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Michael Oher filed a legal petition against Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy claiming that they hadn’t adopted him and kept him from making money on Monday, Aug 14, per ESPN. The former NFL player said that rather than adopting him, the family convinced him to sign paperwork putting him in a conservatorship. Michael’s story had served as the inspiration for the Oscar-winning movie The Blind Side. In the filing, he claimed that the Tuohy family lied about the adoption elements of the story.
The petition asks for the conservatorship to end and that the Tuohys will not be able to use Michael’s name and likeness. He’s also seeking money that the family earned him from using his name and story, as well as other compensatory and punitive damages. “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 filing says.
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