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Cher asks court to give her
conservatorship over son
Chris Pizzello Associated Press
Cher poses at the premiere of the documentary film
“Sidney,” Sept. 21, 2022, in Los Angeles.
BY ANDREW DALTON
AP Entertainment Writer
LOS ANGELES —Cher
has filed a petition to become
a temporary conservator
overseeing her son's money,
saying the 47-year-old's
struggles with mental health
issues and addiction have left
him unable to manage his
assets and potentially put his
life in danger.
The Oscar and Grammy
winning singer and actor on
Wednesday filed the peti
tion in Los Angeles Supe
rior Court that would give
her temporary control of the
finances of Elijah Blue All-
man, her son with musician
Gregg Allman.
Cher's petition says that
Elijah Allman is entitled to
regular payments from a
trust fund. But “given his
ongoing mental health and
substance abuse issues," she
is “concerned that any funds
distributed to Elijah will be
immediately spent on drugs,
leaving Elijah with no assets
to provide for himself and
putting Elijah's life at risk,”
the petition says.
Reached through his attor
ney, Elijah Allman said in a
phone call with The Associ
ated Press, “I am well, and
able, and of sound mind and
body.”
He declined to say whether
he planned to oppose the
petition, or give any further
comment.
A court-ordered conserva
torship is “urgently needed,”
Cher's filing says. A judge
scheduled a January hearing
on the issue.
The filing explicitly seeks
to keep control of Elijah All
man's finances from his wife,
Marieangela King, from
whom he filed for divorce in
2021.
The two remain legally
married. A filing from King
in October says the couple
had agreed to pause the
divorce proceedings and
work on their marriage, but
she had not seen him in per
son in six months.
Cher's petition says the
couple's “tumultuous rela
tionship has been marked by
a cycle of drag addiction and
mental health crises” and that
she believes King “is not sup
portive of Elijah's recovery.”
Emails seeking comment
from an attorney for King and
representatives for Cher were
not immediately returned.
Cher has two sons, one
from each of her marriages
— 54-year-old Chaz Bono
with the late Sonny Bono,
and Elijah Allman, who is
the former singer and guitar
ist of the band Deadsy and is
known professionally as P.
Exeter Blue.
Conservatorships, known
in some states as guardian
ships, allow courts to give rel
atives or others control over a
person's money and, at times,
their life decisions after they
are deemed not competent
to make such decisions for
themselves.
The issue became widely
known when what began as
a temporary conservatorship
over Britney Spears became
a years-long legal saga and
fight with her father.
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CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Pierce Brosnan,
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is now facing real heat, charged with step
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gurgling mud pots, with water at or near the
boiling point.
Going out-of-bounds in such areas can be
dangerous: Some of the millions of people
who visit Yellowstone each year get badly
burned by ignoring warnings not to stray off
the trail.
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