Cher's estranged son Elijah Blue Allman appeared in a Los Angeles courtroom on Friday. The day after the superstar's mother told him he was missing. — if the judge refuses to immediately place him under temporary conservatorship.
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Jessica A. Uzcategui ruled that Mr. Scheer's lawyers failed to give Mr. Allman and his lawyers the documents they needed to give them enough time to file their lawsuit. .
Another hearing was scheduled for Jan. 29.
Allman, 47, appeared with his wife, singer Mariangela “Queenie” King, but the “Believe” actress was absent.
Cher's lawyer represented her and called on the judge to approve her request quickly, calling it a “life-or-death situation.”
“We need the ability today to recover the money on Mr. Allman's behalf to ensure that the money is protected,” one of the attorneys representing Mr. Scheer told Judge Uzcategui.
Last week, the Academy Award-winning actress, 77, filed a petition seeking control of her son's finances, saying he is unable to manage his finances as he struggles with addiction and severe mental health issues. did.
In a new application Thursday, Cher argued that immediate action was needed or his life would be “at risk.”
“Such funds would quickly be spent on drugs, leaving Elijah with no assets to support himself and putting his life in jeopardy,” she said in a petition obtained by Page Six. .
Meanwhile, Allman, who remained mostly silent during Friday's brief hearing, also asked the judge to release the public defender from the case, saying he had obtained his own council.
Allman and King left with a large group of lawyers and declined to comment on the case.
After eight years of marriage, the On Again Off Again couple reconciled after Allman filed for divorce in 2021.
King's divorce attorney, Regina Ratner, confirmed to the Post that her client and Allman made the decision Tuesday to dismiss the divorce case.
“They've been working on a settlement since April, and now it's here,” Ratner said.
The conservatorship filing comes a year after King alleged in divorce papers that Cher hired four men to kidnap her husband from a New York hotel room in an apparent intervention to get him into rehab. Submitted later.
The “goddess of pop” denied the kidnapping claims.
In a statement released by his record label, Verdict Music, King accused the “Moonstruck” actress of trying to put her husband in a “locked cage” without his consent.
“I have always been an advocate for the sobriety community and Elijah's sobriety,” she said.
“I have full confidence in America's lawful, ethically operated, HIPAA-protected health care institutions that provide time-tested treatment to people suffering from substance abuse and a variety of mental health issues. What I cannot tolerate is a facility that does not allow me (his wife) to participate in Elijah's treatment and hopeful recovery.”
“I do not condone ad hoc, unethical, fraudulent rehabilitation practices that seek to take maximum advantage of families in desperate situations and defraud insurance companies for services that are not provided. ” continued Mr. King.
“Specifically, around October 17, 2023, Elijah was coerced into participating in alternative medicine under false pretenses and then thrown into a lockdown facility in Mexico, behind a locked cage with six others. I can't accept that he is sleeping in Mexico.'' A guardianship system was imposed on Mexico. ”
On Friday, King emerged from the courthouse wearing a cream-colored suit and holding her husband's hand.
