Cher drops bid for conservatorship over son

Cher has dropped her bid for legal control over her youngest son Elijah Blue Allman’s personal and financial affairs, his lawyers have confirmed.

The singer first applied for a conservatorship over her son, who she shares with second husband Gregg Allman, in December. At the time, she claimed Allman was “substantially unable to manage his financial resources” due to severe mental health and substance abuse issues”.

He had been set to receive assets from a trust set up by his late father, who died in 2017, but documents filed by Cher’s lawyers said she was concerned that “any funds distributed to Elijah will be immediately spent on drugs, leaving Elijah with no assets to provide for himself and putting Elijah’s life at risk”.

Cher had filed two temporary conservatorship requests but both were denied in January. It was later reported in April that Allman had filed an objection to Cher’s request, in which he stated that he felt he was not only not in need of a conservatorship, but also believed his mother would be “unfit to serve”.

US media reported that Cher and Allman agreed to pause court proceedings in May to try and resolve the matter privately.

It has now been reported that Cher’s lawyers confirmed in a brief hearing at Los Angeles Superior Court on Friday (September 13) that the family members had reached a private settlement.

Allman’s representatives, Cage & Miles, told the BBC in a statement that the outcome “allows the parties to focus on healing and rebuilding their family bond, a process that began during mediation and continues today”.

NME has reached out to Cher’s representatives for comment.

In other news, Cher is reportedly “in talks” to take on the legends slot at the 2025 edition of Glastonbury.

According to a report by The Sun, the ‘Believe’ hitmaker is said to be in “meaningful talks” with the event organisers and is already planning to fit the festival around some plans for some headline shows in the UK.

“Cher is practically the legend of all pop music legends. She would be incredible,” a source told the outlet. “It’s been a long time coming but she is finally in meaningful talks with Glastonbury about playing the legend’s slot.

“Everything is very much in the planning stages but Cher is hoping to play a handful of shows in the UK next year and Glastonbury could be one of them. The idea of a full-scale tour just doesn’t interest her anymore.”

Meanwhile, she has also been working on a two-part memoir which will reveal the “intimate” details of her life.

The first part of the music icon’s memoir is set for release on November 19 via HarperCollins, with the second part being released sometime next year. You can preorder Cher: The Memoir, Part One here.

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