Cher's mom Georgia Holt threatened to put Sonny Bono in jail when he was dating her underage daughter. Mama said lock you up. That was the mother of all mantras after Cher’s mom, Georgia Holt, discovered that her underage daughter was shacking up with Sonny Bono.

Cher has revealed that she was financially deceived by her then-husband, Sonny Bono, in the first volume of the legendary singer’s 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.

"He took all my money," Cher said in an interview with The New York Times, which was published on Sunday, ahead of the debut for the first volume of her two-part book, "Cher: The Memoir." "I just thought,