{"id":2050092,"date":"2023-09-29T18:19:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-29T22:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tennessee-judge-ends-conservatorship-between-michael-oher-and-tuohy-family\/"},"modified":"2023-09-29T18:21:08","modified_gmt":"2023-09-29T22:21:08","slug":"tennessee-judge-ends-conservatorship-between-michael-oher-and-tuohy-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tennessee-judge-ends-conservatorship-between-michael-oher-and-tuohy-family\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennessee judge terminates Oher-Tuohy conservatorship."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">10<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftennessee-judge-ends-conservatorship-between-michael-oher-and-tuohy-family%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2050092&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Baltimore Ravens #23\u200d draft \u2063pick Michael\u200d Oher poses for a photograph with his family at Radio City \u200cMusic Hall \u2062for the 2009\u2063 NFL Draft on April 25, 2009 in New York City  (Photo\u200d by \u2062Jeff Zelevansky\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Oher&#8217;s Conservatorship Agreement with Tuohy Family Terminated by Tennessee Judge<\/h2>\n<p>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/elizabeth-volberding\">Elizabeth Volberding<br \/><\/a>3:15\u2062 PM \u2013 Friday, September\u2064 29, 2023<\/p>\n<p>A Tennessee judge \u200bannounced that\u200b she is ending the \u2062conservatorship agreement between ex-NFL player Michael Oher and the Tuohy family who took him under\u200d their wing when\u2063 he was \u200bin high school.\u2064 The\u200b story was the inspiration behind\u2062 the\u200b 2008 film <em>The Blind Side<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, Shelby\u2062 County Probate Court Judge\u2062 Kathleen\u200b Gomes \u2063declared \u2062that she is terminating the conservatorship agreement made between\u200c the former NFL\u2064 player and Sean and Leigh Annee Tuohy. The agreement was established in 2004 \u200dand allowed for the Memphis couple to be in\u2064 control of Oher\u2019s finances.<\/p>\n<p>Oher signed the agreement when he was 18\u2063 years old while living with the couple as he was being scouted\u2063 by colleges around the nation for being a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tennessee-judge-ends-conservatorship-between-michael-oher-and-tuohy-family\/\" title=\"Tennessee judge terminates Oher-Tuohy conservatorship.\">star high school \u200bfootball player<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Gomes explained that she was\u2062 not going to be dismissing the case. Oher claimed that the Memphis\u2063 couple used his name, image and likeness to use his money for themselves. He \u200balso stated that\u200d the couple lied to\u200b him about the agreement by claiming that the \u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/newsroom\/michael-oher-from-blind-side-claims-tuohys-never-adopted-him-made-millions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">conservatorship agreement<\/a> was\u2063 actually an adoption agreement.\u200b Oher requested for \u200bthe Tuohys to provide financial accounting of money that had \u2063possibly come \u200dto them as part of the agreement.<\/p>\n<p>According to \u2062Tennessee law, \u200ba conservatorship\u2063 eliminates power from an individual to make their own decisions, and it is \u2063usually utilized in the case of a medical\u2063 condition or disability.<\/p>\n<p>However, in Oher\u2019s case, the conservatorship was \u200bagreed upon although he was over \u200d18 years old at the time and had no diagnosed physical or\u2062 psychological disabilities.<\/p>\n<p>According to Gomes, she was extremely disturbed that such an agreement was ever established. She explained that she had never seen \u2063in her 43-year\u200c career a conservatorship agreement started with an individual who was not disabled. She believes that it should have \u2062ended a long time ago.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>The judge\u2064 said, \u201cI can\u2019t believe it got done.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Lawyers for both Oher\u2062 and Tuoy had come to \u200ban agreement that the conservatorship should end, but the case\u200b will continue to adhere to \u2063Oher\u2019s \u2062accusations.<\/p>\n<p>The 37-year-old Oher\u2064 filed a petition in August that blamed the\u2063 Tuohy\u2019s of \u2062lying to him\u200c by having him sign\u2064 papers that made them his conservators instead of \u2063his adoptive \u2063parents almost two decades ago. <\/p>\n<p>The former NFL star requested\u200c for the conservatorship\u200d to be put to an end,\u2062 a full accounting of the money earned off \u200dhis name and wanted to be paid what he is due with \u2064interest. Additionally, he \u2062stated that the Memphis couple had kept\u2062 him blindsided\u2064 regarding his financial dealings \u2064related to his \u2064name, image and likeness throughout the 19-year duration of \u2062the agreement.<\/p>\n<p>According\u2062 to a court filing, the \u2063couple \u2062proclaimed that they \u200dloved Oher like a son \u200band provided him with everything he needed. However, they denied saying that they had the intention to legally adopt him.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the Tuohy\u2019s court filing stated that the former NFL star called \u2064them \u201cmom and dad,\u201d and that they referred to him as their son occasionally. They \u200calso \u200bsaid\u2063 that the\u200b conservatorship was the mechanism chosen to\u2064 comply with NCAA standards that \u2063would have kept\u2063 Oher from attending the University\u200d of Mississippi, where Sean \u200dTuohy was a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ex-rutgers-basketball-player-sentenced-to-22-years-in-prison-for-killing-brothel-worker-he-mistook-for-other-woman\/\" title=\"Ex-Rutgers Basketball Player Sentenced To 22 Years In Prison For Killing Brothel Worker He Mistook For Other Woman\">star basketball player<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The couple recognized\u200d that\u200b websites show\u200c them \u200creferring to Oher\u200d as an adopted son, but the term was only used \u201cin the colloquial sense and they have never intended that\u200b reference\u200b to be viewed with \u2063legal implication.