Memphis (USA), May 22 (AP) A Tennessee judge on Wednesday blocked the auction of Graceland, the former home of Elvis Presley, by a company that claimed his estate failed to repay a loan that used the property as collateral.

Shelby County Chancellor JoeDae Jenkins issued a temporary injunction against the proposed auction that had been scheduled for Thursday this week.

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Presley's granddaughter Riley Keough had filed a lawsuit.

A public notice for a foreclosure sale of the 13-acre estate in Memphis posted earlier in May said Promenade Trust, which controls the Graceland museum, owes USD 3.8 million after failing to repay a 2018 loan.

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Keough, an actor, inherited the trust and ownership of the home after the death of her mother, Lisa Marie Presley, last year. (AP)

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