Earlier this week, we reported that Benjamin Keough, the 27 year-old grandson of Elvis Presley, had tragically committed suicide on Sunday. Now, the young man’s mother Lisa Marie Presley has been spotted for the first time since his death.
Page Six reported that Presley was photographed leaving a Beverly Hills hotel on Wednesday with Diana Pinto, who was Keough’s girlfriend. The two women were holding hands as both of them wore face masks and sweatshirts.
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Presley, 52, has reportedly been holed up in the hotel ever since Keough killed himself in her Calabasas, California mansion. Daily Mail reported that Pinto was in the home when Keough committed suicide, and she reportedly told police afterwards that she feared Presley would “blame her” and “hate her” for not being able to stop him from killing himself.
Judging from the above photographs, however, there seems to be no sign of discord between Presley and Pinto.
After Keough’s death, Presley’s representative Roger Widynowski told PEOPLE that she was “beyond devastated.”
“She is completely heartbroken, inconsolable and beyond devastated but trying to stay strong for her 11-year-old twins and her oldest daughter Riley,” Widynowski said. “She adored that boy. He was the love of her life.”
Presley had previously talked about how much Keough looked like her late father.
“Ben does look so much like Elvis. He was at the Opry and was the quiet storm behind the stage,” she said back in 2012. “Everybody turned around and looked when he was over there. Everybody was grabbing him for a photo because it is just uncanny.”
Keough’s close friend Brandon Howard said after his death that the 27 year-old felt pressure to live up to his family name, adding that he believes this “absolutely” contributed to his suicide.
“It’s a tough thing when you have a lot of pressure with your family and living up to a name and an image. It’s a lot of pressure,” Howard added. “It’s almost like you’re pressured into having to be a musician, having to be an actor. It was good for him to go around the world and discover himself and have his own friends. You never know what triggers it. You never know … It’s so random.”
This piece originally appeared in UpliftingToday.com and is used by permission.
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