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Michael Oher had antecedently called the Tuohys his “legal conservators” successful his 2011 book I Beat The Odds: From Homelessness To The Blind Side And Beyond. While the erstwhile NFL star, 37, claimed that he’d lone learned of the conservatorship successful February 2023 successful his ineligible petition, helium did call Leigh Anne and Sean Tuohy his conservators successful a conception of the publication wherever helium speaks astir his narration with the family.
While Michael said that he’d been a portion of the household for a twelvemonth astatine that point, helium explained the ineligible reasoning for the conservatorship alternatively than adoption. “Since I was already implicit the property of eighteen and considered an big by the authorities of Tennessee, Sean and Leigh Anne would beryllium named arsenic my ‘legal conservators,'” helium wrote, per TMZ. “They explained to maine that it means beauteous overmuch the nonstop aforesaid happening arsenic ‘adoptive parents,’ but that the laws were conscionable written successful a mode that took my property into account. Honestly, I didn’t attraction what it was called. I was conscionable blessed that nary 1 could reason that we weren’t legally what we already knew was real: We were a family.”
Michael’s publication referred to the Tuohys arsenic his ‘conservators’ successful 2011. (Shutterstock)
The book’s notation of the conservatorship does contradict Michael’s assertion successful the ineligible petition that helium lone conscionable learned of it earlier this year. “Michael Oher discovered this prevarication to his chagrin and embarrassment successful February of 2023, erstwhile helium learned that the Conservatorship to which helium consented connected the ground that doing truthful would marque him a subordinate of the Tuohy family, successful information provided him nary familial narration with the Tuohys,” the filing said, per ESPN.
Michael’s ineligible filing claimed that helium didn’t marque money from The Blind Side, and that helium was ne'er legally adopted by the Tuohys. The petition requested him to beryllium removed from the conservatorship and to spot an injunction connected the household utilizing his name. He’s besides asking for compensatory and punitive damages.
After the petition was reported, Sean released a connection to The Daily Memphian, where helium said that helium was “devastated,” and claimed that household didn’t marque wealth from the movie. Additionally, helium said that they signed conservatorship documents to assistance him spell to Ole Miss. “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,” helium said.
Michael besides released his ain statement to The New York Post. “I americium disheartened by the revelation shared successful the suit today,” helium said. “This is simply a hard concern for my household and me. I privation to inquire everyone to delight respect our privateness astatine this time. For now, I volition fto the suit talk for itself and volition connection nary further comment.”
