Memphis couple to remove references to Michael Oher being adopted as part of legal battle

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A lawyer for the Memphis couple who took in former NFL player Michael Oher when he was in high school says references to Oher being their adopted son will be removed from the couple’s websites and public speaking materials as part of their legal battle...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A lawyer for the Memphis couple who took in former NFL player Michael Oher when he was in high school said Wednesday that references to Oher being their adopted son will be removed from the couple’s websites and public speaking materials as part of their legal battle over Oher’s finances.

Lawyer Randy Fishman told a Memphis probate judge that mentions of Oher being adopted by Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy will be taken off advertising for public speaking engagements and the couple’s websites immediately.

References to Oher being adopted had been a key argument by Oher in his efforts to force the Tuohys to account for money made from the film “The Blind Side," which focuses on Oher's story and his relationship with the Tuohys. The film earned Sandra Bullock an Oscar.

Oher said in a court filing in August that the Tuohys misled him into thinking they adopted him when they entered into a conservatorship agreement with Oher in 2004, when he was 18.

In September, Shelby County Probate Judge Kathleen Gomes ended the conservatorship, which allowed the Tuohys to control Oher’s finances. Oher, who had a troubled childhood, signed the agreement when he was living with the couple as he was being recruited by colleges as a star high school football player.

Despite the termination of the conservatorship, the legal fight over money made from the film and Oher's story continues. Oher claims the Tuohys have used his name, image and likeness to enrich themselves and kept