Priscilla Presley's lawyer defends suing business associates who allegedly duped actress out of $1M

Priscilla Presley's lawyer hit back at claims the lawsuit alleging the actress was duped out of $1 million is "retaliatory" in a new statement.

"Contrary to the false statement that Priscilla’s lawsuit against Brigitte Kruse and Kevin Fialko was ‘retaliatory,’ the fact is that when Priscilla uncovered their unlawful scheme against her nearly a year ago, Priscilla made claims against them for the substantial monies they had wrongfully funneled to themselves," Presley's lawyer, Martin Singer, told Fox News Digital in a statement. "At that time, Priscilla also revoked any purported authority they professed to have to act on her behalf."

"Several months later Kruse and Fialko reacted by filing their specious defensive lawsuit against Priscilla in the name of sham companies they set up, outlandishly claiming a right to more than 80% of her income in perpetuity," the statement continued. "It is ironic that they are attempting to characterize themselves as the victims since, as Priscilla alleges in her lawsuit, they made Priscilla a victim of their unscrupulous financial elder abuse when they fraudulently induced her to sign sham agreements for their own financial benefit so they could reap 80% of her income forever. We look forward to the court holding defendants fully accountable for their outrageous wrongdoing."