Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy are seen in New Orleans in 2013. Michael Oher, the former NFL tackle whose story inspired the movie The Blind Side, on Monday filed a petition accusing the Tuohys of lying to him by having him sign papers making them his conservators rather than his adoptive parents nearly two decades ago.
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Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy say they intend to end their conservatorship for Michael Oher, former NFL offensive lineman and the inspiration behind the 2009 film, The Blind Side, according to their lawyers.
During a news conference in Memphis this week, one of the Tuohys’ attorneys — Randall Fishman — said the couple intends to enter into a legal agreement to end the nearly 20-year conservatorship.
“If that’s what [Oher] wants to do, is terminate it, then we’re more than glad to do so,” Fishman said.
Oher, 37, filed a petition Monday asking the Shelby County, Tenn., probate court for the conservatorship by the Tuohys to be dissolved. He contends that the wealthy couple profited off his name, likeness and image and had him sign papers making them his conservators rather than his adoptive parents 19 years ago.
The 2004 conservatorship filing claimed that Oher wanted the Tuohys to be his legal guardians until he became 25 years old — or until the conservatorship was dissolved by a court.
Oher alleged in the petition that he discovered in February of this year that legally he was not actually part of the Tuohy family.
“Michael got every dime, every dime he had coming,” Fishman told reporters.
Steve Farese, one of the Tuohys’ attorneys, told reporters that the couple’s finances outside of…
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