‘Blind Side’ Tuohy family looks to end Michael Oher conservatorship
Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy intend to finish their conservatorship for Michael Oher, attorneys for the couple stated during a news conference Wednesday.
Oher filed a petition with Shelby County (Tennessee) probate court Monday to finish the conservatorship, which he claims the Tuohys deceived him into signing, saying they have been legally adopting him.
Court docket data present Oher signed the conservatorship papers in August 2004, three months after his 18th birthday. Authorized consultants have stated there isn’t a foundation for the conservatorship to exist. Sean Tuohy and the couple’s attorneys have stated this week that the conservatorship was a method of safety for Oher to attend Ole Miss, the couple’s alma mater, and that the maneuver would make him part of the family.
All alongside, Oher stated, he thought he’d been legally adopted. Oher can be searching for again pay for any cash the Tuohys could have earned by means of the conservatorship, primarily the life rights settlement and contract for the 2009 blockbuster movie “The Blind Side,” which starred Sandra Bullock.
“Michael bought each dime, each dime he had coming,” Tuohys lawyer Randall Fishman stated.
Lawyer Steve Farese stated the Tuohys’ wealth exterior of Oher, who made greater than $30 million throughout his eight-year NFL profession, was greater than sufficient.
“They don’t want his cash,” Farese stated. “They’ve by no means wanted his cash. Mr. Tuohy bought his firm for $220 million.”
Oher’s former coach calls rift with Tuoys ‘unhappy’
Hugh Freeze, who coached Oher each on the highschool and collegiate stage as the pinnacle soccer coach of Briarcrest Christian College and as an assistant coach on the College of Mississippi, commented on the lawsuit.
“I really like Michael Oher. And I really like the Tuoys. I feel it is unhappy,” Freeze said, based on the Opelika-Auburn Information. “No matter occurs will occur… I really like either side of it.”
Freeze stated he did not know any particulars concerning the rift – “I definitely do not declare to know all of the ins and outs of adoption and conservatory” – however he did converse on what he noticed whereas Oher attended Briarcrest.
“I do know what I witnessed and I witnessed a household that completely took in a younger man,” Freeze added.