From left: Sean Tuohy, Michael Oher, and Leigh Anne Tuohy.Photo:Matthew Sharpe/Getty
Matthew Sharpe/Getty
Attorneys forMichael Oherfiled three subpoenas Tuesday in his ongoing conservatorship petition, to request documents from the production company behind the Oscar-winning filmThe Blind Sidealong with the family’s talent agency and his Memphis school system.
Leigh Anne and Sean, both 63, co-authoredIn a Heartbeat: Sharing the Power of Cheerful Giving, while Leigh Anne also wroteTurn Around: Reach Out, Give Back, and Get Movingafter Oher’s conservatorship started in 2004.
Michael Oher.Scott Cunningham/Getty
Scott Cunningham/Getty
Oher was placed in the conservatorship with the Tuohys when he was 18 years old despite a judge noting that he had “no known physical or psychological disabilities” that often lead to a legal adult to agree to be put in a conservatorship.
Sean Tuohy said earlier this month that Oher’s allegationswere “insulting” and left the family “devastated.”He said the family is willing to end Oher’s conservatorship, which he alleged was a route they chose instead of adoption in order to circumvent NCAA rules at the time.
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Longtime conservatorship attorneys in Tennessee told PEOPLE this month that the arrangement was uncommon and “puzzling,” especially given Oher had no mental or physical disabilities. Attorneys who spoke with PEOPLE also found it strange the family had not filed any annual accountancy for Oher’s finances, which is required under Tennessee law at the beginning of a conservatorship and every year afterwards.
Michael Oher.Roy Rochlin/Getty
Roy Rochlin/Getty
Alcon Entertainment, however, has denied that the Tuohys received “millions” fromThe Blind Side, and said in a statement to PEOPLE that Oher and the four members of the Tuohy family were collectively paid approximately $767,000 in payments delivered through their talent agency forThe Blind Side.
“Instead of protecting that asset and ensuring that [Oher] received the full benefits therefrom, the co-conservators [Leigh Anne and Sean Tuohy] took this asset and have used it to enrich themselves at [Oher’s] expense,” his attorneys wrote last week.
Michael Oher and the Tuohy family in 2009.Jeff Zelevansky/Getty
Jeff Zelevansky/Getty
Attorneys for the Tuohys have not responded to PEOPLE’s request for comment on recent filings.
Oher has since told audiences at recent book signings that he’s unable to comment on the ongoing legal battle.
Oher, a former Super Bowl champion who’s now retired and married with four children, went on to write two memoirs about his life – the latest of which,When Your Back’s Against the Wall: Fame, Football, and Lessons Learned through a Lifetime of Adversitywas released earlier this month and describes a complicated relationship with the movie.
“There has been so much created fromThe Blind Sidethat I am grateful for, which is why you might find it as a shock that the experience surrounding the story has also been a large source of some of my deepest hurt and pain over the past fourteen years.”
source: people.com
