Elvis Presley’s Graceland estate in Memphis, Tennessee, was defaced overnight with sometimes-profane BLM graffiti and other calls to defund the police.
The estate itself is not commenting, but Fox 13 is reporting $150,000 in damages.
Also vandalized this week was the stage where Presley gave his first paid concert at the Levitt Shell amphitheater, according to The Memphis Commercial Appeal. Presley performed there in 1954.
The walls and sidewalk outside Graceland were covered in messages including “#BLM,” “Defund the Police,” “Abolish ICE” (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) and “#Stay Tuned.”
Bill Stanley, Presley’s stepbrother, said he was appalled that someone would deface the King’s home.
“This is totally uncalled for,” Stanley said, according to WMC Action News 5. “One of the saddest days of my life. I mean, besides the day that Elvis passed away, this right here is right up next to it.”
Vandals, according to The Commercial Appeal, also tagged the popular “I Love Memphis” mural on Cooper Avenue outside of the Memphis Made Brewing brewery. The graffiti was similar to that left at Graceland and Levitt Shell: “Eat the Rich,” “BLM” and “F**k the DA” (district attorney).
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