Elijah Allman, son of pop icon Cher and songwriter Gregg Allman, landed within the hospital this weekend after legislation enforcement responded to a report of a person “appearing erratically” in a house within the Mojave Desert.
Deputies with the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Division on Saturday responded to the residence within the unincorporated group of Landers the place Allman, 48, “was being evaluated by emergency medical personnel,” officers stated in a assertion shared with Folks. Deputies additionally “situated medicine inside the house” and the musicians’ son was transported to a hospital.
The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Division, which didn’t instantly reply on Monday to The Occasions’ request for remark and extra info, stated it’s investigating the incident. The assertion didn’t reveal whether or not drug use led to Allman’s hospitalization however TMZ, which broke the information, reported he overdosed earlier Saturday morning. A supply advised the outlet Allman is “receiving the most effective care potential” and “fortunate to have survived.”
A consultant for Cher didn’t remark to The Occasions on Monday.
Marieangela King, Allman’s estranged spouse, expressed assist for her husband and spoke about his “unwavering dedication to sobriety and his loyalty to these he loves” in an announcement to Folks. She acknowledged that her partner has “confronted private challenges up to now.”
“Like many, he continues to confront his internal struggles — however it is very important acknowledge that he does so from a spot of energy, not defeat,” she added. “Regardless of the assumptions that always colour how his journey is portrayed, the fact is that Elijah stays grounded, targeted and deeply dedicated to dwelling with integrity and objective.”
Allman has been open about his struggles with sobriety up to now, telling Leisure Tonight in a 2014 interview that his drug dependancy started earlier than he was even a young person. “I imply it’s simply what you probably did, it’s simply what everybody did,” he advised Rob Marciano on the time.
“I [was] simply seeking to escape all of the issues in my previous and that’s whenever you flip to these type of medicine, you already know heroin and opiates,” he stated in 2014. He additionally recalled “some shut calls and a few moments of actually feeling on the fringe of mortality.”
Particulars of his alleged drug use additionally surfaced in December 2023 when his mom filed her bid for conservatorship to take over his funds. The Grammy-winning “Imagine” singer alleged on the time that her son was “considerably unable to handle his personal monetary sources because of extreme psychological well being and substance abuse points.” Cher ended her conservatorship bid lower than a yr later, dismissing her petition in September 2024.
King filed a petition to divorce Allman in Los Angeles in April, citing “irreconcilable variations.” The couple, who married in December 2013, was beforehand headed for divorce when Allman filed a petition in 2021. In January 2024, he filed to dismiss that case with out prejudice. Amid their ongoing relationship tensions, King underscored in her weekend assertion, “I’ll all the time root for him.
“My assist is steadfast and comes from a spot of deep respect for the individual he’s and the resilience he continues to point out,” King stated.
