Cher filed a lawsuit against Mary Bono in Los Angeles on Wednesday, claiming Sonny Bono’s fourth wife and widow is illegally withholding her royalties from Sonny & Cher’s megahits in the ’60s.

Sonny and Cher have gone down as one of the most iconic duos in music history. Consisting of then-spouses Cher and Sonny Bono, this musical twosome are the voices behind hits like "I Got You Babe ...

Sonny and Cher met when she was just 16 and he was 27. She moved in with him after he offered her a bed in exchange for being his cook and housekeeper, and they were married from 1964 to 1975.

Cher recounts her difficult childhood, her entry into the music business and her complicated relationships with Sonny Bono and Gregg Allman in "Cher: The Memoir, Part One," out Nov. 19, 2024.