NFL star whose life inspired The Blind Side alleges he was misled about adoption

Michael Oher claims that Leigh Anne Tuohy and Sean Tuohy placed him under a conservatorship, rather than adopting him
NFL star whose life inspired The Blind Side alleges he was misled about adoption

NFL star whose life inspired The Blind Side alleges he was misled about adoption (Nick Wass/AP File)

Former NFL star Michael Oher, whose life inspired the Oscar-winning film The Blind Side, has alleged that he was misled by the family that took him into their home.

In court documents obtained by US outlets, Oher claims that Leigh Anne Tuohy and Sean Tuohy placed him under a conservatorship, rather than adopting him.

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