Cher denies allegations she orchestrated the kidnapping of her adult son

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Cher has denied claims that she orchestrated the kidnapping of her adult son Elijah Blue Allman.The pop icon was last month accused of hiring four men to kidnap Allman, 47, as a way to prevent him from seeing his then-estranged wife, Marie Angela King, and get him clean from drugs.Allman – who is also a musician – had filed for divorce from King in 2021, but the pair allegedly reconnected for 12 days in November 2022.Court documents show that King has claimed that on November 30, the night of their wedding anniversary, four men reportedly entered the couple’s New York hotel room and abducted Allman.Cher was asked about the story during a new interview with People, to which she responded: “That rumour is not true.” The singer declined to comment further, but she did confirm that the situation is related to Allman’s addiction issues.“I’m not suffering from any problem that millions of people in the United States aren’t,” Cher told the outlet of her son’s yearslong struggles with substance abuse.“I’m a mother.

This is my job – one way or another, to try to help my children. You do anything for your children. Whenever you can help them, you just do it because that’s what being a mother is.”She added: “But it’s joy, even with heartache – mostly, when you think of your children, you just smile and you love them, and you try to be there for them.”The allegations of the case were outlined in a court declaration that was then signed by King on December 4, 2022 in the Los Angeles Superior Court.