Cher and Bono eventually welcomed son Chaz in 1969, the same year they legally married after having a ceremony in their bathroom five years earlier. They ultimately separated in 1972 and filed for divorce two years later. Bono died in a skiing accident in 1998 at age 62.

I figured I’d plead insanity … Then I’d get a book deal and my own show,” Cher alleges Sonny told her after admitting to thinking about killing her.

The diva was duped by Bono, who had set up a company called Cher Enterprises in which he owned 95 percent, with the other 5 percent going to his lawyer.

Sonny Bono and Cher were divorced for decades when he died, but interest in their relatiosnhip has never waned. We have the timeline.

Cher was financially deceived by her then-husband, Sonny Bono, the legendary singer reveals in the first volume of her memoir. “He took all my money,” the 78-year-old told The 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.

In 1972, Sonny Bono told Cher he “seriously thought” about how he’d kill his then-wife, and how he’d parlay his infamy into a new career.

Cher alleged in her new memoir that she caught ex-husband Sonny Bono cheating on her with his secretary around 1967, when she was suffering from her third miscarriage.

Cher alleged that her ex-husband, Sonny Bono, cheated on her with his secretary around the time that she suffered a miscarriage in her new memoir.