Riley Keough says she 'didn't know' about sexual abuse allegations against stepfather Michael Jackson
Riley Keough says she 'didn't know' about sexual abuse allegations against stepfather Michael Jackson
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Riley Keough revealed she was 'never told' about the sexual abuse allegations against her stepfather, Michael Jackson, during his two-year marriage to her late mother, Lisa Marie Presley. She was only about 10-years-old at the time the claims were made, so it's very likely the news did not reach her.
![[Jackson were briefly married from 1994 until their divorce was finalized two years later; seen in 1994 in France]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/15/17/94131069-14288799-image-m-32_1736963859909.jpg)
The actress, 35 - who previously addressed a 'family curse' after the tragic deaths of her mother and brother Benjamin - opened up about the late King of Pop during Wednesday's episode of the Call Her Daddy podcast. Presley and Jackson were briefly married from 1994 until their divorce was finalized two years later.
![[In the 90s and early 2000s, the Thriller hitmaker had been accused of sexually abusing minors, but during a 2005 trial, the late singer was found not guilty on a total of 14 charges; seen in 1994]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/15/18/94132017-14288799-image-m-34_1736964049338.jpg)
In the 90s and early 2000s, the Thriller hitmaker had been accused of sexually abusing minors, but during a 2005 trial, the late singer was found not guilty on a total of 14 charges. 'I was never told anything. It's actually not something I ever asked as an adult,' the star expressed. 'I think it just was what it was. I don't know, it just never came to mind, I guess.'.
![['I was never told anything. It's actually not something I ever asked as an adult,' Riley expressed. 'I think it just was what it was. I don't know, it just never came to mind, I guess'; seen in 2024 in NYC]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/15/18/94130945-14288799-image-m-36_1736964153230.jpg)
Riley is the daughter of Lisa Marie and Danny Keough - who were married from 1988 until 1994. The former couple had also welcomed son Benjamin, who tragically passed away in 2020 by suicide. Riley Keough, 35,revealed she was 'never told' about the sexual abuse allegations against her stepfather, Michael Jackson, during his two-year marriage to her late mother, Lisa Marie Presley; seen in June 2024 in L.A.
![[On Lisa Marie's marriage to Jackson, Riley expressed, 'The one thing I know is that they were in love and that their love for one another was genuine. I was there and I remember. Everything else, I don't know, because I wasn't there for [it]'; seen in 1994]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/15/18/94131041-14288799-image-m-40_1736964265105.jpg)
