Cher Files for a Conservatorship of Son Elijah Blue Allman

Cher Files for a Conservatorship of Son Elijah Blue Allman

Cher has filed for a conservatorship of her son Elijah Blue Allman due to his alleged recent substance abuse issues.

According to documents filed in Los Angeles Superior Court and obtained by PEOPLE, the singer and actress, 77, is seeking to be the sole conservator of her son’s estate, claiming that he is “substantially unable to manage his financial resources.”

The document states that although Allman is due to receive assets from trust before the end of the year, a conservator is “urgently needed … to protect Elijah’s property from loss or injury” because he is “currently unable to manage his assets due to severe mental health and substance abuse issues.” The document also states that his estranged wife, Marieangela King, is not fit to be his conservator because “their tumultuous relationship has been marked by a cycle of drug addiction and mental health crises.”

The filing continues, “Elijah is entitled to regular distributions from the Trust, but given his ongoing mental health and substance abuse issues, [Cher] 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.”

Elijah Blue Allman and Cher in Hollywood in March 2021.

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The filing concludes by stating that the Moonstruck actress has reportedly “worked tirelessly to get Elijah into treatment and get him the help he needs.”

“[Cher] loves Elijah immensely and has always acted with his best interests in mind,” the filing states, adding that she has been “unable to discuss his preferences concerning the appointment of a temporary conservator” because of his “current mental and physical health issues.”

A rep for Cher did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment. A hearing for a temporary order is currently set for Jan. 5, 2024, with the hearing on a permanent order scheduled for March 6, 2024.

In October, Cher broke her silence on Allman’s ordeal, opening up to PEOPLE about her relationship with her 47-year-old son after a report surfaced that she allegedly hired four men to forcibly remove her son from a New York City hotel room in an apparent intervention in November 2022. King made the claim in divorce documents she filed last December that recently surfaced.

Elijah Blue and Cher.

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Regarding the allegations, Cher told PEOPLE “that rumor is not true” and declined to comment further.

She did, however, confirm that the private family matter was related to her son’s addiction issues, which he has spoken openly about over the years.

“I’m not suffering from any problem that millions of people in the United States aren’t,” Cher said of watching her son’s years-long struggles with substance abuse. “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 in Paris in September 2023.

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In the court documents, King, 36, alleged that the superstar hired the men to remove Allman — whose dad is the late rocker Gregg Allman — from their hotel room because they were trying to “reconcile” their marriage and she was concerned for her son’s well being. 

King, who is known professionally as Queenie, claimed they had spent “12 days alone together from November 18-November 30, in New York, working on [their] marriage” at the time of the incident. In the documents, she also claimed “one of the four men who took [Allman]” told her that the Grammy winner hired them. 

Despite their differences, Cher maintained that she will always be there for her kids.

“I could fill a . . . I don’t even know, something gigantic with what I don’t know [about parenting],” Cher told PEOPLE in October. “I just keep trying.”

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