Cher has filed for conservatorship of her troubled son Elijah Blue Allman’s estate for the second time.
The Believe singer originally filed for temporary conservatorship over her 49-year-old son’s estate in December 2023, claiming Allman could not properly take care of himself or “manage his own financial resources” because of his alleged struggles with drug abuse.
However, Allman’s legal team successfully defended the legal bid, insisting he was “clean and sober” at the time, and Cher voluntarily dismissed her petition in September 2024.
Now, following a string of arrests, the music legend is trying to appoint a temporary conservator, fiduciary Jason Rubin, to take charge of Allman’s finances.
“The life of Elijah Allman (‘proposed conservatee’) has significantly deteriorated since a prior conservatorship petition was filed in 2023,” reads the new filing, submitted to Los Angeles Superior Court earlier this week.
“The proposed conservatee is currently in custody in the State of New Hampshire in a locked psychiatric hospital in an attempt to restore him to competency to face criminal charges in two cases across two New Hampshire counties for: felony burglary criminal mischief, simple assault, criminal trespass and breach of bail, but that is just the current set of problems.”
According to the documents, obtained by Page Six, Allman receives $120,000 (£88,000) a year via a trust set up by his late father Gregg Allman and allegedly immediately squanders the sum “without regard for his liabilities or well-being”.
The 79-year-old’s team argued that her musician son “has no concept of money, is unable to manage his financial resources and is unable to withstand fraud or undue influence” due to his “severe mental health and addiction issues”.
Her lawyers also claimed that he has “no ability to manage money” and spends it “almost exclusively” on drugs, expensive hotels and limousines.
Cher’s second attempt comes shortly after Allman was arrested twice in the space of three days in New Hampshire.
He was charged with two counts of trespassing, simple assault, and disorderly conduct for creating a disturbance at a boarding school in late February, and charged with burglary, two counts of criminal mischief and breach of bail for breaking into a residential home on 1 March. He is currently incarcerated in the state.
In the filing, the If I Could Turn Back Time singer added that it would be “appropriate” to seek a conservatorship of Allman’s person once he returns to California, because he’s allegedly “gravely disabled”.
