Cher Denies Hiring Men to Abduct Her Adult Son: ‘That Rumor Is Not True’
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Cher has denied hiring four men to abduct her own adult son to keep him from reconciling with his then-estranged wife, telling People, “That rumor is not true.”
The accusation emerged last month in newly surfaced divorce documents regarding Elijah Blue Allman — Cher’s son with Gregg Allman — and his wife, Marie Angela King. According to the documents, the couple filed for divorce in 2021, but in Nov. 2022, they allegedly reconnected for 12 days. It was during this period, on Nov. 30 — their wedding anniversary — that four men allegedly entered their New York hotel room and abducted Allman.
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On Dec. 4, 2022, King wrote a declaration stating, “I am currently unaware of my husband’s wellbeing or whereabouts. I am very concerned and worried about him.” She also said one of the four men said “they were hired by petitioner’s mother,” adding: “Since August 2022, I have been told that I am not allowed to see or speak to [Allman], who is currently in lockdown at a treatment facility that is undisclosed to me. I am also told [Allman] has no access to his phone.”
Beyond denying the alleged abduction, Cher declined to speak any further on the issue. She did, however, offer an additional statement regarding her son’s long struggles with substance abuse.
“I’m not suffering from any problem that millions of people in the United States aren’t,” she said. “I’m a mother. This is my job — one way or another, to try to help my children. 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.”
According to reports, after the alleged kidnapping, Allman was put up at the Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles alongside a caretaker hired by Cher. In September, per the Daily Mail, hotel staff found him “lying face down on the pavement leading to the hotel entrance.” A couple days later, he was reportedly escorted out of the hotel and taken to a rehab center.
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