Sean Tuohy, whose life is the basis of “The Blind Side,” responded to a petition filed Tuesday by Michael Oher in which he requested an end to the Tuohy family’s conservatorship as well as a bar to their ability to use his image and likeness to make business deals.
“We’re devastated,” Sean Tuohy told the Daily Memphian. “It’s upsetting to think we would make money off any of our children. But we’re going to love Michael at 37 just like we loved him at 16.”
Oher’s petition claims that the Tuohy family never officially adopted him, and that they tricked him into giving up his ability to make financial decisions when he signed the conservatorship papers.