Judge Ends Michael Oher-Tuohy Conservatorship

New York Post ^ | Sep. 29, 2023 | Ryan Glasspiegel

[nickcarraway]

Former NFL first-round draft pick Michael Oher is free from his conservatorship with Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy. Shelby County (Tenn.) Judge Kathleen Gomes “terminated” the conservatorship on Friday, according to WREG in Memphis.

Oher, the former Baltimore Ravens offensive tackle, sued the Tuohy family last month, alleging they swindled him out of proceeds from the blockbuster film “The Blind Side” and said he just learned earlier this year he was under a conservatorship as opposed to having been adopted.

“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,” Oher’s suit said, per ESPN. “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.”

[Rummyfan]

I read the book. It was very good. Didn’t watch the movie as I knew what to expect. It’s sad that Americans gravitate to such heart warming stories where blacks only get ahead due to white help.

But Oher did get ahead due to white help- the Tuohys literally took him off the street and gave him a home. With no promise of any return to themselves.

[Revolutionary]

I bet there was a legal impediment to the adoption. So they did the next best thing.

[DIRTYSECRET]

Rummy-it was more a funny fish-outta-water story. My problem is how white run with the stuff just like whites adore the Kenyan and Tiger Woods. Deals with their guilt.

[cherry]

semantics....I wouldn’t announce to others that my child that I was taking care of as being his conservator...no, you’d say he’s adopted...

[Tired of Taxes]

I watched some interviews of Oher. He said the Tuohys helped by providing him with a place to stay and food to eat. He said many other families helped him, too.

What he doesn’t like about the movie is that it portrays him as someone who struggled to read and write. He said that wasn’t true at all.

Also, the movie portrays him as someone who needed the Tuohys to show him how to play football. He said that wasn’t true, either. He already was an athlete who played football and other sports when the Tuohys met him. He said he was self-disciplined and excelled in sports.

For example...

In this absurd scene, Mrs. Tuohy interrupts practice to explain football to him:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76nhIfp9gr0&list=PL_ai_uRBs3y4epVubd54tgL0SLjaLCilX

And, in this cringeworthy scene, the youngest Tuohy must force him to practice:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3Tfer9FIys

That depiction of him affected the way people see him in real life.

[Tired of Taxes]

You mean you’d lie? Because that would be a lie.

As I said above, maybe the Tuohys meant well, but it sure doesn’t look good.