Legendary singer Cher’s son has been rushed to hospital.
The Believe hitmaker, 79, shares 48-year-old Elijah Blue Allman with late musician Gregg Allman, who died in 2017.
She also has Chaz Bono, whom she welcomed in 1969 with then-husband Sonny Bono.
As reported by TMZ, the pop star’s youngest child was dashed to ‘the hospital in Joshua Tree, California, after overdosing earlier Saturday morning.’
It is currently unknown ‘what drugs he was using’.
However, he is receiving ‘the best care possible’.
A source also said that Allman is ‘very lucky to have survived.’
It’s said that Cher is ‘doing everything she can to get him the help he needs’.
Allman has spoken publicly before about his drug use.
In 2014, he admitted that he started smoking weed and taking ecstasy when he was just 11.
This led to him having some ‘close calls’ and brushes with death.
He said at the time that he used drugs while ‘looking to escape all the things in [his] past’.
‘[Heroin] kind of saved me,’ he confessed to ET. ‘If I didn’t have that at that point, I don’t know what I would have done … You may jump off a bridge. If you can only just go through that time period and live through it, and then get help.’
Allman also said: ‘I did have some close calls and some moments of really feeling at the edge of mortality … I always kind of kept it a little bit safe, but you never can do that.’
Also a singer, Allman also has half-siblings Delilah Allman, Michael Allman, Layla Allman, and Devon Allman.
His relationship with his mother has hit the headlines in the past, as in 2023, Cher filed for a conservatorship to manage his finances.
She said her son, aged 47 at the time, was ‘substantially unable to manage his own financial resources due to severe mental health and substance abuse issues.’
Court documents filed detailed that Allman was entitled to regular payouts from a trust set up by his late father.
However, Cher was worried that the money would be used to fund his drug habits.
Cher argued that she was the best person to serve as conservator, with two of Allman’s siblings also nominating her for the responsibility.
Her filing also included a swipe at Allman’s estranged wife, Marieangela King, as Cher claimed she had been undermining his attempts at getting help.
She argued that ‘their tumultuous relationship has been marked by a cycle of drug addiction and mental health crises.’
Cher further argued that ‘any funds distributed to Elijah will be immediately spent on drugs, leaving Elijah with no assets to provide for himself and putting Elijah’s life at risk.’
After nine months of drama, it was confirmed that the mother and son had reached a private agreement.
Allman’s attorneys, Avi Levy and Steven Brumer of Cage & Miles, LLP, said in a statement to People: ‘The team successfully defended Elijah, resulting in Cher voluntarily dismissing her petition.
‘This outcome allows the parties to focus on healing and rebuilding their family bond, a process that began during mediation and continues today.’
Last May, Cher and Allman attended a private mediation session, during which they agreed to ‘pause all legal proceedings and related activities, including all discovery and motion practice, to allow the parties to continue working together to privately and confidentially resolve this matter.’
As for Cher’s relationship with her older son, he often made appearances alongside his parents on their Emmy-winning variety show, The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour, starting when he was just two.
In March 2009, after turning 40, he began transitioning and came out as trans.
He opened up to Entertainment Tonight, saying: ‘I was turning 40, and I thought, it’s now or never.
‘I want to still feel vibrant and be able to enjoy my life in a male body and not wait until I am an old man.’
He also fronted a documentary titled Becoming Chaz in 2011.
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