‘His world has been turned on its ear’: Lisa Marie Presley’s ex Michael Lockwood – who she had brutal 10-year custody battle and divorce with – says he’s ‘very sad’ at her death and reveals twin daughters, 14, are with him
- Michael Lockwood was married to Lisa Marie for ten years until a bitter divorce
- The couple have two 14-year-old twin daughters together from the marriage
- In a statement, Lockwood said he had been hoping for a ‘complete recovery’
- Amid divorce proceedings, Lisa Marie temporarily lost custody of her daughters
Lisa Marie Presley‘s fourth husband Michael Lockwood has paid tribute to his ex-wife the day after her death.
Lockwood, 61, who split from the star in 2016, said that his world had been ‘turned on its ear’ and that he was with twins Finley and Harper Vivienne, 14.
In a statement released by his lawyer Joe Yanny, he said: ‘Michael had been hoping for a speedy and complete recovery because her children needed her.
‘It is very sad it didn’t turn out that way. Michael’s world has been turned on its ear, he is with both of his daughters now.’
Lisa Marie Presley, 54, died on Thursday after suffering cardiac arrest at her Calabasas home
Lockwood, 61, who split from the star in 2016, said that his world had been ‘turned on its ear’ and that he was with twins Finley and Harper Vivienne
Yanny added that Lockwood’s prayers are with Priscilla Presley and the rest of the Presley family.
The couple married in 2006 and had two twin daughters together in 2008 – before splitting up in 2016 with a bitter divorce battle looming over them.
Lockwood and Lisa Marie spent years fighting about finances and were still continuing the battle up to her death on Thursday.
He was seeking $40,000 a month in child support and insisted she had more money than she claimed in court documents.
Amid the divorce proceedings with Lockwood, she temporarily lost custody of her twin daughters, who went to live with her mother Priscilla.
In a 2017 deposition, a year after the acrimonious split, she admitted to abusing cocaine, opioids, painkillers and alcohol.
Lisa Marie Presley leaves behind three grieving daughters after she died suddenly aged 54 yesterday (pictured with her daughters Riley and twins Harper and Finley)
The couple married in 2006 and had two twin daughters together in 2008 – before splitting up in 2016 with a bitter divorce battle looming over them
Lisa Marie added that she had to go to rehab ‘several times’, admitting to between three and five stints in a Mexican treatment facility.
She said she was a ‘mess’ and ‘couldn’t stop’, with court documents revealing in the last year of her marriage to Lockwood she was ‘abusing cocaine terribly’.
The singer added: ‘I didn’t mix the pills and alcohol until, like, the last two years.’
She says that her therapist called her a ‘miracle’ before adding: ‘I don’t know how you’re still alive.’
The couple are understood to split the custody of their children 50/50, with Lockwood taking care of them with his new wife.
After their split, Lisa Marie begged a judge to ‘declare her officially single’ from her estranged husband after five years of separation from Lockwood – who refused to divorce.
She said that there was ‘no hope’ for the couple to reconcile and wanted to ‘move forward’ with her life.
(L-R Finley, Lisa Marie, Priscilla, Riley and Harper) sign their names alongside their hand prints in June 2022
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