Judge to terminate Michael Oher’s conservatorship
Shelby County Probate Court Division 1 Judge Kathleen Gomes on Friday. Sept. 29, said she will end the conservatorship over Michael Oher, the retired NFL football player whose life story rose to prominence through the 2009 film “The Blind Side.” (Jason DeCrow/AP Photo file)
A local judge said Friday, Sept. 29, she will end the conservatorship over Michael Oher, the retired NFL football player whose life story rose to prominence through the 2009 film “The Blind Side.”
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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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