Cher Says Ex-Husband Sonny Bono ‘Took All My Money’ in New Memoir

Cher has revealed she was defrauded financially by her then-husband, Sonny Bono, in the first volume of the legendary singer’s memoir.

“He took all my money,” the 78-year-old told New York Times in an interview about the book, adding that she was not immediately aware of her financial situation and that she trusted Bono at the time.

“I just thought, ‘We’re husband and wife. Half the things are his, half the things are mine.’ It did not occur to me that there was another way.”

“To this day, I wish God could just ask, ‘Son, at what time, on what day, did you go, ‘Yeah, you know what? I’m taking her money,'” she added.

Cher was 16 when she first met a 27-year-old, according to The Times. The pair eventually became a couple, marrying in 1964. They divorced in 1975. Bono died in 1998 in a skiing accident in South Lake Tahoe, California.

In her book, Cher also describes how Bono restricted her social life, including not allowing her to hang out with other band members.

She also delves into other life matters, including how she still works with her 96-year-old voice teacher.

“You shouldn’t really be able to sing at this age,” she told him Times. “I have been singing all my life. It will make me sad the day I can’t.”

Writing her self-titled memoir “exhausted me,” she said. The second part is expected sometime in 2025.