A court agreement signed by Michael Oher when he was 18 that allowed a Memphis couple to make medical and financial decisions for him is under scrutiny.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — In 2004, when Michael Oher was a coveted college football recruit, the 18-year-old high schooler agreed in court to allow the Memphis couple he lived with to make decisions for him about signing contracts and any medical issues.
Now 37, Oher seeks a full accounting of assets, considering his life story produced millions of dollars, though he says he received nothing from the movie. He accuses the Tuohys of falsely representing themselves as his adoptive parents, saying he only discovered in February that the conservatorship provided him no familial relationship to them.
The Tuohys said they set up the conservatorship to help Oher with health insurance, a driver's license and being admitted to college. Their lawyers said in a news conference Wednesday that the Tuohys never received money from Oher's NFL contracts or shoe deals and they split money from "The Blind Side," which earned the couple, their two children and Oher an estimated $100,000 apiece.
"At the end of the day, you do not put an adult in a conservatorship because they need help with a driver's license or college applications.Haneman also questioned why the conservatorship didn't include a medical affidavit showing disability, or the appointment of a guardian ad litem who would protect Oher and provide an "independent set of eyes." Both are typically part of conservatorships, she said.
"People have been saying, 'Well, you've got to have some kind of issue to be a ward in a conservatorship,'" Fishman said Thursday. "That's just not true. He just needed some guidance and that's why the court did it."
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