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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What I’m gathering is Oher thought conservatorship was synonymous with adoption; adoption was for someone under 18 while conservatorship was for someone 18 and over. He thought adoption and conservatorship did exactly the same thing, make someone legally a member of a family. According to him, this is what Sean told him. I personally had never heard about conservatorship until Britney Spears, I doubt most people had.

The filing seems to be requesting a termination of the conservatorship and an accounting of how it has operated. I think this could have been avoided. I think they could have quietly resolved this with their lawyers through mediation. I don’t think Michael trusted the Tuoyh’s since the Blind Side movie (I hated it) and I think the Tuoyh’s felt insulted that Micheal was asking them questions about the conservatorship. I don’t think they set out to financially exploit him but ultimately this is what the wife is doing.

Since this story broke I believe we have only heard from Sean and the book’s author (a family friend) and according to them Oher has been demanding money otherwise he will go public with his story. Sean says he has family group chat from at least 2020. It also appears that Oher asked for an explanation about the conservatorship and how it has worked over the years and none was provided.[/quote]

I generally I agree with you, but, this could not have been solved through mediation. The only way a conservatorship can be ended is by a court order. Either Michael or the Tuohy's would need to file a court petition to end the conservatorship.

I personally do not believe they set out to take advantage of him financially. They wanted him to go to Ole Miss. Maybe at the time, for the purpose of the satisfying the NCAA, setting up the conservatorship made the most sense for the Tuohys and their goals. The conservatorship never made sense for Michael's best interests. He was recruited by every major football program in the country. He did not need Ole Miss to get to the NFL. If making him part of their family was their main goal, they could have encouraged him to go to any other school and then taken some time to figure whether or not to adopt him. It isn't just the Tuohy's that were complicit in this. The judge and Michael's lawyer are also involved, IMO.

First Michael is failed by the system, then he is taken advantage of by the system.

I hope he is able to get a legal accounting of the conservatorship. It seems like it was not used, but I don't blame him for not trusting the Tuohy's at their word. He deserves a public accounting of the conservatorship.[/quote]

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