Cher Files for a Conservatorship of Son Elijah Blue Allman Due to ‘Severe’ Substance Abuse Issues

Cher has filed for custody 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 guardian of her son’s estate, claiming he is “grossly unable to manage his financial resources.”

The document states that while Elijah is due to receive the trust assets before the end of the year, a conservator is “urgently needed … to protect Elijah’s assets from loss or injury” because he is “currently unable to manage his assets due to severe mental health issues health and substance abuse.” The document also states that his estranged wife, Marieangela King, is unfit to be his guardian because “their tumultuous relationship was marked by a cycle of drug addiction and mental health crises.”

The filing continues: “Elijah is entitled to regular distributions from the foundation, but given his ongoing mental health and substance abuse issues, [Cher] he is concerned that any funds distributed to Elijah will be immediately spent on drugs, leaving Elijah without funds for himself and putting Elijah’s life in danger.”

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The submission concludes by stating that Infatuated with the moon the actress reportedly “worked tirelessly to get Elijah into treatment and get him the help he needed.”

“[Cher] loves Elijah immensely and has always acted with his best interests in mind,” the filing said, adding that she was “unable to discuss his preferences regarding the appointment of a temporary guardian” due to his “current mental and physical health issues.”

A representative for Cher did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment. A hearing for the temporary order is currently scheduled for January 5, 2024, and a hearing for the permanent order is scheduled for March 6, 2024.

In October, Cher broke her silence on Elijah’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 hotel room. apparent intervention in November 2022. King made this point in divorce documents she filed last December that recently surfaced.

Elijah Blue and Cher.

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As for the allegations, Cher told PEOPLE that “the rumors are not true” and declined to comment further.

She confirmed, however, that the private family matter is related to her son’s addiction, which he has been openly talking about for years.

“I don’t suffer from any problem that millions of people in the United States don’t have,” Cher said, watching her son’s long-term struggles with substance abuse. “I am a mother. This is my job — to try to help my children in one way or another. You do everything for your children. Whenever you can help them, just do it because that’s what being a mother is all about. But it’s a joy, even with the heartache – mostly, when you think of your children, you just smile and love them, and try to be there for them.”

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Cher in Paris in September 2023.

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In court documents, King, 36, claimed the superstar hired people to remove Allman – whose father is the late rocker Gregg Allman – from their hotel room because they were trying to “reconcile” their marriage and she was worried about her son’s son. welfare.

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

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

“I could fulfill… I don’t even know, something huge with what I don’t know [about parenting],” Cher told PEOPLE in October. “I’m just trying.”

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