Minyvonne Burke is a senior breaking news reporter for NBC News.
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.' The Grammy-winning artist sued Mary Bono in 2021, accusing her of withholding royalties from the Sonny & Cher catalog. The federal civil lawsuit states that Cher and Sonny had agreed to 'an equal division of their community property' following their divorce in 1975, which included an even split of music royalty payments.
Cher said in her lawsuit that the 50-50 split carried on after he died in a skiing accident in 1998. However, Mary Bono advised Cher that she was no longer entitled to her share of payments under The Copyright Act, which allows songwriters and their heirs to win back control of intellectual property given to third parties. In a decision issued Wednesday, Judge John A. Kronstadt ruled in favor of Cher, allowing her to continue receiving payments.
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