August 18th 2023.
The controversy surrounding Michael Oher and his “adoptive” family, the Tuohys, continues. The Tuohys are reportedly planning on entering a consent order to end the conservatorship between them and Oher. The former NFL player is challenging the conservatorship in court, alleging that the family misrepresented the terms of the arrangement.
Oher also claims that the Tuohys used his story to enrich themselves and their two birth children, while locking him out of any benefits from his own life story - a story which was adapted into the 2009 Oscar-winning movie The Blind Side. However, according to the Tuohys' lawyer, Randall Fishman, Oher always knew he had not been adopted. Fishman points to Oher’s 2011 book, I Beat The Odds: From Homeless to The Blind Side, in which Oher mentions the Tuohys being conservators for him three times.
In addition, Oher is seeking for the Tuohys to pay back any money they received from the conservatorship, including the life rights agreement and contract for The Blind Side movie starring Sandra Bullock. Fishman insists that Oher received all the money he was owed. Tuohy representatives also state that they and Oher have been estranged for nearly a decade, and that Oher has become “more and more vocal and more and more threatening” over the years. Tuohy family attorney Steve Farese adds that the Tuohys are financially secure, having sold their company for $220 million.
It remains to be seen how the drama between Oher and the Tuohys will play out. In the meantime, the family’s lawyer is adamant that the Tuohys have acted in the right throughout the entire ordeal.
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