Elijah Blue’s Ex Says He Is Hospitalized Amid Spousal Support Plea
Elijah Blue Allman’s estranged wife Marieangela King is urging a judge to step in, claiming Cher’s son is hospitalized after two arrests this year and has failed to consistently pay spousal support since late 2023.
Another turn in the Cher family saga: Elijah Blue Allman is in the hospital, and his estranged wife, singer Marieangela King, just asked a Los Angeles judge to loop Elijah’s trust into their divorce so her spousal support actually shows up. Dry as that sounds, the filing is pretty pointed: she says he has not been paying since late last year, and she wants the trustee to pay her directly.
"My husband is currently in the hospital. This request is simply about addressing existing court-ordered support that has not been paid."
What King wants the court to do
In documents filed Tuesday, April 14, in the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles, King, 38, asks the judge to add Michael Lehman — the trustee of the G.A. Robbins Descendants Trust — to the case. Her goal: have Lehman send her the court-ordered support and attorney fees straight from the trust while Elijah, 49, deals with his health. She also wants the court to enforce the existing temporary spousal support and attorney-fee orders, plus any future orders, through that trust.
King says she has known Lehman since 2017 and that, to her understanding, he controls distributions from the trust to or for Elijah — who is Cher’s 79-year-old son with her late ex-husband, Gregg Allman.
Why now
King’s filing says Elijah is receiving medical care at a hospital following two arrests earlier this year: one in February on assault and criminal trespass allegations, and another in March tied to an alleged break-in in New Hampshire. She stresses she is not trying to take an adversarial shot at him — she just wants the money the court already ordered flowing consistently while he is not able to manage it himself.
The money trail, in one place
- Summer 2025: A judge orders Elijah to pay King $6,500 per month in temporary spousal support.
- November 2025: After that order, King says she joined a three-way call with Lehman and pushed for overdue support and attorney fees. According to her declaration, Lehman said funds were available and agreed to make $24,000 in total payments.
- Also November 2025: The trust issues a $10,000 check to King’s attorney, Regina Ratner, for fees, and pays $14,000 directly to King for support.
- Since then: King says she has not received any additional spousal support and that Elijah still has not fully satisfied what the court requires.
Trust vs. 'estate' — quick translation
The paperwork sometimes uses the word 'estate,' but the mechanism she is targeting is the G.A. Robbins Descendants Trust. King is asking the court to formally join the trustee, Lehman, so the judge can order him to route payments directly from the trust for current support, any arrears, and her attorney fees.
Where the case stands
King filed for divorce in April 2025 after the couple first separated in April 2020. An earlier attempt to dismiss the divorce in January 2024 did not go through. Tuesday’s filing is a supplemental pleading ahead of a hearing set for May 6, where she wants the court to lock in that trustee-as-paymaster setup and enforce the existing support and fee orders.
Bottom line: King is asking the court to treat the trust as the reliable pay button while Elijah is hospitalized and his legal issues play out. We will see on May 6 if the judge presses it.