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cWhen it became clear that the Petitioner could not \u200dconsider going to the University of Mississippi \u2062(\u201cOle Miss\u201d) as a result of \u200dliving with the \u200bRespondents, the NCAA made \u200cit clear that\u200d he could attend Ole Miss if he was part \u2062of the Tuohy family\u200d in some \u200dfashion,\u201d the Tuohys\u2019 \u2064September 14<sup>th<\/sup> court filing said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In their lawsuit, the Tuohys claimed they never signed \u2062any professional football contracts for Oher and that he was \u200dcontent with their financial arrangements as depicted in <em>The Blind Side<\/em>. The Tuohys and Oher, \u2064according to their lawyers,\u200c earned $100,000 each, and the couple took care of Oher\u2019s taxes.<\/p>\n<p>Oher, who was selected with the 23<sup>rd<\/sup> overall \u200cpick in the 2009 draft\u2064 out \u200cof \u2062Ole Miss, played for the Baltimore Ravens for his \u2063first five \u2063seasons, during that time he won\u2063 a\u200b Super Bowl. Over the course of eight NFL seasons, he participated in 110 games, including 11 starts for\u200b the \u2064Tennessee Titans in 2014. Oher \u2063finished his football career with the Carolina\u200b Panthers.<\/p>\n<p>Stay informed!\u200b Receive breaking news blasts directly to \u200cyour inbox for free. Subscribe here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>45th \u200cPresident\u2062 Donald Trump\u2019s legal team\u2062 is asking for an extension in special \u2064counsel Jack Smith\u2019s January 6th\u2062 case.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>President Trump\u2019s presence \u200ctowered over the \u2063second Republican \u2063primary debate in California Wednesday night. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Key witnesses\u200d appearing in the House Oversight \u200bCommittee hearing \u200ctoday in the first \u200bBiden\u2063 Impeachment Inquiry\u2062 appeared to\u200b provide support for the GOP\u2062 led investigation into Biden corruption. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Philadelphia suffers a second night of mass lootings. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By\u00a0Andrew Chung September 29, 2023 \u2013 8:04 AM PDT Advertisement Sept 29 (Reuters) \u2013 The U.S. Supreme Court \u200con Friday agreed to\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By\u00a0Padraic Halpin\u00a0and\u00a0Max A. Cherney September 29, \u20622023 \u2013 5:02 AM PDT Advertisement DUBLIN,\u2062 Sept 29 (Reuters) \u2013 Chipmaker \u200bIntel\u00a0(INTC.O)\u00a0said on Friday it\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By\u00a0Supantha Mukherjee September 29, 2023 \u2013 5:12 \u200cAM PDT Advertisement\u2063 STOCKHOLM, Sept 29 (Reuters) \u2013 A raid by French authorities of \u2063the\u2026 \u200d <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>LONDON (Reuters)\u200c -The European\u200d Commission launched an investigation on\u2062 Wednesday into whether to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/reactions-to-eu-probe-of-chinese-electric-cars-imports\/\" title=\"EU probe of Chinese electric cars imports sparks mixed reactions.\">impose punitive \u2064tariffs<\/a> to \u2062protect\u200b European Union automakers against\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> rnrn  <\/p>\n<h2> How did the Tennessee judge, Kathleen Gomes, react to the existence of the \u200bconservatorship\u200b agreement?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Was a key\u2062 part \u200cof the team&#8217;s offensive line.\u2062 He then went \u200bon\u200b to play for\u200b the Tennessee Titans \u200band the \u200bCarolina Panthers before retiring from the\u200c NFL\u200b in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>The conservatorship agreement between Oher and \u200bthe Tuohy family has been a subject of controversy for years. Oher claimed that the couple used his money for themselves and misled him about the\u2064 nature of \u2064the\u2063 agreement.\u200c He also requested financial \u200baccounting of the money that \u2062had been earned \u200dthrough the agreement.<\/p>\n<p>The Tennessee judge, Kathleen Gomes, who terminated the\u2062 conservatorship agreement, expressed her disbelief that such an agreement had \u2062ever been established. She\u200c believed that it\u2062 should have ended long ago and \u2063stated,\u2064 &#8220;I can&#8217;t believe it got done.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Lawyers for both Oher\u200d and the Tuohy family agreed that the conservatorship should end, but the case will continue to address \u200bOher&#8217;s accusations. Oher filed a petition in August accusing the Tuohys of lying to\u200b him and having\u2063 him\u200d sign papers that made them his\u200c conservators \u200cinstead of his adoptive parents.<\/p>\n<p>According to\u200d court filings, the Tuohy family denied having the intention to legally adopt Oher but stated that they referred to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Baltimore Ravens&#8217; #23 draft pick, Michael Oher, poses with his family at the 2009 NFL Draft in New York City. Tennessee judge declares the end of a case, as reported by OAN&#8217;s Elizabeth Volberding at 3:15 PM on Friday, September 29, 2023. 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