Tuohys will stop referring to Oher as adopted son
Michael Oher (right), whose life story rose to prominence with the 2009 film “The Blind Side,” has been battling the Tuohys since Aug. 14 when he filed a petition in Shelby County Probate Court to end the conservatorship placed over him in 2004. (Aarron Fleming/The Daily Memphian)
The announcement essentially puts an official end to the familial relationship Oher, 37, has shared with the family for about 20 years.
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Once an intern, he never left, joining the staff full-time in 2022 as an education reporter. He moved to public safety in 2023, where he covered some of the city’s biggest court cases, including the criminal trials for those charged in the deaths of Tyré Nichols and rapper Young Dolph. He also chronicled the Shelby County Jail and the deaths that have occurred at the facility.
He now provides suburban coverage, focusing on Desoto County and the surrounding municipalities.
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