Cher files for conservatorship over son after ‘kidnap plot’ claims

Cher has take a drastic step in her bid to save her troubled 47-year-old amid his alleged escalating struggles.

Cher attends the grand opening of Fontainebleau Las Vegas on December 13, 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Picture: Ethan Miller/Getty Images

Legendary star Cher has reportedly filed for a conservatorship over her son Elijah Blue Allman’s estate.

Blue is the son of Cher and late rock star Gregg Allman, who passed away in 2017.

Cher has had a troubled relationship with son, Elijah Blue Allmann, for a number of years. Picture from Getty Images.

According to legal documents obtained by TMZ, the music icon has requested to be the sole conservator of her son’s estate over concerns that he cannot properly take care of himself or “manage his own financial resources” because of his alleged struggles with drug abuse.

In the documents, the 77-year-old claimed she has not been able to “discuss Elijah’s preferences concerning the appointment of a temporary conservator” because his “current mental and physical health issues” leave him “unable to form or express a preference” concerning the appointment of a conservator for his estate.

The documents further detail Cher’s concern that her 47-year-old son cannot handle his finances, claiming that “any funds distributed to Elijah will immediately be spent on drugs, leaving Elijah with no assets to provide for himself, and putting Elijah’s life at risk.”

Cher also claimed that Blue’s estranged wife, Marieangela King, has been a destructive presence in her son’s life and is actively working against her efforts to give her son the help he needs with his addiction issues.

It comes just three months after reports that Cher had hired a group of men to “kidnap” Blue from a New York City hotel room in 2022.

Cher was recently forced to deny claims she had hatched a “kidnap plot” in a bid to save her son from his struggles. Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images.

The star was allegedly attempting to get her son help for his drug addiction at the time, and it took place while he was in a hotel room with his estranged wife in a bid to save his marriage.

Cher denied claims of a “kidnap” plot, however, and released a statement regarding her son’s struggles in October.

“I’m a mother. This is my job — one way or another, to try to help my children,” she said of her son’s struggles.

She continued: “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.”

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