Cher’s son Elijah Allman and spouse Marieangela King have had their share of ups and downs.

The couple met in 2013 and tied the knot that December. Although Allman was sober at the time in their nuptials, he struggled with substance abuse later in their marriage. Cher and King have butted heads over one of the simplest ways to deal with Allman amid his battle with habit.

In September 2023, King filed a criminal declaration accusing Cher of hiring four men to kidnap Allman. She claimed that Allman was then put “in lockdown at a treatment facility” where he used to be “not allowed to look or speak” to her.

Cher, who shared Elijah with late ex-husband Greg Allman, subsequently addressed the allegations throughout an October interview with the New York Post.

“You never prevent being a mother — you go to the top, you pass to the mattresses while you’re trying to save your youngsters. But I didn’t do it. And if I did it, I wouldn’t care to let you know,” she mentioned.

Keep scrolling for a have a look at Elijah and King’s relationship over time:

2013

The pair met when Elijah used to be in Germany receiving remedy for Lyme illness. They eloped that December.

2014

During a February interview with The Daily Mail, Elijah opened up about his and King’s determination to elope without Cher or different members of the family present.

“I wasn’t going to look ahead to anyone’s approval and congratulations, just like I’ve by no means waited for any of that my whole existence. The means I eloped with my spouse is the same approach I’ve carried out the entirety I’ve ever carried out. I don’t know every other manner and we knew it was once the correct time,” he stated.

Elijah added that he has “at all times been the black sheep” of his circle of relatives. “We have a lot of ups and downs and at the moment isn’t the most efficient time. Had we been getting on a little bit bit better possibly it will were other,” he explained.

2016

King steered that she and her mother-in-law were on excellent terms through sharing a photograph of them in combination.

“Backstage w my mamacita,” she captioned the October Instagram snap of herself and Cher.

2018

Elijah and King went to see the jukebox Broadway musical in keeping with Cher’s life story and profession.

“About remaining evening … #thechershow on #broadway used to be inspiring & sensible! I wanna see it again!” King captioned a December Instagram selfie of herself and Elijah of their theater seats.

August 2021

King shared a selfie with her husband, captioning the shot with a single crimson middle emoji.

November 2021

Elijah filed for divorce from King after setting apart in April 2020, bringing up irreconcilable variations.

2022

After Cher’s mother, Georgia Holt, died at age 96 in December, King shared a throwback photo of herself with Holt, Cher and Elijah.

“Coolest pic EVER! #circle of relatives 🎉🍾🥰🎈,” she captioned the Instagram put up.

September 2023

In a felony declaration obtained by means of Us, King claimed that she and Elijah have been at a hotel in New York City in November 2022 when 4 men “hired” by means of Cher “removed” Elijah from their room.

King further alleged that Elijah used to be “currently in lockdown at a remedy facility that is undisclosed” to her, where he had no longer been “allowed to look or speak” to her. King also noted in the submitting that she and Elijah had been making an attempt to fix their relationship on the time of the alleged kidnapping.

Cher denied the claims all over an interview with The New York Post one month later.

December 2023

Cher puzzled King’s position in Elijah’s lifestyles whilst filing for a conservatorship of her son, claiming that the twosome’s “tumultuous relationship has been marked by way of a cycle of drug habit and mental health crises.”

The Grammy winner additional alleged that Elijah is “substantially not able to control his personal monetary assets due to severe mental health and substance abuse problems,” therefore her request for a conservatorship.

King due to this fact shot down the claims in a January 2024 remark to Us, noting that she has “always been a champion for the sober neighborhood and for Elijah’s sobriety” whilst denouncing “institutions that exclude me from being part of Elijah’s remedy and hopeful recovery.”

King additionally claimed that Elijah have been “coerced under false pretenses” into “another medication regimen” in October 2023 where he was once allegedly “thrown right into a lockdown facility in Mexico, sound asleep at the back of a locked cage with six other people, beneath an imposed Mexican Conservatorship.”

Us reached out to Cher for comment at the time however didn't listen back.

2024

Elijah and King filed bureaucracy to dismiss their divorce in January. King’s lawyer Regina Ratner exclusively told Us on the time that the duo had “reconciled” and are “operating on their marriage.”

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The attorney added that King “has always been [Elijah’s] rock” and “has most effective been a stabilizing power for him,” regardless of Cher’s claims in her conservatorship request.

“[Elijah is] very able to managing his own affairs in his estate, and during periods where he isn't as succesful, [Marieangela] is more than capable,” Ratner stated.

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