Michael Oher’s Conservatorship with Tuohy Family Terminated

Michael Oher has gotten his wish!

On Friday, Judge Kathleen Gomes terminated his conservatorship with the Tuohy family, People magazine confirms.

The conservatorship, which was signed in 2004 when he was 18, gave the Tuohy family the power to control his finances.

Though the conservatorship is no longer in effect, the case is still ongoing.

In an August filing, obtained by “Extra,” Oher claimed that the family never adopted him, but instead tricked him into a conservatorship that allowed them to make millions in royalties from the 2009 movie “The Blind Side,” about a family who adopt a foster child and help him with his football career.

It was nominated for a Best Picture Oscar and Sandra Bullock won Best Actress for playing matriarch Leigh Anne Tuohy. Tim McGraw played her husband Sean Tuohy.

Oher has requested full financial documentation on how much the Tuohy family earned from the agreement. He is asking for money that he believes he is due with interest.

In the court docs, Oher noted that the conservatorship was approved “despite the fact that he was over 18 years old and had no diagnosed physical or psychological disabilities.”

Judge Gomez reacted to the conservatorship agreement, saying, “I cannot believe it got done.”

The papers further claimed, "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. 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."

The Tuohys' lawyer Marty Singer, however, told TMZ that prior to the lawsuit, Oher threatened to go to the press if they didn't pay him $15 million. Singer said the family denies Michael's allegations and hope to patch things up, however, "they will not hesitate to defend their good names, stand up to this shakedown and defeat this offensive lawsuit."

Sean spoke to The Daily Memphian, saying, “We’re devastated. 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.”

Tuohy insisted that they couldn’t adopt Michael because he was 18, and that the conservatorship was put in place to abide by college football rules. According to Tuohy, the conservatorship had nothing to do with the movie.

He added that they made little off the movie, “Michael Lewis, the [author of the book] gave us half of his share. Everybody in the family got an equal share, including Michael. It was about $14,000 each.”

He went on, “I will say it’s upsetting that people would think I would want to make money off any of my children.”

Sean’s son Sean Tuohy Jr. also spoke out to Barstool Radio.

He shared, “You’re not gonna hear me talk bad about [Michael] because I truthfully think very highly of [him].”

Sean Jr. does not accept, however, that Oher just learned of the conservatorship earlier this year. “If he says he found out in February, I find that hard to believe,” he said.

He explained, “I went through my family group texts today to see what had been said. There were things in, like, 2020 or 2021 that said, ‘If you guys give me this much, then I won’t go public with things.’”