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Elvis Presley's relationship with teenage girls has been a subject of discussion and controversy over the years. In his book, Baby, Let’s Play House: Elvis Presley and the Women Who Loved Him, author Alana Nash detailed that the King of Rock and Roll had an unusual craving for teenage girls, and his ex-wife Priscilla Presley was not an exception as he started grooming her from the young age of 14. In recent light, several women who were romantically involved with the late music legend have come out to lay bare their experiences with him. Their encounters with the King of Rock 'n' Roll have been compiled and produced as an Amazon Prime documentary called Elvis’ Women. Elvis Presley's friend, Currie Grant, says Presley loved teenage girls SPEEDWAY, Elvis Presley, 1968 / Everett Collection Currie Grant, a friend of the late singer from when they served in the US military together during their time in Germany, revealed that Elvis knew his ex-wife was a teenager when they met through him but he didn't care. “Priscilla came into the club, and she found out I knew Elvis," he said. “Who knew she was 14? And nobody cared because she was that beautiful." RELATED: New ‘Priscilla’ Biopic Teaser Features Whirlwind Romance With Elvis Presley He further stated that Elvis' reason for taking on girls was that he wanted dominance. “Her parents were so sold on Elvis they didn’t give a damn," Grant added." If I’d have been the parents I’d have been raising hell. He liked young girls because he can control them.” GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS!, Elvis Presley (dark shirt), 1962 / Everett Collection Also, David Stanley, Elvis' stepbrother, shared his thoughts on Elvis' insatiable desire for adolescent girls. “ and the guys were really concerned they had a Jerry Lee Lewis situation going on...There’s a lot of things I love about Elvis, but there’s things I wish I’d never seen," he disclosed. "One was his taste for young girls. It’s a miracle he didn’t get busted.” Women share their ordeal with Elvis Presley in a new revealing documentary In the new documentary, one of Elvis' victims, Frances Forbes, disclosed her experience with the King of Rock and Roll whom she met at the age of 14. “We just had fun. He called me Little Frances. I spent most of my time in Graceland skipped school. I was 14 when I met him, Elvis was 22. He was attracted to younger girls," she confessed. "E always said ‘14 will get you 20.’ If we were talking about us traveling with him or having sex, 14 years old would get you 20 years in prison. If you were 13, you were way too young – 14 was the magic age." GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS!, Elvis Presley, 1962 / Everett Collection Also, Kay Wheeler, who founded the Elvis Presley fan club at the young age of 16, recounted an incident where she had an encounter with the legendary star, who requested her presence in his hotel room. "He came on like Godzilla. I walked in, he was looking in a mirror. He started being kissy and holdy," she explained in the documentary. "Every minute you want to be with Elvis, and then you get right in front of him, and there’s only one thing you want to do, and that’s run for your life because you know you’re in danger.”