{"id":2050885,"date":"2023-09-30T14:29:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-30T18:29:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tennessee-judge-dissolves-blind-side-family-conservatorship-allows-lawsuit-to-continue\/"},"modified":"2023-09-30T14:30:54","modified_gmt":"2023-09-30T18:30:54","slug":"tennessee-judge-dissolves-blind-side-family-conservatorship-allows-lawsuit-to-continue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tennessee-judge-dissolves-blind-side-family-conservatorship-allows-lawsuit-to-continue\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennessee judge ends &#8216;Blind Side&#8217; family conservatorship, permits lawsuit to proceed."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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-dissolves-blind-side-family-conservatorship-allows-lawsuit-to-continue%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=2050885&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--><blockquote>\n<div data-post-content=\"true\" class=\"post_content\" id=\"post_content\">\n<p>A Memphis, Tennessee judge on Friday, September 29, ruled in favor of dissolving the conservatorship agreement between former NFL player Michael Oher and Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy, the Memphis family\u200b that took him in when he was in high school. The \u2062family was the subject \u200cof the 2009 blockbuster film \u201cThe Blind Side.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shelby County Probate Court Judge Kathleen Gomes \u2063on Friday ruled to terminate the agreement that was signed in 2004 that\u2062 left the Tuohy\u2019s in charge of Oher\u2019s finances among other decisions prior to his senior year of high school, according to Shelby\u2062 County Court Records.<\/p>\n<p>Court\u2063 records show she is not dismissing other issues in the \u2064case, such as the \u200blawsuit filed by Oher, 37, in August, alleging the family lied to him to \u200dget him to sign\u2064 papers making them his\u2062 conservators rather than \u200bhis adoptive parents\u2014something he said he\u200d had only recently become aware of.<\/p>\n<div class=\"shortcode\"><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"border-comp-divider mb-4 mr-4 w-full max-w-[500px] border px-5 py-4 text-[16px] leading-[20px] text-[#262626] md:float-left\" id=\"in_article_related_stories\">\n<h2 class=\"mb-3 font-sans text-[16px] font-semibold uppercase leading-[19px] text-[#2F2F2F]\">Related Stories<\/h2>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex gap-2\">\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/family-responds-as-blind-side-subject-michael-oher-says-his-adoption-was-a-lie-5468071?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\"><\/p>\n<h3>Family Responds \u200bas \u2018Blind Side&#8217; Subject Michael Oher Says \u2062His Adoption Was a Lie<\/h3>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">8\/16\/2023<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"shrink-0 basis-[120px]\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/family-responds-as-blind-side-subject-michael-oher-says-his-adoption-was-a-lie-5468071?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\"><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex gap-2\">\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/sports\/devastated-tuohys-ready-to-end-conservatorship-for-michael-oher-lawyers-say-5471485?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\"><\/p>\n<h3>Devastated Tuohys Ready to End \u2062Conservatorship for\u200c Michael Oher, Lawyers Say<\/h3>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">8\/16\/2023<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"shrink-0 basis-[120px]\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/sports\/devastated-tuohys-ready-to-end-conservatorship-for-michael-oher-lawyers-say-5471485?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\"><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><\/div>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>In his suit, he requested the conservatorship be terminated, something \u200bboth parties agreed to,\u2062 and requested a full\u200c accounting of money earned off his\u200c name and story. He also requested to be paid\u2062 with interest.<\/p>\n<h2>Judge Ends Conservatorship<\/h2>\n<p>In\u200c court on Friday in Memphis, Judge Gomes said she \u201ccouldn\u2019t believe [the conservatorship was] done,\u201d in the first place, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialappeal.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/2023\/09\/29\/tennesse-judge-ending-conservatorship-former-nfl-player-michael-oher-sean-leigh-anne-tuohy\/71003297007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according<\/a> \u200dto the Memphis Commercial Appeal.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>Tennessee\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/law.justia.com\/codes\/tennessee\/2021\/title-34\/chapter-1\/section-34-1-101\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">law<\/a> defines conservatorship as a court removing \u201cthe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-britney-spears-retook-control-of-her-life-and-what-her-victory-could-mean-for-others\/\" title=\"How Britney Spears Retook Control Of Her Life (And What Her Victory Could Mean For Others)\">decision-making powers<\/a>\u2062 and duties, whole or in part,\u201d from \u201ca person with a disability \u200cwho lacks capacity to make decisions in one\u200c or more important areas.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>It is often used in the \u2062state as a means to give decision-making duties in \u200bthe case of a medical condition or disability.<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-figure\" style=\"margin-left:0;margin-right:0;max-width:1200px\">\n<figure style=\"width:640px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto\" class=\"aligncenter\"><figcaption>Promotional ad for &#8220;The Blind Side.&#8221; \u2064(Warner Bros. Pictures)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>The outlet further stated\u2064 Gomes was\u2064 \u201cdisturbed\u201d that the agreement was ever reached because she \u2063had \u201cnever\u201d seen such\u2063 an agreement reached with someone who \u201cwas not disabled\u201d\u200d throughout her\u200b four-decade career.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>The outlet added \u2063that Oher and Tuohys listened in by video conference to the hearing Friday but did not speak. Gomes said the conservatorship should have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/he-was-punished-for-using-redacted-slurs-in-a-law-test-question-now-hes-suing-his-university-for-defamation\/\" title=\"He Was Punished For Using Redacted Slurs In A Law Test Question. Now He\u2019s Suing His University For Defamation.