The real-life model for “The Blind Side,” Michael Oher, claims that the Tuohy family never genuinely adopted him.
According to a story from the Associated Press, Oher filed a petition in a Tennessee probate court on Monday accusing Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy of misleading him by getting him to sign documents over 20 years ago designating them as his conservators rather than his adoptive parents. “At no point did the Tuohys inform Michael that they would have ultimate control of all his contracts, and as a result Michael did not understand that if the Conservatorship was granted, he was signing away his right to contract for himself,” the petition reads.
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The petition seeks to get appropriate payment and asks for compensation including interest while also demanding an end to the conservatorship and a complete financial disclosure.
The Tuohys have been charged with profiting off of Oher by continuing to “falsely and publicly” identify to themselves as his adoptive parents “to the date of the filing of this petition.”
“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,” the petition reads.
Oher asks the Tuohys to pay him back for both compensatory and punitive damages as determined by the court in addition to seeking sanctions against them. (Refer to AP)
The Tuohy family’s legal representative, Steve Farese, intends to respond to the accusations in court. He has opted not to say anything more at this moment, though.
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Later, Sean Tuohy stated that if Oher requests it, the family will end the conservatorship. “We’re devastated,” Tuohy said. “It’s upsetting to think we would make money off any of our children. But we’re going to love Michael at 37 just like we loved him at 16.”
Oher, a former star for Ole Miss, enjoyed eight successful seasons in the NFL before retiring in 2016.
