March 17, 2004
LISA MARIE PRESLEY is firing back. Speculation that MICHAEL JACKSON's ex may be called to testify in front of the Grand Jury on the Jackson case was ignited after she made some eyebrow-raising comments on Australian TV. Now, the 35-year-old daughter of ELVIS says her words were misconstrued. In a statement, Lisa Marie reacted to the controversy: "In saying, 'I saw things,' I was specifically referring to things in that relationship with us, that went on between us, at the time as husband and wife and that dynamic."
During the interview, when Lisa Marie was asked about the demise of her marriage to Jackson, she replied, "I mean only, uh, powerless in a lot of ways, in terms of you know, realizing that I was part of a machine, um, and seeing things going on that I couldn't do anything about, you know, and don't ask me what sort of things, 'cause I'm not going to answer. But just stuff." With her ex-husband Jackson facing seven felony counts of molesting a cancer-stricken boy, and two counts of plying him with an intoxicating substance, exactly what "stuff" she may have witnessed set off an alarm. But Lisa Marie points out, "I was in no way referring to seeing something inappropriate with children and, as I have stated before in other interviews, I never have."
As the ex-wife of the accused, and with the added new comments, legal experts tell ET that Lisa Marie could find herself subpoenaed to appear in Santa Barbara. Due to a gag order on the case, the Santa Barbara District Attorney's office is unable to comment.