Michael Oher, ‘The Blind Side’ subject, sues Tuohy family over adoption lies – National | 24CA News
Michael Oher, the previous NFL deal with recognized for the film The Blind Side, filed a petition Monday in a Tennessee probate court docket accusing Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy of mendacity to him by having him signal papers making them his conservators slightly than his adoptive mother and father almost 20 years in the past.
In the petition filed Monday in Shelby County Probate Court, Oher asks for the conservatorship to be terminated together with asking for a full accounting of the cash earned off using his identify and story.
He additionally asks to be paid what he’s due together with curiosity. Oher, who has by no means been a fan of the film of his life, additionally asks within the petition that the Tuohys be sanctioned and required to pay each compensatory and punitive damages decided by the court docket.
ESPN.com first reported the petition.
Steve Farese, a lawyer for the Tuohys, instructed The Associated Press that they are going to file a solution to the allegations in court docket however he declined to remark additional. He was amongst three attorneys served on behalf of the Tuohys on Monday.
Leigh Anne Tuohy didn’t instantly reply to an e-mail despatched to her private web site.
The film was nominated for an Oscar, and Sandra Bullock gained the Academy Award for her portrayal of Leigh Anne Tuohy.
In the petition, Oher says he solely realized in February that the Tuohys stay his conservators.
Oher accuses the Tuohys of by no means attempting to take authorized motion to imagine custody from the Tennessee Department of Human Services earlier than he turned 18. The conservatorship paperwork was filed Aug. 4, 2004 — after Oher turned 18 in May that yr.
He was the twenty third general choose within the 2009 draft out of Mississippi, and he spent his first 5 seasons with the Baltimore Ravens. He wound up taking part in eight NFL seasons, together with 2014 when he began 11 video games for the Tennessee Titans. Oher completed his profession with two years in Carolina.
He began 110 profession video games and gained a Super Bowl with the Ravens. He additionally completed second within the voting to Percy Harvin of Minnesota for The Associated Press NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year after beginning all 16 video games his first season at proper deal with.
Oher, who turned 37 in May, final performed within the NFL in 2016 earlier than being launched in 2017 by Carolina.
Nearly two years in the past, supporters cheered when Britney Spears was free of her conservatorship. The ruling got here after Spears publicly demanded the top of the association, which had prevented her from making her personal medical, monetary and private selections since 2008.
Spears’ high-profile battle put a highlight on efforts advocates throughout the United States have launched elevating questions that such strict controls end in extra hurt than safety.
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