Members of the Tuohy family are speaking out after former NFL player Michael Oher alleged that they earned millions from pushing a false narrative that they adopted him. Here, Oher poses for a photograph with the Tuohy family at Radio City Music Hall for the 2009 NFL Draft on April 25, 2009 in New York City.
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Michael Oher — the subject of the hit 2009 movie The Blind Side — has come forward with allegations that the wealthy Tuohy family established a conservatorship in which they profited from his name, image and likeness. And now, members of the Tuohy family are now speaking out.
The 37-year-old former NFL offensive lineman filed a petition Monday asking the Shelby County, Tenn., probate court for the established conservatorship to be dissolved.
In court documents, Oher argued that the Tuohys convinced him to sign documents that agreed to the conservatorship in 2004.
The 2004 conservatorship filing claims that Oher wanted the Tuohys to be his legal guardians up until he became 25 years old — or until the conservatorship was dissolved by a court beforehand.
Oher’s petition filed Monday stated, “This Conservatorship is unnecessary as Michael Oher is capable of handling his own affairs.”
Sean Tuohy, the Tuohy family patriarch, told The Daily Memphian that none of Oher’s allegations are true.
“We didn’t make any money off the movie,” Tuohy said.
The 63-year-old sports commentator told The Daily Memphian he first heard the news of the lawsuit after a friend sent him the article from ESPN, who first reported the story.
Tuohy told the local Memphis newspaper that Michael Lewis, the…
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