MEMPHIS, Tenn. (NewsNation) — Elvis Presley’s cousin Edie Hand says Graceland, the historic home of Presley, is in “good hands.”
“There’ll always be mean people out there. And there’s always trying to take something from people, but you’re not gonna take Graceland from the fans and the family,” Hand told NewsNation host Elizabeth Vargas on Wednesday.
Hand knew Graceland growing up, not as the public attraction that it’s become today. And keeping Graceland open to the public was “everything” to Lisa Marie Presley, according to Hand, whom she’d visited the estate with in January.
“Elvis Presley is one of the most iconic figures in this world, and I can’t imagine something like this ever happening. I certainly celebrate the good memories I have at Graceland,” Hand said during an appearance on “Elizabeth Vargas Reports.”
A Tennessee judge agreed Wednesday to delay an auction of Graceland, as Presley’s estate fights to prove the foreclosure proceedings are fraudulent.
Wednesday’s hearing came after a temporary restraining order was granted Monday to stop the auction, according to an attorney for heir Riley Keough, Elvis Presley’s granddaughter.
A notice published this month stated Graceland and the surrounding acreage on Elvis Presley Boulevard in Memphis, Tennessee, was set to be sold off for cash at a foreclosure auction Thursday.
The Shelby County Register of Deeds said the office has no record on file of a deed related to Graceland, NewsNation affiliate WREG reported.
Naussany Investments, the company that threatened to sell Graceland, told NewsNation on Wednesday that it won’t move forward with any claims; however, they allege Lisa Marie Presley didn’t repay a loan.
NewsNation’s Evan Lambert and affiliate WREG contributed to this report.
