The pair first met in 1975 and weathered some of the hardest years of Jackson’s public life.
It was a match made in the royal courts of rock & roll.
The King of Pop and the daughter of just simply the King.
Remembering Lisa Marie Presley and Michael Jackson’s turbulent two-year marriage.Bebeto Matthews/AP/Shutterstock
They married in secret, lived in scandal, and divorced in the dramatic fashion befitting their outsized personas.
She was there to support him.
But Jackson’s defiant declaration was a bit premature.
They had first met in 1975, when the 7-year-old Presley saw Jackson in concert.
They started an adult friendship in 1992 and were married two years later.
In ‘93, Jackson was accused of sexually abusing a 13-year-old boy.
However, she wouldlater denyknowledge of Jackson’s drug use during their marriage.
The couple divorced in 1996, citing “irreconcilable differences.”
According to Presley, they were still together on and off for four years following their divorce.
