Lisa Marie Presley's former Scientology counselor reveals why she went off the rails - Daily Mail

Lisa Marie Presley was truthful traumatized by her father's passing – and discovering his dormant assemblage astatine 9 years aged – that she spent the adjacent 35 years trying to beryllium 'cured' by Scientology, according to claims by her erstwhile counselor.

Karen De La Carriere, who was known arsenic the 'Queen of Scientology', was a high-ranking subordinate of the religion for 35 years. 

She says that Priscilla Presley, who had turned to Scientology to alleviate the grief of Elvis's abrupt decease successful 1977, utilized the religion to assistance power her daughter's behavioral problems.

As a result, Lisa Marie, who was conscionable 11 years aged astatine the time, and her parent endured a 'hostile relationship' and were successful 'mortal combat' for the remainder of their lives, claims De La Carriere.

Lisa Marie, the 54-year-old girl of the King of Rock 'n' Roll, died of a cardiac apprehension past Thursday night at the Calabasas location she was sharing with ex-husband Danny Keough, aft decades of cause abuse. 

De La Carriere was joined to Scientology president Heber Jentzsch from 1978-1989. She discontinue the religion successful 2010 and is present joined to creator Jeffrey Augustine and lives successful LA. 

She became Presley's auditor – Scientology-speak for counsellor – and says that Presley was placed successful 'obedience therapy' arsenic a schoolgirl.

De La Carriere says that Elvis would ne'er person allowed that to hap if helium had lived.

Priscilla Presley did not respond to DailyMail.com's petition for comment.

Scientology spokeswoman Karin Pouw said the religion does not remark connected 'parishioner counseling', but said religion enactment is saddened by Lisa Marie's death.

'The church's narration with Lisa Marie was 1 of warmth and care,' she added.   

De La Carriere, who near Scientology successful 2010, said Priscilla was introduced to the religion by her person John Travolta. 

'She was successful a atrocious intelligence condition, had gone done a large loss. Elvis had died and, successful her anemic infinitesimal of large loss, Travolta persuaded her to travel in.

'Priscilla past dominated mediocre Lisa. She grew up arsenic a small princess. She was the girl of the King of Rock 'n' Roll, surviving successful luxury. But she had misery due to the fact that she and her parent were adversaries. 

'Whatever her parent wanted was the other of what Lisa wanted.'

Priscilla forced the religion connected to Lisa Marie, she added.

'This is simply a girl, who is simply a 2nd procreation Scientologist, who didn't elite to spell into Scientology, but was dragged into it due to the fact that her genitor was successful it. She didn't privation to beryllium indoctrinated oregon be courses.

'It's truly tragic that Lisa arsenic a nine-year-old discovered her father's body. She was her daddy's princess, genuinely loved by him. That was a immense trauma for her.

'Lisa emphatically acted retired similar a child, taking drugs to hide each agony of losing her dad.

'Priscilla would get exasperated with her due to the fact that she was a rebellious kid - she was not a kid who believed successful rules and boundaries. She was a escaped tone – ''I'll bash what I want, whenever I want''. 

'They were locked successful mortal combat, the narration was hostile,' added De La Carriere. 'It was adversarial.

'There was specified a powerfulness imbalance. Priscilla had each the power, she was the mom, the kid can't tally distant astatine 9 years old. What you tin bash to combat backmost is beryllium rude, beryllium disrespectful. Your lone limb is to beryllium combative.

'Her parent got much and much worried. I deliberation Lisa archetypal started experimenting with drugs astatine 13 oregon 14 years old. The much Lisa fought back, the much Priscilla tried her ain methods of control.

'So erstwhile I accidental locked successful mortal combat, the 2 were not aligned astatine all. There was nary harmony. A narration of warfare, it was similar surviving successful a warfare zone. That would precipitate a kid to bash much drugs to get immoderate benignant of precocious distant from misery.

'That's wherefore I deliberation Priscilla volition instrumentality this decease truly hard, arsenic the different idiosyncratic has died and you haven't made good.'

As an 11-year-old, Presley was dropped disconnected by her parent astatine the church's personage halfway for hours, months connected end, for 'obedience therapy', arsenic her behaviour went disconnected the rails, De La Carriere says.  

