Pop star Cher has filed for a conservatorship of her son Elijah Blue Allman over claims that his life is “at risk” resulting from “severe mental health and substance abuse issues.”
The court docket paperwork, which have been submitted to the Los Angeles Superior Court, stated the conservatorship is “urgently needed” for Elijah, 47. Through her attorneys, Cher, 77, argued that her son can’t handle his monetary assets or shield his property from loss or damage.
Cher has not commented publicly on the conservatorship.
Elijah has additionally not launched a press release, although the BBC reported he made a social media submit with the hashtag “#imprisonmentviaconservatorship.”
The paperwork for the proposed conservatorship stated Elijah is entitled to common distributions from a belief established by his late father, Greg Allman. However, Cher is “concerned” that her son will spend the cash on medication, “leaving Elijah with no assets to provide for himself, and putting Elijah’s life at risk.”
Elijah Blue Allman and his mom Cher attend the fifth Annual Fire and Ice Ball to Benefit Revlon UCLA Women Cancer Center on Dec. 7, 1994, in Century City, Calif.
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Through her attorneys, Cher went on to argue that Elijah’s estranged spouse, Marieangela King, is unfit to be his conservator. The authorized submitting cited “a cycle of drug addiction and mental health crises” as the explanation.
Cher argued King, who is understood professionally as Queenie, is “not supportive” of Elijah’s restoration. She claimed King “actively works to keep Elijah from getting clean and sober or receiving mental health treatment that he desperately needs.”
Cher stated she has “worked tirelessly” to attempt to get Elijah into therapy. She concluded that she “loves Elijah immensely and has always acted with his best interests in mind.”
A listening to for a brief order is scheduled for Jan. 5, 2024, with a listening to for a everlasting order set for March 2024.
The request for a conservatorship comes after widespread stories claimed Cher employed 4 males to kidnap Elijah final 12 months. King made the accusation in divorce paperwork filed in December 2022. She stated Cher used the employed males to “remove” Elijah from a New York resort room throughout their anniversary. King stated, on the time, that she and Elijah have been “working out our marriage” throughout a 12-day keep in New York.
Marieangela King and Elijah Blue Allman attend the ‘Alphabet Soup for Grown-Ups’ e-book launch celebration on Nov. 14, 2013, in Los Angeles.
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In October, Cher denied the kidnapping allegations.
“I’m not suffering from any problem that millions of people in the United States aren’t,” Cher instructed People Magazine, seemingly in reference to habit. “I’m a mother. This is my job — one way or another, to try to help my children. You do anything for your children. Whenever you can help them, you just do it because that’s what being a mother is. But it’s joy, even with heartache — mostly, when you think of your children, you just smile and you love them, and you try to be there for them.”
Cher and Greg have been married from 1975 to 1979. She was earlier married to Sonny Bono from 1964 to 1975.
The Grammy-winning singer has one different son from her marriage with Bono, 54-year-old Chaz Bono.
Cher is just not the one particular person in Hollywood to make use of a conservatorship. Pop star Britney Spears was famously launched from a conservatorship, held by her father Jamie Spears, in 2021. Both Britney and her devoted fanbase celebrated the top of the conservatorship as a win for the celebrity and her private freedom.
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