Cher’s Conservatorship Bid Over Elijah Blue Allman Heats Up as Son’s Wife Seeks Control Instead

The wife of Cher ’s son Elijah Blue Allman is fighting the superstar’s bid to place him under a court-ordered conservatorship , arguing that if anyone should oversee his finances while he’s in a locked psychiatric facility facing criminal charges, it should be her.

In a new filing obtained by Rolling Stone , Allman’s wife, Marieangela King Allman, argues that the only son of Cher and the late Allman Brothers singer Gregg Allman is in no immediate danger while confined in New Hampshire. King Allman says she dismissed divorce proceedings earlier this year at her husband’s urging and therefore should be given priority if a judge determines he needs help managing his affairs. She is asking a California judge to reject Cher’s pending petition to place a professional fiduciary in charge of Allman’s finances.

“This action is not protective intervention but part of an adversarial campaign of stripping me of my role as Elijah’s spouse and ability to fulfill that role and attempting to dictate the care and estate of Elijah, her adult child, through intentional insulation and familial gatekeeping,” King Allman says in her new filing, which she submitted in Los Angeles County without a lawyer. She says Allman “vehemently opposed” Cher’s prior effort to be named his conservator amid concerns his life was at risk due to “severe mental health and substance abuse issues.”

“I am extremely concerned that appointment of a conservator hand-selected by petitioner is equally not in Elijah’s best interests and will be viewed by Elijah as further punishment and an effort to interfere with his autonomy, rather than an attempt to help him,” she says in the filing. “In Elijah’s fragile mental state, this would jeopardize his chances of hopeful recovery.”

At a hearing in April, Cher’s lawyer told the court that Allman ended up in custody in New Hampshire after traveling there “to apparently visit a friend” and going on “some sort of a spree” that led to his arrests for allegedly making criminal threats at a school and breaking into a woman’s house. Editor’s picks The 250 Greatest Albums of the 21st Century So Far The 100 Best TV Episodes of All Time The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time 100 Best Movies of the 21st Century

According to a bail order obtained by Rolling Stone , Allman was arrested on Feb. 27 at St. Paul’s School in Concord, New Hampshire, on suspicion of trespassing, criminal threats, and simple assault. Local outlet WMUR 9 News reported that Allman allegedly slipped onto campus, claiming he was a prospective parent, turned belligerent, and poked a student with his cane.

Allman was booked and released, then arrested again two days later for alleged burglary in Windham, New Hampshire, after a woman called police saying she was “hiding in a closet” because someone had broken into her home, according to a police affidavit obtained by Rolling Stone .