The fight over who profits from Sonny & Cher's classic hits has moved from the recording studio to the courtroom, where a ...
The Believe hitmaker had sued Mary Bono and accused her of withholding payments from songs within the Sonny + Cher catalogue, and last month, in a final judgement, US District Judge John A. Kronstadt ...
On November 26, 2025, a federal judge in Los Angeles handed Cher a sweeping win in a royalties dispute that reached back nearly half a century. U.S. District Judge John A. Kronstadt ruled that Cher’s ...
LOS ANGELES — The beat goes on for Cher. A federal judge in Los Angeles sided with the singer-actress again, ruling that Sonny Bono’s widow could not reclaim 50% of her late husband’s composition ...
A year and a half after Cher won a legal victory over royalties from her songs with Sonny Bono, Sonny’s widow Mary Bono is appealing the ruling.