Tennessee judge Kathleen Gomes ruled on Wednesday that she is ending the conservatorship agreement between Michael Oher and Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy, according to the Associated Press.
The conservatorship became the center of a public spat between Oher and the Tuohy family. The judge also announced that she will not dismiss Oher’s lawsuit against the Tuohys. Oher, the focal point of The Blind Side, alleged in August that Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy chose conservatorship over adoption to benefit from his football fame for personal gain.
“According to the suit, the Tuohys did not adopt Oher in 2004, rather they instead entered him into a conservatorship and impressed upon him that it was the same process as adoption,” CBS Sports reports. “Under a conservatorship, the Tuohys were able to enter into deals legally without Oher’s consent. The conservatorship also allowed the Tuohys to take ownership of Oher’s finances even though he was not a legal member of the family.
The Tuohy family says Oher threatened them with going public after requesting a $15 million check, per TMZ Sports. They added that the conservatorship in question was established to help the former offensive tackle get recruited by Ole Miss and other major programs
