The Case Between Michael Oher And Tuohy Family Has Taken Again A New Turn, Judge “Terminated” The Conservatorship
Michael Oher, a former first-round NFL draft pick, is no longer under Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy’s care.
According to WREG in Memphis, the conservatorship was “terminated” by Shelby County (Tennessee) Judge Kathleen Gomes on Friday.
The Tuohy family was sued last month by former Baltimore Ravens offensive tackle Oher, who claimed they had defrauded him of the profits from the box office hit “The Blind Side.” Oher claimed he had just recently discovered that he was actually under a conservatorship rather than having been adopted.
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“The lie of Michael’s adoption is one upon which Co-Conservators Leigh Anne Tuohy and Sean Tuohy have enriched themselves at the expense of their Ward, the undersigned Michael Oher,” ESPN quoted Oher’s suit as saying.
“Michael Oher discovered this lie to his chagrin and embarrassment in February of 2023, when he learned that the Conservatorship to which he consented on the basis that doing so would make him a member of the Tuohy family, in fact provided him no familial relationship with the Tuohys.”
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Oher had stated in his memoir from 2011 that he was aware of the Tuohys’ role as his conservators.
The conservatorship will expire, according to a statement made last month by the Tuohys’ attorney.
In a court document submitted earlier this month, the Tuohy family stated, “There was never an intent to adopt him.”
In the filing, it was said that they only ever intended for Oher to be referred to as their son “in the colloquial sense and they have never intended that reference to be viewed with legal implication.”
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“In fact, they have always felt that the Petitioner was like a son and have used that on occasion but not in a legal sense,” the filing further said.
In their legal petition, the Tuohys also claimed that Oher shared in the same one-fifth share of the profits from the movie “The Blind Side,” collecting the same sum as Sean, Leigh Anne, and their two biological children.
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According to Sean Tuohy, who spoke to the Daily Memphian, the 2004 conservatorship was created purely to guarantee that Oher could participate in college football and that he would be free to quit it at any time.
