Mariangela King, Elijah Blue Allman’s on-again, off-again wife, has withdrawn her recent divorce filing and is eager to participate in the conservatorship of Cher’s estate.
Page Six can exclusively reveal that King has filed a statement in the ongoing conservatorship case that Cher filed in Los Angeles Superior Court in April after her son was arrested in New Hampshire in late February and early March.
“Elijah and I have experienced challenges in our marriage, many of which were related to his struggles with substance abuse, mental health issues, and the aftermath,” Dr. King wrote.
“After his arrest, I filed a motion for dissolution of our marriage. At that time, I was emotionally exhausted, devastated, and believed that separation was necessary.”
But King explained that “things have changed” since then, noting that Allman “has been placed in a structured treatment environment through the New Hampshire court system” and that she has “reconsidered the dissolution process” citing “ongoing concerns for his health.”
“After further reflection and communication regarding his condition and recovery, I have decided that I do not wish to dissolve our marriage. When I married him in 2013, I promised him that I would be by his side in sickness and in health. That is why I have completely dismissed the divorce application without prejudice.”
King, 38, acknowledged that Allman, 49, “has a drug problem,” but believes “decisions regarding his future should be made with a full understanding of his current situation, treatment, support system, and wishes.”
The singer-songwriter, known professionally as Queenie, claims she has not been given access to the court examiner’s report, supplemental medical reports, medical evaluations, declarations of competency or other materials related to the conservatorship case, and asked for an “opportunity to review” them.
She argued that “the outcome of these lawsuits materially affects both (her) husband’s and (their) marital rights and interests,” and that she had “unique, first-hand knowledge of her husband’s history, functioning, relationships, support systems, strengths, challenges, therapeutic efforts, and personal wishes.”
The musician therefore asked the court to “consider (her) position and grant (her) a hearing in connection with the pending permanent financial conservatorship claim.”
Dr. King claimed to care “deeply” about Allman, writing, “As I promised when I married him in 2013, I want to do the right thing by Elijah’s side. I will support him through this entire process.”
She said she wants him to receive “all the treatment, structure, support and professional help that he truly needs” and stressed that her position “is not based on a denial of his past struggles.”
Dr. King went on to propose a “structured one-year plan” featuring “a fully staffed medical team specializing in reputable, U.S.-certified dual diagnosis sobriety living.”
“I have heard from doctors that if I relapse with the over-the-counter medications that are currently available, the result can be drug-induced psychosis. They say that this is temporary and treatable, but that it can relapse in waves over a long period of time even in the absence of drugs,” he claimed.
Contrary to what Cher claimed in her recent guardianship application, King argued that “Elijah is not a hopeless case and is not severely disabled.”
However, the Grammy winner said her eldest son has “no concept of money, cannot manage financial resources, and cannot tolerate fraud or undue influence” due to “severe mental health and addiction issues.”
She claimed that he “spent all the money he could get his hands on,” almost exclusively on “drugs, expensive hotels, and limousine transportation.”
“Elijah has no ability to manage money and every dollar he receives from his father’s trust (his only source of income) is quickly squandered, regardless of his debts or well-being,” Scheer, 80, told the court.
However, according to Dr. King, Gregg Allman, who died in May 2017, “put a trustee named Michael Lehman in charge of Elijah’s expenses, which consisted of the interest generated by the trusts. It is grossly false and misleading to imply, as this petition suggests, that Elijah had the ability to empty or exhaust any of the trusts in question.”
King argued that Elijah “does not have direct access to any of the trusts” because “all expenditures are subject to Lehman’s sole discretion.” She asked the court for “an opportunity to work together.”
Lehman asked that “such available funds be directed as may be appropriate to assist in facilitating and structuring payments during Elijah’s temporary remission.”
If Lehman is “unwilling to exercise fiduciary authority,” King asked that a third-party neutral party be “temporarily appointed, as Elijah himself previously requested before this court in 2024.”
Cher first filed for guardianship of Elijah’s estate in December 2023, asking for her to be appointed as his sole guardian.
Elijah quickly retorted in his January 2024 response. Although he acknowledged that he was “struggling with addiction and spending money in ways that were not always the most responsible,” he assured the court that he was “clean and sober” and said a conservatorship was “not needed at this time.”
King, who had previously accused Cher of hiring a kidnapper to take Elijah to rehab, claimed at the time that the “Believe” hitmaker was “categorically unfit” to manage her own finances.
Ultimately, Scheer filed for dismissal of the petition eight months later.
But after Elijah was arrested twice in the same week on charges of “belligerent” assault at the boarding school and then home invasion, Scheer filed a new petition asking trustee Jason Rubin to take control of her finances.
As for King, she and Elijah eloped in December 2013. King filed for divorce in November 2021, but the divorce was annulled in January 2024.
King then filed for divorce in April of the following year, but filed for dismissal of the application earlier this month.
