The whopping $10,000 each month that Cher‘s troubled son Elijah Blue Allman pockets from the trust set up by his rock legend dad sustains the lifestyle that landed him in a New Hampshire psychiatric hospital and facing multiple criminal charges.
The trust fund sire of the late Gregg Allman has already collected close to $1 million in addition to several generous six-figure distribution payments between 2017 and 2022, according to court records filed by his estranged wife, Marieangela King, in her ongoing fight to collect $6,500 a month in temporary court-ordered spousal support.
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Elijah’s legal team sought to delay the payments pending a failed petition by mama bear Cher to place her son into a legal conservatorship following a bizarre assault, trespass and disorderly conduct arrest Feb. 27 inside a Concord school, followed by a second bust days later for breaking into a home in nearby Windham, N.H.
“Elijah’s situation has become dire on multiple fronts,” the Oscar-winning Moonstruck actress claims in the petition filed in Los Angeles probate court on April 15.
“His mental health has severely deteriorated, his financial situation is terrible and his drug dependency is at its worst.”
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Just days after Cher’s petition was denied, Marieangela filed a petition asking the Los Angeles Superior Court judge to enforce the court order. “With no conservatorship in place and no pending determination, there is no remaining reason to delay resolution of the issues before the Court,” she stated in her April 29 petition, which includes an exhibit detailing some of Elijah’s trust fund payments, obtained by Globe. “The existence of trust-related distributions and prior payments demonstrates that financial resources are available.”
Meanwhile, Elijah’s legal team claims his mother was only denied an “emergency appointment of conservator” and that the singer’s petition remains active pending a June 25 hearing in probate. “The outcome of that proceeding will determine who has authority to act on Mr. Allman’s behalf in this family law matter,” Elijah’s petition states.
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The financial spreadsheet also shows Elijah received a payout of $230,363 in May 2017 and various payments ranging from $10,000 to $40,000 periodically throughout the four years ending in 2022.
Still, his mom, 80, claimed in her petition that any trust money Elijah receives is “immediately squandered” on drugs, according to People.
While Elijah is slated to stand trial on June 16, the pop icon is still reeling after being blindsided with news her dysfunctional son fathered a secret love child, Ever. Regardless, sources say Cher is determined to save Elijah’s life.