Cher won her yearslong lawsuit against Sonny Bono's widow over royalty payments for songs like "I Got You Babe" and "The Beat Goes On." Cher sued Mary Bono in 2021, accusing her of withholding ...

Cher has won her yearslong copyright lawsuit against Sonny Bono’s widow over royalty payments from the Sonny & Cher catalog, a federal judge in the Central District of California ruled on Wednesday.

Cher stopped receiving royalty payments from Bono’s estate in 2021, prompting the lawsuit. The ruling stated that federal termination rules would not nullify the divorce settlement, and thus ...

Cher has won her copyright lawsuit against the widow of ex-husband Sonny Bono. The singer, 78, sued Mary in October 2021 over a dispute involving royalty payments from songs she recorded with ...

Despite securing a victory in her Sonny And Cher royalty lawsuit against Bono’s widow Mary, opposing counsel have gone on to argue that Cher isn’t “entitled” to the finances. Given this ...

By 2021, Cher’s royalty payments had ceased altogether, prompting her to file a lawsuit. The court ruled in favor of Cher, with Judge John A. Kronstadt stating that federal termination laws did ...