Cher is again asking a court to take control of son Elijah Blue Allman’s finances, this time after a pair of recent arrests and what her lawyers describe as a rapid decline. In a petition filed last week in Los Angeles County Superior Court and obtained by USA Today, the 79-year-old singer seeks a temporary conservatorship over the 49-year-old’s estate, citing his “severe” mental health and substance-use issues. Cher wants private fiduciary Jason Rubin appointed to manage Allman’s assets, receive payments from a trust funded by his late father, Gregg Allman, and pay his bills. Allman is currently in a psychiatric hospital in New Hampshire, according to the filing.
Cher’s attorney, Justin B. Gold, writes that Allman “has no concept of money,” spends nearly everything on “drugs, expensive hotels and limousine transportation,” and is vulnerable to fraud and manipulation. Court documents say his estate is worth about $132,000, while he faces significant debts including an estimated $200,000 tax bill, unpaid spousal support to estranged wife Marieangela King, and money borrowed to pay an $18,000 drug debt. The filing also alleges he has been kicked out of 18 hotels for erratic behavior, has caused several kitchen fires, and has engaged in troubling sexual behavior toward hotel staff.
The request follows two New Hampshire arrests earlier this year: one in late February involving assault, trespassing, criminal threatening, and disorderly conduct at St. Paul’s School, and another in early March tied to an alleged home break-in that led to burglary and bail-violation charges. Cher previously sought a conservatorship in 2023 but withdrew the effort last year after Allman told the court he would change his lifestyle and hire a business manager, promises her attorney now says he “abandoned,” per People. A hearing on the new petition is set for Friday.
