Tuohys’ lawyers to respond to Michael Oher’s accusations as he fights conservatorship
Lawyers for a prominent Memphis couple planned to speak with reporters Wednesday about former NFL player Michael Oher’s effort to take control of his finances in a now-public dispute involving those who inspired the Oscar-nominated movie “The Blind Side.”
Oher, now 37, wants a full accounting of assets considering his life story produced millions of dollars, though he says he received nothing from the movie. He accuses the Tuohys of falsely representing themselves as his adoptive parents.In a statement released by their lawyers Tuesday, the Tuohys said Oher’s accusations were absurd. They said Oher had threatened before the court filing to plant a negative news story about them unless they paid him $15 million, calling it a “shakedown.
Oher alleges the Tuohys had him sign paperwork almost immediately after he moved in as part of the adoption process. Oher says he was “falsely advised” that it would be called a conservatorship because he was already 18, but that adoption was the intent. Oher said that he discovered in February 2023 that the conservatorship was not the arrangement he thought it was – and that it provided him no familial relationship to the Tuohys.
Martin Singer, an attorney for the Tuohys, said that profit participation checks and studio accounting statements support their account. The movie won Sandra Bullock an Oscar for her portrayal of Leigh Anne Tuohy.
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