Cher has reportedly filed for conservatorship of son Elijah Allman amid his alleged battle with substance abuse.
In paperwork filed in Los Angeles Superior Courtroom and obtained by TMZ on Wednesday, December 27, Cher, 77, claims that Allman, 47, is “considerably unable to handle his personal monetary sources as a result of extreme psychological well being and substance abuse points.”
Cher shares Elijah, 47, with ex-husband Gregg Allman, who died on the age of 69 in 2017 after battling most cancers. In response to the paperwork filed on Wednesday, Cher is worried that Elijah, who is about to obtain belongings from a belief Gregg arrange earlier than his demise, shall be “spent on medication,” leaving his “life in danger.”
The submitting additionally states that Elijah’s estranged spouse, Marieangela King, is just not match to be his conservator as a result of “their tumultuous relationship has been marked by a cycle of drug habit and psychological well being crises,” per Folks. As a substitute, Cher believes she could be the very best particular person to handle her son’s conservatorship, as she has “labored tirelessly to get Elijah into therapy and get him the assistance he wants” however has “at all times acted together with his finest pursuits in thoughts.”
A listening to date of March 6, 2024, has been set by the court docket to judge the potential conservatorship.
Cher’s submitting comes on the heels of King, 36, accusing the pop icon of making an attempt to kidnap Elijah final 12 months. In a authorized declaration obtained by Us Weekly in October, King claimed that she and Elijah had been making an attempt to reconcile their relationship in November 2022 after separating the 12 months prior. In response to King, the twosome had been in a lodge in New York on November 30, 2022, when 4 individuals got here to their room and “eliminated” Elijah.
Cher was not talked about by identify, however King alleged that “one of the 4 males who took” Elijah informed her “they had been employed by petitioner’s mom.” (The “petitioner” is Elijah, who filed for divorce from King in 2021 after eight years of marriage.)
King additionally claimed that she has been informed she is “not allowed to see or communicate to” Elijah, who was “locked down” at a “therapy facility that’s undisclosed” with out entry to his telephone.
The paperwork, which had been filed in December 2022, additionally alleged that Elijah, who has struggled with heroin habit, had been in therapy since August 2022. King claimed that in his absence, she was requested by Cher to “go away our household residence” in Beverly Hills and was “not allowed to retrieve all my belongings from our main residence and residence, nor was I given the chance to stock our belongings.”
King additionally claimed that whereas awaiting further spousal help funds, she allegedly misplaced her housing and healthcare and “needed to go away the nation to stick with kin for some time.”
Following King’s allegations, Cher denied the accusations in an announcement, telling Folks in October, “That rumor is just not true.”
Cher and Gregg, who tied the knot in 1975, welcomed Elijah in July 1976. Cher additionally shared son Chaz, 54, with first husband Sonny Bono, who died from a ski accident at age 62 in 1998.