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Cher Wins Royalty Battle With Sonny Bono’s Widow


Cher has won a royalty battle with Sonny Bono's widow Mary Bono, who previously argued she could stop paying royalties tied to the duo's divorce.

Cher has won her years-long copyright lawsuit against Sonny Bonno’s Widow over royalty payments from the Sonny & Cher catalog, a federal judge in the Central District of California ruled on Wednesday. By 2021, Mary Bono claimed that through those termination rights she could stop paying royalties, and Cher subsequently sued. Reps for Cher and Mary Bono didn’t immediately respond to Rolling Stone’s requests for comment

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