After nearly 20 years, the Tuohy couple will no longer be Michael Oher’s co-conservators.
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A Tennessee couple’s conservatorship over ex-NFL lineman Michael Oher will end after Oher petitioned the court last month, accusing the couple of profiting off his name and duping him into believing they had adopted him, several outlets report.Key Facts
In a virtual court appearance on Friday morning, Judge Katheleen Gomes announced she would put an end to the nearly 20-year conservatorship Oher believes brought riches to the couple, Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy, after the publication of the best-selling book The Blind Side, and its Oscar-winning movie adaptation.
In the book—and movie—the Tuohys were portrayed as saviors to the young Oher, sheltering and helping him build a football career and eventually adopting him—but they never adopted him.
