‘Blind Side’ Tuohy family will end Michael Oher conservatorship: attorney

The family who took in former NFL star Michael Oher, inspiring the Oscar-nominated film “The Blind Side,” plan to end their conservatorship — which he’s challenging in court, claiming they duped him out of millions of dollars.

Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy will enter into a consent order to end the conservatorship, their lawyer Randall Fishman said at a news conference Wednesday.

Oher, 37, claimed the conservatorship allowed the Memphis couple to retain legal power over him and that they made millions from “The Blind Side” — which grossed $300 million at the box office — while didn’t get a cent.

On Monday, the former Baltimore Ravens Super Bowl winner filed a petition in a Tennessee probate court accusing the Tuohys of lying to him by having him sign papers that made them his conservators, rather than his adoptive parents, almost two decades ago in May 2004.

He sought to have the conservatorship ended and asked for a full accounting of the money earned off the use of his name, including the blockbuster 2009 flick starring Sandra Bullock and the novel that inspired it.

What we know about Michael Oher’s lawsuit against the Tuohy family

Former NFL player Michael Oher, the subject of the hit movie “The Blind Side,” claims Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy never officially adopted him.

According to court papers, the Tuohys tricked Oher into signing over the legal authority to use his name in business deals after he turned 18.

The 37-year-old alleged the Tuohys used their conservatorship to make millions in royalties from the 2009 Oscar-nominated film.

“The lie of Michael’s adoption is one upon which Co-Conservators Leigh Anne Tuohy and Sean Tuohy have enriched themselves at the expense of their Ward [Oher],” the legal filing said.

Sean Tuohy spoke out against the claims, saying the conservatorship was made to ensure that Oher was eligible to play football at the University of Mississippi.

Oher wants to end the Tuohys’ conservatorship and secure an injunction barring them from using his name and likeness.

He also wants an accounting of the money they’ve already earned off his name, a fair share of the profits, and punitive damages.

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Tuohys’ attorneys said Oher was well aware he had not been adopted.

Fishman said he mentioned that the couple was his conservators three times in “I Beat The Odds: From Homeless, To The Blind Side,” Oher’s first time in 2011.

Oher accused the couple of falsely representing themselves as his adoptive parents, saying he discovered in February that the conservatorship was not the arrangement he believed it to be.

The Tuohy’s attorneys also said the couple and Oher have been estranged for about a decade.  

With Post wires