By Adam S. Levy For Dailymail.com
23:04 27 Dec 2023, updated 00:07 28 Dec 2023
- Cher, 77, filed suit Wednesday on family issue, which is set to be heard in court March 6, 2024
- Cher said she was concerned that ‘that any funds distributed to Elijah will immediately be spent on drugs’
- Cher said Elijah’s estranged wife Marieangela King, 36, has been a destructive presence in his life and is impeding efforts to have him get the help he needs
- Elijah Blue is the son of Cher and late rock star Gregg Allman, who died at the age of 69 in May of 2017
Cher has filed court papers seeking to place her adult son Elijah Blue Allman into a conservatorship, saying that he’s addicted to drugs, unable to mange his financial affairs, and deals with health issues both physically and mentally.
The legendary entertainer, 77, said in court docs Wednesday reviewed by TMZ that Elijah Blue, 47, is ‘substantially unable to manage his own financial resources due to severe mental health and substance abuse issues.’
A court date has been set up for March 6, 2024 on the issue, according to the outlet.
Elijah Blue is the son of Cher and late rock star Gregg Allman, who died at the age of 69 in May of 2017.
Cher said that Elijah receives interval payments from a trust Allman set up, and that she’s worried he will use his money to obtain more drugs instead of paying essential expenses.
The If I Could Turn Back Time singer said that as Elijah’s mother, she is best suited to be the conservator, and has received internal family support on the issue.
Cher said Elijah’s estranged wife Marieangela King, 36, has been a destructive presence in his life and is impeding efforts to have him get the help he needs with drug and mental health issues.
King and Cher have past publicly sparred, with King claiming that Cher attempted to kidnap Elijah last year in an effort to send him to a rehab facility. Cher has denied the allegations.
The Believe singer said in court docs, according to The Blast, that she has not been able to effectively communicate with Elijah on the important issue.
Cher ‘has been unable to discuss Elijah’s preferences concerning the appointment of a temporary conservator because given Elijah’s current mental and physical health issues,’ her legal team said.
Attorneys claimed Elijah ‘is unable to form or express a preference concerning the appointment of a conservator for his estate.’
In legal docs, Cher said she was concerned that ‘that any funds distributed to Elijah will immediately be spent on drugs, leaving Elijah with no assets to provide for himself and putting Elijah’s life at risk.’
Elijah is in an ongoing divorce with King, who Cher said in legal docs is ‘estranged’ from him.
‘Their tumultuous relationship has been marked by a cycle of drug addiction and mental health crises,’ Cher said in court docs.
Cher said in legal docs that King has not been ‘supportive of Elijah’s recovery and … actively works to keep Elijah from getting clean and sober or receiving mental health treatment that he desperately needs.’
Cher said she was ‘informed and believes’ King was instrumental in making moves ‘to check Elijah out of the treatment center where he was receiving much needed medical care.’
Cher cited Elijah’s split with King as a reason as to why King ‘is not entitled to appointment as conservator of Elijah’s estate unless the court finds, by clear and convincing evidence, that such appointment would be in Elijah’s best interest.’
Cher said it ‘would be unsafe for Elijah and his estate’ to assign King any control of the conservatorship,’ saying that ‘it would result in the immediate loss or dissipation of Elijah’s assets for self-destructive purposes.’
In October, Cher spoke with People about King’s past claims that Cher had kidnapped Elijah, calling them ‘not true.’
She added: ‘I’m not suffering from any problem that millions of people in the United States aren’t. 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 is also mother to son Chaz Bono, 54, from her marriage to the late Sonny Bono.
James Parker is a UK-based entertainment aficionado who delves into the glitz and glamour of the entertainment industry. From Hollywood to the West End, he offers readers an insider’s perspective on the world of movies, music, and pop culture.
