Michael Oher and Leigh Anne Tuohy, Sean Tuohy.Photo:Roy Rochlin/Getty; John Shearer/Getty
Roy Rochlin/Getty; John Shearer/Getty
In a statement provided to PEOPLE on late Thursday, Oher’s lawyer, Don Barrett, wrote, “We look forward to Mike finally getting his day in court, where we are confident that the truth will prevail."
Michael Oher stands with Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy in November 2008.Matthew Sharpe/Getty
Matthew Sharpe/Getty
Last month, Oher accused the Tuohys of tricking him into signing a conservatorship as a way to control his finances. He further claimed that the Tuohys made “millions” fromThe Blind Side.
“There was never an intent to adopt him,” Tuohys' latest filing said, while denying Oher’s claim that referring to him as a family member had caused “irreparable harm” to him. The Tuohys added that they referred to Oher as their son “in the colloquial sense and they have never intended that reference to be viewed with legal implication.”
“In fact, they have always felt that the Petitioner was like a son and have used that on occasion but not in a legal sense,” the filing stated.
Oher claimed last month that he found out in February that he was under a conservatorship with the Tuohys and was not adopted. In the new filing, the Tuohys called Oher’s timeline “demonstratively false,” saying the former football player wrote about the conservatorship in his 2011 memoir,I Beat The Odds.
The Tuohys “admit they have never filed accountings,” their filing Thursday says, but claim the state never asked them to do so.
Both Sean and Leigh Anne claimed they split proceeds fromThe Blind Sideequally between each other, their two children and Oher.
“It is important to note that [Oher’s] share was paid to [the Tuohys] who paid the taxes due on these funds for some period of time but still cut a check for a full share (20%) to [Oher],” the Tuohys latest filing claims.
Oher is asking the court to force the Tuohys to file an accounting of his finances and for the couple to pay any earnings that may be owed to him fromThe Blind Side, plus interest.
source: people.com
