Elijah Allman reconciles with wife as mother Cher seeks conservatorship
Elijah Allman has filed a petition to annul his divorce from his wife Marieangela King like his mother, Cherseeks curatorship of his estate.
Attorneys for Allman, 47, and King, 36, filed the paperwork on Tuesday, Jan. 2, according to court documents obtained by We weekly. Allman originally filed for divorce from King in November 2021 after nearly eight years of marriage.
King’s lawyer Regina Ratner told exclusively Us on Wednesday, January 3 that “Marieangela has always been there [Elijah’s] rock” and “has just been a stabilizing force for him.”
The dismissal request comes six days after Cher, 77, filed for Allman’s conservatorship last month on Dec. 27, claiming her son is “substantially unable to manage his own financial resources due to serious mental health and substance abuse issues.”
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Cher further claimed that King is not fit to be Allman’s conservator because “their tumultuous relationship was marked by a cycle of drug addiction and mental health crises.”
Despite Cher’s claims, Ratner shared Us that Allman is “very capable of managing his own affairs on his estate, and in periods when he is not so capable, [Marieangela] is more than capable.”
King’s attorney also noted that King and Allman, who tied the knot in 2013, have “reconciled” and are “working on their marriage.”
Despite their shared love for Allman, the family feud between Cher and her daughter-in-law continues over the best way to care for him.
A statement from King’s record label Verdict shared Us alleged on her behalf that King’s “presumed rights as Mr. Allman’s lawful wife have been largely usurped by others involved in his so-called medical care,” making “the care of Mr. Allman extremely difficult.”
Us has contacted Cher for comment.
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The statement also denounced “any suggestion or implication that characterizes Mrs. King as anything other than a loyal, supportive and loving husband of Mr. Allman” and emphasized that King never “enabled” Allman’s substance abuse nor “suffered from any form of substance abuse”. abuse, mental health or addiction issues” itself.
In her statement, King further alleged that in October 2023, Allman was forced “under false pretenses” to “participate in an alternative medicine program” and then “thrown into a locked facility in Mexico” where he was forced to sleep “behind a locked room’. cage with six other individuals, under an imposed Mexican conservatorship.”
According to King’s record label, she recently risked her own life to ensure her husband’s safe return to the United States after he was “inhumanely held against his will in a foreign country.”
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King previously accused Cher of hiring four men to kidnap Allman. In a September 2023 statutory declaration obtained by UsKing claimed that she and Allman were in a New York hotel room in November 2022 when four men “hired” by Cher entered and “removed” Allman.
King further claimed that after the alleged kidnapping, she was “not allowed to see or speak” to Allman, who was then “confined in a treatment center,” the location of which was not disclosed to her.
Cher shared Elijah with ex-husband Gregg Allman, who died in 2017 at the age of 69 after battling cancer.