Judge stops auction of Elvis's Graceland home

A judge in Tennessee has blocked a planned auction of Graceland, the former home of singer Elvis Presley.

he mansion has been at the centre of a dispute between Presley's granddaughter, actress Riley Keough, and a company that claimed ownership after saying his estate had failed to repay a loan. Keough inherited Graceland and much of Presley's estate after her mother, Lisa Marie Presley, died last year.

Naussany Investments claimed Lisa Marie used the compound as collateral for a $3.8m (£3m) loan that was never paid back. They planned to sell it at an auction on Thursday. However, Keough alleged that the paperwork on the loan was fraudulent and her mother's signature had been forged.

On Wednesday, Shelby County Chancellor JoeDae Jenkins issued a temporary injunction against the proposed auction, a court spokeswoman confirmed to BBC News.