Cher sues Mary Bono over Sonny & Cher song royalties

Cher has sued former Republican U.S. Representative Mary Bono, widow of her late musical partner and ex-husband Sonny Bono, and his estate in Los Angeles federal court for allegedly withholding her share of royalties in Sonny & Cher songs. Cher asked the court on Wednesday to block the trust that administers Sonny Bono’s royalties from terminating her rights from a divorce settlement that granted her half of Sonny & Cher’s royalties. Cher and Sonny Bono began performing together as Sonny & Cher in 1964, married in 1967, and divorced in 1978.