Sean & Leigh Anne Tuohy Will Voluntarily End Michael Oher Conservatorship Amid Lawsuit

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Leigh Anne Tuohy and her husband, Sean, some 63, are acceptable to end Michael Oher‘s conservatorship amid the ongoing lawsuit helium filed against them connected Aug. 14. The couple’s attorney, Randall Fishman, told reporters connected Aug. 16 that they volition not basal successful the 37-year-old’s mode if helium wishes to extremity the conservatorship, arsenic reported by AP News. Both Leigh Anne and Sean “intend to participate into a consent bid to extremity the conservatorship,” their ineligible rep said.

Leigh Anne Tuohy & her hubby Sean, revealed they volition extremity Michael Oher’s conservatorship voluntarily. (Shutterstock / Jim Smeal/BEI/Shutterstock)

Michael, whose beingness was portrayed successful the Oscar-winning film The Blind Side, filed a petition connected Aug. 14 that accused the mates of not adopting him, per ESPN. In addition, Leigh Anne and Sean’s different lawyer, Marty Singer, told E! News on Aug. 16, that Michael was utilizing the suit arsenic a “shakedown effort” for compensation.

“Anyone with a modicum of communal consciousness tin spot that the outlandish claims made by Michael Oher astir the Tuohy family are hurtful and absurd,” the lawyer said. “The thought that the Tuohys person ever sought to nett disconnected Mr. Oher is not lone offensive, it is transparently ridiculous.” Singer went connected to adhd that Sean and his woman would not question to nett disconnected of Michael arsenic they are palmy successful their ain right. “The conception that a mates worthy hundreds of millions of dollars would connive to withhold a fewer 1000 dollars successful nett information payments from anyone—let unsocial from idiosyncratic they loved arsenic a son—defies belief,” the ineligible rep added.

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Singer went connected to enactment the “support” that the Tuohy household offered him implicit the years. “In reality, the Tuohys opened their location to Mr. Oher, offered him structure, enactment and, astir of all, unconditional love,” helium said. “They person consistently treated him similar a lad and 1 of their 3 children.” Leigh Anne and Sean stock 2 children including Sean Tuohy Jr., 30, and Collins Tuohy, 36.

The mates “adopted” Michael during the summertime of 2004, erstwhile they asked him to unrecorded with them. In the docs obtained by ESPN, Michael disputed that helium was ever adopted by them. The Blind Side starring Sandra Bullock was released conscionable 5 years aboriginal and earned her an Oscar award. Following the quality of the petition, Sean released a connection connected the substance to the The Daily Memphian connected Aug. 14.

“We’re devastated,” helium said regarding the Michael drama. “It’s upsetting to deliberation we would marque wealth disconnected immoderate of our children. But we’re going to emotion Michael astatine 37 conscionable similar we loved him astatine 16.” Sean besides claimed that helium did not nett disconnected the erstwhile shot star. “We didn’t marque immoderate wealth disconnected the movie,” helium added. “Well, Michael Lewis (the writer of the publication ‘The Blind Side’) gave america fractional of his share. Everybody successful the household got an adjacent share, including Michael. It was astir $14,000, each. We were ne'er offered money; we ne'er asked for money. My wealth is well-documented; you tin look up however overmuch I sold my institution for.”

Amid that aforesaid interview, Sean assured the outlet that helium and Leigh Anne are consenting to extremity the conservatorship if that’s what Michael wants. “Of course,” helium said. “I privation immoderate Michael wants.” He besides added that, though helium and his woman would beryllium “upset” astatine Michael wanting retired of their family, they would inactive oblige. “We’re not successful this for thing different than immoderate helium wants. If he’d person said, ‘I don’t privation to beryllium portion of the household anymore,’ we’d person been precise upset, but we perfectly would person done it,” Sean shared.