\">ended long ago<\/a>,\u200c according to the newspaper.<\/p>\n<h2>Lawsuit and \u201cDevastating\u201d Allegations<\/h2>\n<p>The Tuohys have said the allegations \u2064made by Oher have been \u201cdevastating for the family\u201d even though they have been estranged from Oher for about\u2064 a decade, according to The Associated Press.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>They also said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/family-responds-as-blind-side-subject-michael-oher-says-his-adoption-was-a-lie-5468071\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a> \u200cthe allegations\u200d were a \u201cridiculous shakedown attempt\u201d after being \u201cthreatened\u201d by Oher before he\u2064 filed the suit.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m gonna preface this by saying that \u2062I love Mike at 16, I love Mike at 37, and I [will] love him at 67,\u201d Sean \u201cSJ\u201d Tuohy Jr., the \u2064biological son of the family, said on \u2063Barstool Radio. \u201cThere\u2019s not gonna be any dossier or thing that happens that is going to make me say, \u2018Screw that guy.\u2019 That\u2019s not the case.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit\u200c alleges the Tuohy\u2019s enriched themselves at the\u2063 expense of Oher.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMichael Oher discovered \u2063this lie to his \u2062chagrin and embarrassment in\u200c February of 2023, when he learned that the Conservatorship to which he consented on\u200b the basis that doing so would make him a member of \u200cthe Tuohy\u200c family, in fact, provided him no\u2064 familial relationship with the Tuohys,\u201d he said in the\u200b lawsuit.<\/p>\n<p>ESPN \u200dreported that\u200c the Tuohys and their two birth children each earned $225,000 from the film, as well as 2.5 percent of net proceeds.<\/p>\n<p>Sean Tuohy said the conservatorship was \u2063set up to help Oher\u2063 get\u2062 into \u2063college.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI sat Michael down and told him, \u2018If you\u2019re planning to go to Ole Miss\u2014or even considering Ole Miss\u2014we think you have to be part of the family,\u201d he said after\u200d the \u2062lawsuit was\u200b filed last \u2064month. \u201cThis would do that legally. We were so concerned it was on the up-and-up that we made sure the biological mother came to court.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit, which the judge allowed \u2063to continue, \u200dis seeking to end the Tuohys&#8217; ability to profit from Oher&#8217;s name, story, and likeness, demanding \u200dthey pay him a share of the profits earned over the years.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\"><em>Carly Mayberry and The Associated Press contributed to this \u2063report. <\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> \u200cWhat is the role and purpose of a conservatorship according to Tennessee law?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Ss. Oher&#8217;s lawsuit, \u200bfiled \u2064in August, claims that the family lied to him in order to become his conservators\u2064 instead of his adoptive parents. He alleges that\u2064 he only\u2063 recently\u200d discovered this\u2063 deception. The lawsuit also seeks a full accounting \u2062of the money\u200d earned from his \u2063name and story, as well as payment with interest.<\/p>\n<p>Judge Gomes ruled \u2063in favor of terminating the conservatorship agreement between Oher and the Tuohy family. However, she has not \u2062dismissed other issues in the case, such \u200das the lawsuit filed by\u200c Oher. This ruling marks the end of the \u200bTuohys&#8217; control over Oher&#8217;s \u2064finances and\u200b decision-making.<\/p>\n<p>Conservatorship is defined by Tennessee law as\u200b the removal of decision-making powers and duties \u200bfrom a person with a disability who lacks capacity in important areas. It is often used \u200bin <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tennessee-judge-dissolves-blind-side-family-conservatorship-allows-lawsuit-to-continue\/\" title=\"Tennessee judge ends 'Blind Side' family conservatorship, permits lawsuit to proceed.\">cases involving medical conditions<\/a> or disabilities.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2064Memphis Commercial Appeal \u2062reported that \u200cJudge Gomes expressed disbelief that\u2064 the conservatorship had \u200cever been put \u2064in place, considering Oher&#8217;s lack of disability. This judgment was \u2063made\u200c after\u2063 Gomes listened to the arguments presented during the hearing, during which Oher and the\u200b Tuohys attended via video conference but did not speak.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200c allegations made by Oher have reportedly had a devastating \u200dimpact\u2064 on the Tuohy family, despite their estrangement from him for the past decade. The \u2062outcome of \u200dthis legal battle will\u200d likely have significant implications\u2063 for all parties involved.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, a Memphis judge has ruled \u200cin favor \u200dof dissolving the conservatorship \u200cagreement between Michael Oher and the Tuohy family. The process of ending \u2063the conservatorship was initiated \u200cby Oher, who also filed a lawsuit alleging deception \u200dby the family. This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-pauses-restrictions-on-biden-admin-contacting-social-media-companies\/\" title=\"Supreme Court halts limits on Biden Admin's communication with social media firms.\">case raises important questions<\/a> about decision-making powers \u2063and accountability in conservatorship agreements, and its resolution will have lasting effects on all parties\u2064 involved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Memphis judge dissolved the conservatorship between Michael Oher and the Tuohy family, who took him in during high school. The family gained fame from the movie &#8220;The Blind Side.&#8221; The ruling was made on September 29 in Shelby County, Tennessee.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1627,"featured_media":2050886,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2050885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2050885","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1627"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2050885"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2050885\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2050886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2050885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2050885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2050885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}