The Memoir, Part 1,' the entertainment legend looks back on her breaking point with husband Sonny Bono, revealing that after considering leaping from a hotel balcony in Las Vegas, she decided, "I can just leave him.

At the time, Cher – born Cherilyn Sarkisian – was in the process of divorcing Bono and nearing the end of their star-making variety show, The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour, which was cancelled due to their split in 1974.

Cher said her late ex-husband Sonny Bono ripped her off financially during their time together as she rose to fame in Hollywood. "He took all my money," Cher said in an interview with The New York Times,

Cher has claimed that her ex-husband, Sonny Bono, swindled her out of her earnings. The singer made the allegations to the New York Times, while promoting her new book, Cher: The Memoir. "He took all my money,

When Cher was married to Sonny Bono, he gave a whole new meaning to “I Got You Babe.” While the spouses maintained a singing and TV partnership, the legendary diva — whose “Cher: The Memoir” will be released on Tuesday — claims that she was duped out of her fair share of earning by her then-husband.