Sounds like you didn't examine any details.
the couple tricked him into signing a document making them his conservators, which gave them legal authority to make business deals in his name.
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The petition further alleges that the Tuohys used their power as conservators to strike a deal that paid them and their two birth children millions of dollars in royalties from an Oscar-winning film that earned more than $300 million, while Oher got nothing for a story "that would not have existed without him."
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Oher was a rising high school senior when he signed the conservatorship papers, and he has written that the Tuohys told him that there was essentially no difference between adoption and conservatorship. "They explained to me that it means pretty much the exact same thing as 'adoptive parents,' but that the laws were just written in a way that took my age into account," Oher wrote in his 2011 best-selling memoir "I Beat the Odds."
But there are some important legal distinctions. If Oher had been adopted by the Tuohys, he would have been a legal member of their family, and he would have retained power to handle his own financial affairs. Under the conservatorship, Oher surrendered that authority to the Tuohys, even though he was a legal adult with no known physical or psychological disabilities.
Doesn’t the NFL automatically offer monetary guidance to players?
He turned 18 in 2004 when he moved in with the Tuohys. Any Conservatorship, if one existed would have had to be approved and ordered by a Judge. You don't just print those papers up on LegalZoom.com, sign them, and have they're notarized. I would also assume, that since he was almost 18, or already 18, that he would have been required to attend whatever court hearing was conducted, in order for the Tuohy's to be confirmed as Conservators. I don't think this guy is telling the whole story, and wants to be looked upon as the victim. He wouldn't be the first ingrate NFL player.
The Touhys didn’t need Michael Oher or his money. Sean Touhy was a millionaire before they ever met Oher as a result of successful business ventures and he eventually became a broadcaster for the Memphis Grizzlies. Lee Ann Touhy owned a successful interior design business. There was no guarantee that Oher would even graduate High School, let alone play in the NFL.