Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy also denied the former NFL player’s claims about profits and rights tied to the Oscar-winning film in new legal documents
they never intended to formally adopt him and denied his claim that they used public perception of his supposed adoption for financial gain, in a new court filing.
The new document, filed in Shelby County, Tennessee Probate Court Thursday, Sept. 14, is a paragraph-by-paragraph response to the. In that document, Oher revealed that the Tuohys were never actually his adoptive parents but his conservators with legal authority over his business deals. Seeking to end the conservatorship, Oher accused the Tuohys of using the “untruth” of his adoption “to gain financial advantages for themselves and the foundations which they own or which they exercise control.
While the Tuohys have denied Oher’s claims and characterization of their relationship in the press, the new filing marks their first official response in the courts. And for the most part, the filingFor instance, the Tuohys said they “vehemently deny that they told [Oher] that they intended to legally adopt him.” Instead, they reiterated their claim that they sought out the conservatorship so that Oher could play football at the University of Mississippi .
Elsewhere in the new filing, the Tuohys called Oher’s claim that he just learned that he was never adopted “demonstratively false.” They cited Oher’s own 2011 book,, saying it “clearly indicates that he was fully aware that the Tuohys were appointed as conservators.” But while the Tuohys did acknowledge that they occasionally referred to Oher as an “adopted son,” they said it was done “in the colloquial sense and they have never intended that reference to be viewed with legal implication.
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