Cher’s estranged son, Elijah Blue Allman, appeared in a Los Angeles court on Friday, a day after his superstar mother said he was missing, where a judge refused to immediately place him under a temporary conservatorship.
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Jessica A. Uzcategui ruled that Cher’s attorneys had not given Allman and her lawyers the necessary documents to give them adequate time to present their case.
Another hearing was scheduled for January 29.
Allman, 47, appeared with his wife, singer Mariangela “Queeny” King, but the “Believe” actress was a no-show.
Cher’s lawyers spoke on her behalf and asked the judge to urgently approve her request, arguing it was a “life or death situation.”
“We need the ability today to recover the money on Mr. Allman’s behalf to make sure he is protected,” one of the lawyers representing Cher told Judge Uzcategui.
Last week, the Academy Award-winning actress, 77, filed a petition seeking control of her son’s finances, saying his battles with addiction and serious mental health issues have left him unable to manage his money. .
In a new filing Thursday, Cher argued that immediate action was necessary or her life would be “at risk.”
“Such funds will be immediately spent on drugs, leaving Elijah with no assets to support himself and putting his life at risk,” she said in the petition obtained by Page Six.
Elijah Blue Allman said he used drugs from a young age. Getty Images Elijah Blue Allman in 2002. MediaPunch/BACKGRID
Meanwhile, Allman, who remained mostly silent during Friday’s brief hearing, also asked the judge to release a court-appointed attorney from his case because he got his own advice.
Allman and King walked away with their group of lawyers and declined to comment on the case.
The on-again, off-again couple reconciled after Allman filed for divorce in 2021 after eight years of marriage.
Cher filed for guardianship of Elijah Blue Allman. wire image
Regina Ratner, King’s divorce attorney, confirmed to The Post that her client and Allman decided to dismiss their divorce case on Tuesday.
“They’ve been working toward reconciliation since April and that’s happened now,” Ratner said.
The conservatorship petition comes a year after King alleged in divorce papers that Cher had hired four men to kidnap her husband from a New York hotel room in an apparent intervention to get him into rehab.
Cher’s son, Elijah Blue Allman, leaves the Los Angeles courthouse with his wife, Mariangela King, on January 5, 2024. Marjorie Hernandez/NY Post
The “Goddess of Pop” has denied the kidnapping accusations.
In a statement released by her record label, Verdict Music, King criticized the “Moonstruck” actress for attempting to place her husband in a “locked cage” without her consent.
“I have always been an advocate for the sober community and for Elijah’s sobriety,” she said.
“I have full confidence in legitimate, ethically operated, HIPAA-protected American medical facilities that offer proven, long-lasting treatments for those suffering from substance abuse or any number of mental health issues. What doesn’t seem right to me are establishments that exclude me (his wife) from being part of Elijah’s treatment and hopeful recovery.”
Elijah Blue Allman said he had been using drugs since he was 11 years old. Ron Davis
“I do not agree with emerging, improvised and unethical fraudulent rehabs that take full advantage of families in desperate situations and seek to fraudulently exploit insurance companies for services not provided,” King continued.
“I don’t particularly agree that Elijah was forced under false pretenses on or about October 17, 2023 to participate in an alternative medicine regimen and then was thrown into a locked facility in Mexico, sleeping behind a locked cage with other six people, under one imposed Mexican guardianship.”
King, dressed in a cream suit, held her husband’s hand as they left the courthouse Friday.
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