Rock ’n’ roll bombshell
Elvis’ secret children
He’s been dead for four decades, but the life of Elvis Presley is still shrouded in mystery and the latest revelation is sure to have fans all shook up.
New investigations into the King’s romantic entanglements suggest he secretly fathered seven love children! The paternity of the men and women – who range in age from 61 to 49 – is reportedly backed up by DNA, birth certificates, letters and witness testimony.
It’s a scandal that’s set to rock the Presley family, with Elvis’ daughter Lisa Marie, 49, always believing she was the sole heir to his $400 million fortune. “This is an incredible discovery and it’s one that’s sure to infuriate both Lisa Marie and her mother Priscilla,” says a source close to the clan.
Meet their new family ...
THE ACTRESS
Deborah Givone Presley’s mother Barbara Young was 14 when she met Elvis, then an unknown, at a North Carolina recording studio. “We just went for walks in the neighbourhood and held hands,” she recalls. “We hugged in dark places. It was romantic.” But these innocent dates turned into a twoyear relationship that resulted in the birth of Deborah, 61, who followed in her father’s footsteps by going into acting. She was briefly married to Marlon Brando’s only son, late actor Christian.
THE SINGER
After a 1957 gig, Louisiana actress Gloria Lahrs, who worked under the name Terri Taylor, took Elvis and his band back to her mum’s place for a meal. She and the King later headed back to his hotel for a liaison that led to the birth of Candy Jo Fuller, 60, who inherited her father’s musical genes to become a country singer in Nebraska.
THE MODEL
Desiree Romaine Presley’s mother Lucy de Barbin wrote a book, Are You Lone some Tonight ?, in which she revealed a 24-year on-off
relationship with her “one true love” Elvis, which resulted in a “child he never knew”. A former model, LA-based Desiree’s birth certificate lists her father as air force engineer Randolph Presley, but the military has no record of such a man.
THE MILLIONAIRE
A businessman living in Frankfurt, 58-year-old Dieter (surname unknown) reportedly has DNA evidence that proves he was conceived by Elvis during a one-night stand in Germany, where the singer was serving with the US Army. He’s said to be a self-made millionaire, but he may have received a lump sum from his father, who reportedly looked after the love children he knew about. “Elvis loved these kids,” says our source. “He protected them and he was generous.”
THE AUTHOR
The result of an affair between Elvis and his cousin-by-marriage Zona Marie Anderson Roach, writer and country musician John Smith, 56, was welcomed into the King’s family at 16 months old, when he was adopted by Ira Dee Smith, the brother of Elvis’ mother Gladys.
THE MUM-OF-FOUR
Married Florida mother Lisa Johansen claims she lived at Graceland until Elvis died on August 16, 1977, when she was just nine. She was then allegedly spirited off to Sweden and replaced by an “imposter” – Lisa Marie! The Florida resident, 49, reportedly has a large collection of photos proving she had a continued relationship with the Presley family, including a shot of three of her kids with Priscilla.
THE TRAGIC SON
Like his father, Leroy Kuzma died young, at 33. Not much is known about the man who grew up in Texas and lived in California, but his mother was singer Margot Heine Kuzma, who claims she met Elvis in a Frankfurt café in 1959.