The pop icon wrote in her new memoir that she struggled mentally after her marriage to Sonny Bono became "loveless."

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.

Volume 1 of the singer's long-awaited life story covers roughly the period from her birth to 1980, when Cher, a twice-divorced single mother with two children, found herself at a professional crossroads.

Before Cher's memoir begins, the iconic singer leaves a message to her readers. Under a section titled "Author's Note," Cher wrote that the book, "Cher: The Memoir, Part One, " is based on her "sometimes imperfect" memory,

Cher was financially deceived by her then-husband, Sonny Bono, the legendary singer reveals in the first volume of her memoir. “He took all my money,” the 78-year-old told The New York Times in an interview about the book, adding that she was not immediately aware of her financial situation and that she trusted Bono at the time.

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.