United Kingdom, July 22 -- Cher has been ordered to pay her own $1 million legal bill stemming from her royalties row with Sonny Bono's widow.

The Believe hitmaker had sued Mary Bono and accused her of withholding payments from songs within the Sonny + Cher catalogue, and last November, in a final judgement, US District Judge John A. Kronstadt has formally lodged his 2024 ruling that found Mary was not allowed to use the federal Copyright Act to reclaim the 50% share of Sonny's royalties, which Cher had been granted in their 1978 divorce settlement.

The 79-year-old singer later filed a new motion asking Mary to foot the bill for her $1,023,605 legal costs because she tried to "misuse" the Copyright Act in order to illegally "obtain a wi...