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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Amelia Neath

‘Blind Side’ family say they never intended to adopt Michael Tuohy as they deny cashing in on former NFL star

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A family whose adoption of a boy who went on to become an NFL star – inspiring an Oscar-winning movie – have responded to his lawsuit against them, denying that they profited off his name.

Former NFL star Michael Oher, 39, claims that Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy, both 63, never actually adopted him and that three months after his 18th birthday, they got him to sign a document to make the couple his conservators.

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