NFL star whose life impressed The Blind Side alleges he was misled about adoption
F
ormer NFL star Michael Oher, whose life impressed the Oscar-winning movie The Blind Side, has alleged that he was misled by the household that took him into their residence.
In court docket paperwork obtained by US shops, Oher claims that Leigh Anne Tuohy and Sean Tuohy positioned him beneath a conservatorship, moderately than adopting him.
The petition accuses the Tuohy’s of enriching themselves at his expense by persevering with to “falsely and publicly” symbolize themselves as his adoptive mother and father “to the date of the filing of this petition”.
Oher, 37, asks for the conservatorship to be terminated together with asking for a full accounting of the cash earned off using his identify and story, the Associated Press (AP) reported.
His story was made into the 2009 movie The Blind Side, which starred Quinton Aaron as Oher, Sandra Bullock as Leigh Anne Tuohy, and Tim McGraw as Sean Tuohy.
The movie was nominated for 2 Academy Awards in 2010; greatest image, and greatest actress for Bullock – which she received.
According to the petition, filed on Monday in Shelby County Probate Court, in Tennessee, Oher found the lie about his alleged adoption “to his chagrin and embarrassment” in February 2023.
“The Conservatorship to which he consented on the basis that doing so would make him a member of the Tuohy family, in fact provided him no familial relationship with the Tuohys,” it said.
The Conservatorship to which he consented on the idea that doing so would make him a member of the Tuohy household, in truth offered him no familial relationship with the Tuohys.
Oher moved in with the Tuohys simply earlier than his senior yr of highschool – depicted within the movie – and says he was advised to name them “Mom” and “Dad”.
Oher additionally alleges the Tuohys had him signal paperwork virtually instantly after he moved in as a part of the adoption course of.
In his petition he says he was “falsely advised” that it will be referred to as a conservatorship as a result of he was already 18 however the intent was adoption.
“At no point did the Tuohys inform Michael that they would have ultimate control of all his contracts, and as a result Michael did not understand that if the Conservatorship was granted, he was signing away his right to contract for himself,” AP reported, per the petition.
Sean Tuohy has reportedly said that he and his spouse are “devastated” by the claims and would finish the conservatorship if that’s what Oher desires.