Cher faces allegations of employing men to abduct her son.

American singer and actress Cher has been accused of orchestrating the kidnapping of her son, Elijah Blue Allman, from a hotel room where he was staying with his wife in 2022. Court documents filed by Allman's wife, Marieangela King, claim that four men forcefully took Allman from the New York hotel on their anniversary. The couple had been trying to reconcile their marriage after filing for divorce the previous year. Representatives for Cher and Ms. King have been contacted for comment by the BBC. According to the court documents, King stated that she and Allman were at the hotel for twelve days to work on their relationship but were interrupted on their wedding anniversary when four individuals entered their room and took Allman away. King alleged that one of the men informed her that they were hired by Allman's mother. She further claimed that her husband had been receiving treatment at an undisclosed medical facility since August 2022, and she had no information about his whereabouts or well-being. Elijah Blue Allman, 47, is the son of Cher and the late rock musician Gregg Allman. He married British musician Marieangela King in 2013. Allman has publicly struggled with drug abuse and addiction, revealing in a 2014 interview with Entertainment Tonight that he began using drugs at the age of 11.