Cher drops petition to be appointed conservator of adult son Elijah Blue Allman
Allman's legal team said the development will allow the two parties to "to focus on healing and rebuilding their family bond."
Pop superstar Cher is dropping her effort to become a court-appointed conservator of her 48-year-old son, Elijah Blue Allman, after reaching a private settlement.
Allman's attorneys at Cage & Miles LLP confirmed the news to Entertainment Weekly on Friday, saying in a statement, "This outcome allows the parties to focus on healing and rebuilding their family bond, a process that began during mediation and continues today."
Representatives for Cher didn't immediately respond to EW's request for comment.
According to Rolling Stone, Cher's lawyer Gabrielle Vidal said Friday in Los Angeles County Superior Court, "I'm pleased to report that following a mediation with [two private judges], the parties have privately resolved this matter, and petitioner now wishes to end these legal proceedings." Vidal added that Cher wished to dismiss her petition without prejudice, meaning she could refile it at a later time if needed.
Allman's lawyer Steven K. Brumer reportedly said in court that he "most definitely" agreed that the matter had been settled.
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The development would seem to put an end to a dramatic and closely watched legal dispute between the Goddess of Pop, 78, and the only child she had with the late musician Gregg Allman.
The saga came into public view after Elijah's then-estranged wife, Marieangela King, accused Cher of hiring men to kidnap her son in 2022. As part of divorce proceedings, King filed court documents in December 2022 that were publicized in September 2023. King claimed that "Four people came to our hotel room and removed" her husband from the premises, and that one of them said they had been hired by Cher. (Cher denied the claim.) King added that she had not seen Allman, who has experienced addiction and substance abuse issues in the past, since August 2022, claiming that he was in "lockdown" at a treatment facility where she couldn't visit him.
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Last December, Cher filed to place Allman in a conservatorship, claiming her son was "substantially unable to manage his financial resources" because of "severe mental health and substance abuse issues," meaning a conservatorship would be "urgently needed… to protect Elijah's property from loss or injury." Cher's filing also rejected the notion of King as a potential conservator, arguing that "their tumultuous relationship has been marked by a cycle of drug addiction and mental health crises."
In January, Allman filed to dismiss his divorce from King without prejudice. Later that month, Judge Jessica Uzcategui said there wasn't enough evidence to warrant a conservatorship. "I don't question the motivation behind Cher's request as driven by concern for her son," she said. "But fears are not evidence on which the court can make a finding."
In May, Allman told Rolling Stone, "I am doing well and do not need the help that my mother is offering," and the two parties agreed to pause legal proceedings and work in mediation.
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