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Cher Makes Second Attempt to Control Son's Finances
- Curtis Newart
- 4 days ago
- 2 min read
Pop legend Cher, 79, is making a second attempt to control the finances of her 49-year-old son Elijah Blue Allman.
A hearing is set for this morning in Los Angeles Superior Court to determine whether Cher can assign a temporary conservatorship over the finances of Allman, Rolling Stone magazine reports.
Cher called Allman "gravely disabled" after his two back-to-back arrests in New Hampshire resulted in her son being held in a "locked psychiatric facility", according to her April 15th petition obtained by Rolling Stone.
"Cher’s documents say Elijah receives $120,000 a year via a trust set up by his dad. Once Elijah gets a payment, it’s 'immediately squandered without regard for his liabilities or well being.'"
"There is a clear pattern in Elijah’s behavior," Cher reportedly alleges in her petition. "After he receives his trust distribution, he checks into a hotel, usually the Chateau Marmont, buys and does drugs until he runs out of money, ends up in the hospital, or overdoses. Based on this pattern, if Elijah were to receive his trust distribution, he will use it to buy drugs."
Allman "allegedly was a danger to himself or others, including an episode where he purportedly passed out in his car in the middle of traffic and ended up in a hospital, where he was administered Narcan."
"There have been multiple occasions in which Elijah caused grease fires while cooking after zoning out and forgetting that food was on the stove," Cher's filing reportedly states.
Rolling Stone reports that Cher claims Allman has been living wildly beyond his means since 2024, bouncing between "expensive hotels he cannot afford" and short-term rental homes, allegedly causing more than $50,000 in damage to one Airbnb, and purportedly racking up an $18,000 bill with a drug dealer.
He also has an unpaid tax bill topping $200,000, Cher claims, and is facing a raft of criminal charges, according to Rolling Stone.
Cher's first attempt to gain conservatorship of Allman's finances in 2023 was denied. In the current petition, Cher is asking the court to appoint Jason Rubin, a licensed private fiduciary, to manage her son's finances.
Elijah is Cher’s son with the late Allman Brothers singer-songwriter Gregg Allman.
