Presley suing tabloid for 'overweight' jibes

US singer Lisa Marie Presley will sue the Daily Mail after the paper forced her to announce her pregnancy by printing a story alleging she was "piling on the pounds".

Presley, daughter of rock 'n' roll legend Elvis, was angered by claims made by the paper and will take the case to the High Court.

The singer's lawyer Simon Smith said: "My client is deeply upset and offended by this article, especially as it was widely published just as she and her family were meant to be celebrating her happy news."

The 40-year-old wrote on her MySpace page that she had been forced to "show my cards and announce under the gun and under vicious personal attack that I am in fact pregnant.

"Once they got a glimpse of my expanding physique a few days ago, they have been like a pack of coyotes circling their prey whilst eerily howling with delight."

The paper made comparisons with Presley's late father Elvis, who became overweight during the later stages of his career.

Lisa Marie also blasted other tabloids who picked up on the story, accusing them of "writing false defamatory degrading stories about all of the dark possible reasons I could be putting on weight".