Former NFL player Michael Oher, whose story was brought to the screen in the film The blind side In 2009 she managed to legally free herself from her so-called adoptive family.
On Friday, TMZ Sports learned that a Shelby County judge terminated the 37-year-old’s guardianship.
This breaks an agreement made 19 years ago between the footballer and the couple consisting of Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy, while the athlete lived under their roof.
Oher filed to terminate the conservatorship last August after claiming the Tuohys never adopted him. Three months after his 18th birthday in 2004, they forced him to sign a document naming them as guardians. This allowed them to carry out commercial activities on his behalf as they had the legal authority to do so.
Additionally, Oher’s legal filing noted that the family used their acquired power to strike a deal that netted him and his two biological children millions of dollars in royalties from the award-winning film. an Oscar. The former NFL player received no money for this story, “which would not have existed without him.”
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The Memphis, Tennessee native spent eight seasons on the Goodell circuit with three different teams. These are the Baltimore Ravens, with whom he won the Super Bowl in 2013, the Tennessee Titans and the Carolina Panthers.