Cher has broken her silence on a recent report claiming she hired men to kidnap her son, denying allegations she orchestrated his abduction.
Speaking to People, the Believe singer said the “rumour” of her alleged role in a kidnapping plot centered on Elijah Blue Allman is “not true”.
The singer was accused in September of hiring four men to abduct her 49-year-old son from his New York City hotel room, where he was staying with his estranged wife.
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While Cher declined further comment, she told the publication the family matter was related to her son’s ongoing struggles with substance abuse.
“I’m not suffering from any problem that millions of people in the United States aren’t,” she said.
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“I’m a mother. This is my job – one way or another, to try to help my children,” she continued, adding that she would do “anything” for her children.
“Whenever you can help them, you just do it because that’s what being a mother is.”
Cher told the outlet that, as a mother, she’s always there for her children “even with heartache”.
The accusations arose after the BBC reported on court documents filed by Allman’s wife Marieangela King, which alleged four men “removed” her husband from their hotel room.
“I was told by one of the four men who took him that they were hired by [Allman’s] mother,” King alleged in the documents filed in December 2022.
The couple were in New York City for their anniversary, where they were staying at a hotel for 12 days “working out [their] marriage”.
The documents were obtained as part of the couple’s ongoing divorce proceedings after Allman filed for divorce from his wife in 2021.
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Amid the kidnapping plot allegations, Cher has also continued to make headlines over her on-again off-again relationship with her boyfriend, Alexander ‘AE’ Edwards.
After speculation the couple had called it quits in May, the singer seemed to confirm their rekindled romance after appearing hand in hand at Paris Fashion Week together.
Speaking to People, the singer admitted she was “not surprised” their relationship have gotten so much media attention.
The 77-year-old pop icon has a 40-year age gap with her younger partner, who is 37.
“Alexander’s got diamond teeth, tattoos, white hair, and he’s way younger. He’s a beautiful man,” she gushed about her beau.