She claims Lisa Marie was made to bash the 'purification rundown' - which consists of hours successful a blistery sauna, doing ample amounts of workout and taking precocious levels of vitamins to marque the assemblage supposedly axenic - astatine slightest 3 times. The archetypal of these was erstwhile she was conscionable 12 years old.

'Priscilla would beryllium scowling erstwhile this large limousine drove up to the personage halfway with a chauffeur and Lisa would beryllium ordered retired of the car to get her indoctrination and straighten herself out,' says De La Carriere.

'I can't get into what came up successful the sessions, it would beryllium betraying trust. But immoderate clip she acted up, she was dropped off.

'The instructions from Priscilla were, ''Handle her, conscionable bash it'', and she'd beryllium determination for hours. Lisa had nary choice. I judge this was enforced conversion therapy, it was obedience therapy.

'Lisa spent a mates of hours a time with maine for months erstwhile I was her auditor oregon counselor. 

'An 11-year-old shouldn't beryllium forced into the indoctrination of anything.'

De La Carriere said she was airy connected Presley.   

'I wasn't immoderate Mother Superior with a cane, rapping her knuckles. I saw the sadness successful her eyes. I saw however this unit was superimposed connected her against her will. Now I truly regret it, I should person conscionable refused and said, ''I'm not gonna bash this to an 11-year-old girl, who doesn't privation immoderate of this.''

'She did drugs and they forced this Scientology purification rundown connected her. The rundown consists of sitting successful a sauna for 5 hours a day, dilatory taking much and much vitamins and minerals, until 1 is taking 5,000mg of niacin daily.

'Lisa had to bash this process implicit and implicit due to the fact that of her cause relapses ... doing this program, truthful she'll magically not privation to bash drugs anymore.

'If Elvis was alive, helium would never, ever person fto his girl endure torturous purification rundowns, sending her to ethics, handing retired morality punishments.

'And each the worldly she endured for 35 years, the implicit Scientology indoctrination, starring nowhere, with nary result. He would ne'er person allowed this.

'Scientology got tons of wealth retired of her. Scientology touts itself arsenic making you this precocious ethical tone – you're much aware, you person much morals, you person much ethics, you're practically a Superman, you're much healthy.

'Well, she died a cause addict aft being successful Scientology 35 years.'

It's thought that Lisa Marie turned her backmost connected Scientology aft a bust up with person David Miscavige, who disconnected from his begetter Ron aft helium fled the religion successful 2012. Presley was precise adjacent to Ron and sided with him.  

Ron was banned from immoderate interaction with his different Scientologist daughters, Lori and Denise.

The aforesaid twelvemonth that Ron left, Presley released the azygous 'You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet' and discontinue the religion herself 2 years aboriginal successful 2014.

'This was Lisa's large revenge connected David Miscavige. That was her announcement to the satellite that she's leaving,' adds De La Carriere.

The lyrics surely look similar she's hitting out, saying: 'Lay down the information don't marque a sound/Just a portion of effect who's deed the ground/I don't respond/I've mislaid the plot/Unethical/Not what I thought.

'You tin deliberation that I'm evil and I'm each for it/You ain't seen nothin yet/I'm a spot transgressive and suppressive arsenic well.

'You ain't seen thing yet/Am I a disruption to your corruption?'

Now De La Carriere thinks Priscilla volition beryllium afloat of remorse and volition crook to her aged person Travolta, who mislaid his woman Kelly Preston to bosom crab successful 2020 and his autistic lad Jett successful 2009 aft a convulsive seizure, for comfort.

'I foretell that this volition shingle up Priscilla to the core. She tin look astatine however overmuch she tried to marque Scientology enactment – and it did f**k all. Nothing. Excuse my language.

'There's nary grounds that Priscilla, similar Travolta, has been doing Scientology. When has Priscilla utilized immoderate of its services?

'When a personage does instrumentality services, the connection spreads similar lightning. If Priscilla showed up successful Clearwater, the connection spreads,' said De La Carriere, referencing the Florida metropolis that is the hub of Scientology.

Scientology can't defy putting it successful their magazines to say, ''Look who's endorsing us." We haven't seen thing similar that successful years. So I don't cognize that Priscilla is truly doing Scientology. She's already benignant of drifted away.

'Scientology volition desperately effort to reel her back, say, ''Let america grip your grief,'' but I don't cognize that Priscilla volition play shot anymore.

'I bash consciousness that this volition beryllium an earthquake successful Priscilla's world.'