Cher will have to cover more than $1 million in legal fees stemming from her long-running dispute with Mary Bono, the widow of her former husband and musical partner, Sonny Bono, after a judge denied her request for reimbursement.
The 80-year-old singer, born Cheryl Sarkisian, filed the lawsuit against the former California congresswoman in 2021. Cher alleged that royalties from songs she recorded with Sonny during their marriage had been improperly withheld.
She sought $1 million in damages, accusing Mary Bono of attempting to use what Cher’s legal team described as a “wholly inapplicable statutory termination provision” under the Copyright Act of 1976 to end Cher’s rights to royalties from hits including “I Got You Babe” and “The Beat Goes
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