Michael Oher, the subject of the hit 2009 movie The Blind Side, has alleged that a central part of his story — that he was adopted by a wealthy family — is false. Instead of adopting him, he said, the Tuohy family established a conservatorship, in which they profited from his name, image and likeness.
Oher, 37, filed a petition Monday in the Shelby County, Tenn., probate court asking for the conservatorship to be dissolved.
A conservatorship is a legal appointment allowing a party to handle the financial and personal affairs of another.
Oher is also requesting that the Tuohys account for his assets, as required by the conservatorship; pay him any money he was owed over the years, with interest; pay his attorney fees and punitive damages; and be sanctioned for violating the terms of the conservatorship.