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Cher’s troubled son hit with latest family drama

Cher’s troubled son hit with latest family drama

Cher’s troubled son Elijah Blue Allman has been hit with divorce papers again by his estranged wife Marieangela ‘Queenie’ King.

Marieangela, 37, filed for divorce from Elijah, 48, on Tuesday, and checked irreconcilable differences as the reason for the end of their marriage, according to TMZ.

She noted March 31 was their date of separation.

Elijah married Marieangela, who goes by the name Queenie in the rock band KING, in 2013. They have no children.  

Marieangela is seeking at least $6k a month in spousal support as their case remains in pending mode. 

DailyMail.com has contacted a representative for Cher for comment. 

Cher's son Elijah Blue Allman has been hit with divorce papers again by his estranged wife Marieangela 'Queenie' King; pictured 2024

Cher’s son Elijah Blue Allman has been hit with divorce papers again by his estranged wife Marieangela ‘Queenie’ King; pictured 2024

Elliot is the son of Cher and her former husband, the late blues singer Gregg Allman; pictured 2002

Elliot is the son of Cher and her former husband, the late blues singer Gregg Allman; pictured 2002

King, who was born in Mumbai, India, to a British father and German mother and whose childhood was spent in 30 different countries, is one of six siblings who have played at various times in KING.

Cher, 78, has long had a contentious relationship both with Elijah and her daughter-in-law Marieangela, who he met in Germany after he going there for treatment for a particularly bad case of Lyme Disease.

Read More Inside Elijah Blue Allman’s troubled relationship with his mother Cher article image

The movie and music icon allegedly did not congratulate the newlyweds after they eloped and refused even to acknowledge their engagement.

She has often gone months and even years without even speaking to her son, who she packed off too boarding school when he was just eight.

Much of the tension between Cher and Elijah has stemmed from his estranged wife Marieangela King. 

Allman and King have been married for more than 11 years but their relationship has long been stormy, with the singer first filing for divorce in 2021.

In January 2024, the pair filed a peтιтion to have the application tossed – only for a judge to deny their request on a technicality due to Cher’s efforts to be appointed her son’s conservator.

She filed to be his sole conservator in 2023 due to his alleged substance abuse and mental health issues. Allman told a court last year he had been sober from illicit substances for over 90 days. 

Much of the tension between Cher and Elijah has stemmed from his estranged wife Marieangela King (pictured in 2018)

Much of the tension between Cher and Elijah has stemmed from his estranged wife Marieangela King (pictured in 2018)

Elijah married Marieangela, who goes by the name Queenie in the rock band KING, in 2013. They have no children; pictured 2013

Elijah married Marieangela, who goes by the name Queenie in the rock band KING, in 2013. They have no children; pictured 2013

In September 2024, Cher withdrew her bid for conservatorship. 

That long-running saga has seen Cher accused by King of having Allman ‘kidnapped’ from a New York H๏τel room in November 2022 when the pair were trying to patch up their marriage and later forcing her son into a harsh Mexican rehab.

Allman has opposed being forced into a conservatorship overseen by his mother and has asked that King be given the job instead.

The bitter court fight, which started in December 2023 when Cher applied to become Allman’s temporary conservator, has proved particularly nasty with her son blasting her as ‘misguided’ and ‘unfit’ to control a conservatorship.

‘I have seen her suffer with depression in the past and I do not believe that she is capable of making appropriate decisions for my estate,’ he said in court documents.

‘I do not need a conservatorship. The only person who can save me from my demons is me – and I’m doing just that.’

Cher says her son’s past drug addiction, plus mental and physical health issues, make him unable to manage the $120,000 a year he gets from a trust fund set up for him by his father – blues singer Greg Allman who died in 2017.

The singing legend said she feared he would spend his $30,000 quarterly payouts on drugs, putting his life in jeopardy.

Allman and King have been married for more than 11 years but their relationship has long been stormy, with the singer first filing for divorce in 2021

Allman and King have been married for more than 11 years but their relationship has long been stormy, with the singer first filing for divorce in 2021

Her application was initially denied by Judge Jessica Uzcategui in January 2024 on the grounds the star’s attorneys had not given Allman enough notice of the court action and had refused to share confidential information with him.

Nonetheless, Cher was given the green light to proceed with the court fight, despite Allman’s objections and his preference for King’s appointment should a conservatorship be deemed necessary.

‘My wife is enтιтled to priority,’ Allman said in court papers. ‘My understanding therefore is that Cher is no longer enтιтled to priority.’

King and her famous mother-in-law have long had a frosty relationship with Cher saying she has been a ‘destructive presence’ in Elijah’s life, impeding his efforts to stay clean and sober.

‘Their tumultuous relationship has been marked by a cycle of drug addiction and mental health crises,’ she said in court filings.

The music legend with her son Elijah in 1980

The music legend with her son Elijah in 1980

The songstress pictured with Elijah in 2001

The songstress pictured with Elijah in 2001

Cher claimed King has not been ‘supportive of Elijah’s recovery and … actively works to keep Elijah from getting clean and sober or receiving mental health treatment that he desperately needs.’

She said it ‘would be unsafe for Elijah and his estate’ to ᴀssign King any control of the conservatorship,’ saying that ‘it would result in the immediate loss or dissipation of Elijah’s ᴀssets for self-destructive purposes.’

The pair also clashed over Cher’s decision to send her son to rehab in Mexico with King traveling to the country personally to spring Allman out.

In court papers, he said: ‘My mother and I have had a strained relationship for years. As an example, on October 17, 2023, my mother arranged for me to be brought to Mexico for what I was told was “holistic alternative therapy”.

‘Upon arrival in Mexico, I was told that I was not there for holistic/alternative treatment and, in fact, was not permitted to leave.

‘It was my wife who retained counsel and negotiated my release from the facility in Mexico.

‘While I wish to believe that my mother wants the best for me, I have personal knowledge that she does not manage her own finances.

‘I therefore have grave concerns about this court permitting her to manage any of mine.’

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