had been talks about an egg donation from Lisa Marie Presley, who would have been in her early 40s in the early 2010s, to Travolta\u2019s wife, the late Kelly Preston, lawyers for Kruse and Fialko said.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-7365eb\" class=\"body-graf\">But that deal went south as Travolta \u201cdid not want \u2018eggs with heroin\u2019 on them and they orchestrated a deal, where Riley Keough gave her eggs to Travolta so that Kelly could give birth to their son, Ben Travolta,\u201d according to Kruse and Fialko.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-044dd7\" class=\"body-graf\">\u201cRiley was given an old Jaguar and paid between $10,000 \u2014 $20,000 for the deal,\u201d according to the plaintiffs.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-cc61fc\" class=\"body-graf\">A photo of a handwritten note on hotel stationary outlining the deal was provided in the lawsuit.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/251218-travolta-note-gk-5f2be0.jpg\" alt=\"Image: A note detailing the supposed agreement between Travolta and Keough that served as evidence in the ongoing lawsuit.\" height=\"2500\" width=\"2027\"\/>A note detailing the supposed agreement between Travolta and Keough that served as evidence in the ongoing lawsuit.Superior Court of the State of California <\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-fdec15\" class=\"body-graf\">Ben Travolta <a href=\"https:\/\/www.today.com\/parents\/john-travolta-what-he-told-son-after-wife-kelly-preston-t228880\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">was born in November 2010<\/a> as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1390386\/john-travolta-shares-sweet-tribute-to-son-benjamin-for-his-13th-birthday\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">third child <\/a>of the \u201cGrease\u201d actor and Kelly Preston.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-f318a2\" class=\"body-graf\">Their oldest child, Jett, was just 16 when he died from a seizure during a family vacation in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/health\/health-news\/death-travolta-s-son-raises-medical-queries-flna1c9454308\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bahamas on Jan. 2, 2009.<\/a> Preston was 57 when she died on July 12, 2020 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/actress-kelly-preston-dies-after-two-year-battle-breast-cancer-n1233619\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">following a battle with breast cancer<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-b57124\" class=\"body-graf\">The<a href=\"https:\/\/www.today.com\/video\/ella-bleu-travolta-shares-tribute-for-her-late-mother-in-her-music-223922245745\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> couple\u2019s third child<\/a>, 25-year-old <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ella.bleu\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ella Bleu Travolta,<\/a> is an actor, singer and model.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-619953\" class=\"body-graf\">Representatives for Travolta, Keough and Garcia did not respond to NBC News requests for comment on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-e15a97\" class=\"body-graf\">But Priscilla Presley\u2019s attorney, Marty Singer, called the allegations by Kruse and Fialko \u201cshameful,\u201d but did not directly address the egg donation claim.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-efd729\" class=\"body-graf\">\u201cBrigitte Kruse, Kevin Fialko, and their co-conspirators have demonstrated that there is no bar too low, no ethical line that they are unwilling to cross in an effort to deflect from their significant liability to Priscilla Presley,\u201d Singer said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-f847cc\" class=\"body-graf\">\u201cIn a completely improper effort to exert undue pressure on Presley to retract her legitimate, truthful claims, Kruse and her co-conspirators have also sued Presley\u2019s son, cousin, and assistant. These recent outrageous allegations have absolutely nothing to do with the claims in this case. The conduct of Kruse, Fialko, and their new lawyers (they are on their fourth set of attorneys) is shameful, and it absolutely will be addressed in court.\u201d <\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-628f7f\" class=\"endmark body-graf\">This story first appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/john-travolta-son-elvis-presleys-great-grandson-riley-keough-egg-donat-rcna249917\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NBCNews.com. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>David K. Li<\/p>\n<p class=\"byline-bio expanded-byline__bio no-thumbnail\">David K. Li is a breaking news reporter for NBC News.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.today.com\/author\/samantha-cookinham-tdpn298510\" tabindex=\"-1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/samantha-cookinham-me.png\" alt=\"\" height=\"48\" width=\"48\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"byline-bio expanded-byline__bio \">Samantha Cookinham is an NBC News assignment editor.<\/p>\n<p>Dylan Murphy , Lauren Wilson and Chloe Melas contributed.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"John Travolta\u2019s youngest child is the great grandson of Elvis Presley, via an egg donation from the king&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":199384,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[321,93,61,60],"class_list":["post-199383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=199383"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199383\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/199384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=199383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=199383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=199383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}