In her memoir, Cher: The Memoir, Part 1, Cher makes shocking claims about the late music producer Phil Spector.
In the quote published in New York Post, The “Believe” singer claims Spector asked her for sex when she was 15 years old after they met through her ex-boyfriend, musician Antonino Lotempio.
“He may have been a demigod to many, but his demeanor was strange and I didn't like the way he looked at me,” she wrote.
She claimed that Spector asked her to sleep with him in French.
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In her memoir, Cher claimed that the late music producer and convicted murderer Phil Spector solicited her for sex when she was 15. (2024 Ryan Emberley/amfAR | Ringo H.W. Chiu/Getty Images)
“'Vou re-vous coucher avec moi?' he grinned and asked me to sleep with him,” Cher claimed.
She continued, “I looked back at him without breaking a sweat and said, 'Hey, give me the money,' which means, 'Yes, for the money.'
“I could have knocked him over with a feather. He didn't think I could understand his questions, much less answer them.”
Cher related another encounter with Spector many years later when she confronted Spector about using her vocals without permission on a song he released in Europe.
The Oscar winner wrote in his memoir that he once again clashed with Spector over the illegal release of the song. (Kevin Mazur/Getty Images, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame)
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Spector used Cher and Harry Nilsson's vocals, which John Lennon had recorded as a “guide vocal” to be heard on the album, but then turned around and used the Martha and the Vandellas song “A Love Like Yours”. released a single that is a cover of. their contract, According to Entertainment Weekly.
According to the Oscar winner, Spector pulled out a gun during their conversation and tried to threaten her with it.
“He may have been a demigod to many, but his demeanor was strange and I didn't like the way he looked at me.”
“He told me I could do whatever I wanted, and that if I didn't like it, the record company could sue him. And he told me that I could do whatever I wanted, and that if I didn't like it, the record company could sue him. picked up a revolver that I had never noticed before,” she wrote. per outlet.
Cher remained adamant: “I looked at him furiously as he twirled it around my finger, and I said, 'Don't mess with me, Philip!'” she recalled. “'Don't throw that at me, you a-hole. This is me, Cher, okay?'
Scheer claimed that Spector pulled out a gun and “twirled it around his finger,” but that he was not threatened. (Cindy Ord/Getty Images, SiriusXM)
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She claimed he apologized and the issue was resolved.
Spector was later convicted of the murder of actress Lana Clarkson and sentenced to life in prison following a 2009 trial, but died in prison in 2021 at the age of 81.
Spector was convicted of Lana Clarkson's murder and died in prison in 2021. (Getty Images)
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In her memoir, Cher also revealed details about her past relationships, including filing for divorce from Gregg Allman nine days after their wedding.
“There was nothing romantic about our wedding day,” she admitted, according to an excerpt in People magazine.
Cher said in her memoir that there was “nothing romantic” about her wedding day to Gregg Allman. (Getty Images)
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Nine days after the wedding, Cher filed for dissolution of the marriage. They later reconciled.
The couple welcomed a son, Elijah Blue Allman, in 1976, but their relationship ended completely in 1979.
