Judge Terminates Conservatorship Agreement Between Michael Oher and the Tuohys

A Tennessee judge has ended a conservatorship agreement between former NFL player Michael Oher and a Memphis couple who took him in when he was in high school. On Friday, Shelby County Probate Court Judge Kathleen Gomes terminated the agreement between Oher and Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy that was reached in 2004 when Oher was 18.

The Tuohys took in Oher when he was in high school and he went on to sports stardom playing football for Ole Miss and the NFL. The story was the inspiration behind the 2009 Sandra Bullock film “The Blind Side.”

Oher filed a lawsuit on Aug. 14 requesting the conservatorship be ended. He claimed he had been misled to believe he had been adopted and asked that the Tuohys provide a financial accounting of money that may have come to them as part of the agreement, claiming that they used his name, image and likeness without his permission.

Gomes said she was not dismissing the case, but rather terminating the agreement. She did not provide any further details on the case. It is unclear what will happen next in the case.

Oher and the Tuohys have not commented on the judge’s decision.