Judge Ends Conservatorship for ‘The Blind Side’s’ Michael Oher

A Tennessee judge on Friday ended Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy’s conservatorship over Michael Oher, the former NFL player whose story of poverty and adoption was the subject of the 2009 movie “The Blind Side.”

Last month, Oher alleged that the Tuohys never adopted him but instead tricked him into signing a document that put him into the conservatorship and enriched themselves at his expense, as CrimeOnline previously reported.

Shelby County Probate Court Judge Kathleen Gomes ended the conservatorship, saying she’d never seen a conservatorship done with a person who wasn’t disabled in some manner, WREG reported.

“I cannot believe it got done,” she said. “I’m not saying it wasn’t done with the best of intentions, but I am telling you if someone came to me today with a similar petition, I wouldn’t have done it.”

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Gomes did not dismiss the case. Oher has asked the Tuohys for a full accounting of moneys that may have come to them as part of the conservatorship agreement. He contends that they used his name, image and likeness to enrich themselves and falsely told him the agreement he signed meant they were adopting him.

The Tuohys have denied Oher’s claims.

Sandra Bullock won an Oscar for portraying Leigh Anne Tuohy in “The Blind Side,” which was nominated for best picture. The film tells the story of Oher’s life from homeless boy to high school football star, staying with the Tuohys. He was an All-American at the University of Mississippi before being drafted by the NFL Baltimore Ravens in the first round of the 2009 draft. HE played with the Ravens for five years, was a member of the team that won Super Bowl XLVII, and finished his career with the Tennessee Titans and Carolina Panthers.