United Kingdom, Dec. 23 -- Sonny Bono's widow has filed an appeal in her long-running royalties battle with Cher.

The Believe hitmaker had sued Mary Bono and accused her of withholding payments from songs within the Sonny + Cher catalogue, and last month, 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.

However, Billboard reports that on Monday (22.12.25), Mary's attorney, Daniel Schacht, appealed the judgement at the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, having previously declared the judge had "got the law wrong on copyright t...