Cher ‘hired men’ to ‘kidnap’ troubled son, Elijah Blue Allman

Pop icon Cher allegedly employed a group of men to abduct her son Elijah Blue Allman out of a hotel room and into rehab, according to court reports.

Cher has had a troubled relationship with son, Elijah Blue Allmann. Picture: Getty Images

Pop legend Cher hired a group of men to kidnap her troubled son from a hotel room while he was attempting to reconcile with his estranged wife, according to newly surfaced court documents.

Elijah Blue Allman, the youngest son of Cher and late rocker Gregg Allman was with Marieangela King in New York last November when the four men barged into their hotel room, according to a declaration made by King in Los Angeles court obtained by the New York Post.

The pair had spent 12 days together before Allman was taken away by the men on November 30, 2022 — the day of their wedding anniversary.

Cher has had a troubled relationship with son, Elijah Blue Allman. Picture: Getty Images

“I am currently unaware of my husband’s wellbeing or whereabouts,” she wrote in the declaration signed December 4, 2022.

“I am very concerned and worried about him. I was told by one of the four men who took him that they were hired by petitioner’s mother.”

King also said she believed he was “in lockdown” at an undisclosed treatment facility without access to his phone.

“I understand his family’s efforts to make sure he is well, and I want what is best for my husband,” she said in the statement first reported by the Daily Mail.

Allman filed for divorce from King in 2021.

Cher and Gregg Allman with Elijah Blue and Chaz Bono. Picture: Supplied

He was reportedly staying at the famed Chateau Marmont hotel in West Hollywood for about six months this year before recently landing back in rehab.

Hotel workers would reach out to Cher over his concerning appearance, insiders told the Daily Mail.

“Virtually every morning and afternoon Elijah could be seen in front of the hotel on the sidewalk either leaning against the wall or sitting on the sidewalk smoking,” one source told the outlet.

Elijah Blue Allman and his mum Cher fell out over his marriage to Angie King. Picture: Supplied

“He would come out with a full cigarette and by the time he had finished it, he would be passed out,” the source added. “It always looked like it was dipped in something. He looked strung out and messy, like he was a homeless person living on the streets.”

A caretaker was hired by Cher to look after the 47-year-old, but Chateau Marmont staff were said to have found him lying facedown and unconscious on the pavement in front of the hotel entrance.

Cher with her son, Elijah Blue Allmann. Picture: Supplied

The hotel staff picked him up and brought him inside before authorities arrived two days later and took him for a rehab stint.

Cher has had a rocky relationship with her son and her former daughter-in-law, and reportedly has gone lengthy periods without talking to him.

Allman, also a musician, told Entertainment Tonight in 2014 he has dealt with drug addiction.

“I started with drugs around the same time that we all did, around 11. I mean it’s just what you did, it’s just what everybody did,” he said.

He also said at the time he had been sober since 2008.

– with the New York Post

Originally published as Cher ‘hired men’ to ‘kidnap’ troubled son, Elijah Blue Allman