Michael Oher of 'Blind Side' Fame Claims White Couple's Adoption of Him Was a ‘Lie’

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“We’re devastated,” Sean Tuohy said Monday afternoon in response to Oher's allegations. “It’s upsetting to think we would make money off any of our children. But we’re going to love Michael at 37 just like we loved him at 16.”

Monday that Oher filed a 14-page petition in a Tennessee probate court claiming their adoption of him was a “lie,” that they never legally made him a part of their family, and that they tricked and exploited him for profit.

“The lie of Michael’s adoption is one upon which Co-Conservators Leigh Anne Tuohy and Sean Tuohy have enriched themselves at the expense of their Ward, the undersigned Michael Oher,” the legal filing says. “Michael Oher discovered this lie to his chagrin and embarrassment in February of 2023, when he learned that 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.

“Since at least August of 2004, Conservators have allowed Michael, specifically, and the public, generally, to believe that Conservators adopted Michael and have used that untruth to gain financial advantages for themselves and the foundations which they own or which they exercise control,” the petition says. “All monies made in said manner should in all conscience and equity be disgorged and paid over to the said ward, Michael Oher.

 

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