Michael Oher's adoption revelation faces pushback from Tuohy family members

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The biological son of Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy, the Tennessee family that claimed to have adopted ex-NFL player Michael Oher, responded to a petition filed by Oher on Monday and suggested that the former first round draft pick may have known about the details of his conservatorship before February 2023, as stated in court filings. 

Sean "SJ" Tuohy Jr. revealed during an interview with Barstool Sports on Monday that old text messages between Oher and the Tuohy family allegedly showed that Oher may have been aware of his conservatorship at least as early as 2020. 

Michael Oher #74 of the Ole Miss Rebels stands with his family during senior ceremonies prior to a game against the Mississippi State Bulldogs at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium on November 28, 2008 in Oxford, Mississippi.  (Matthew Sharpe/Getty Images)

"If he says he learned that in February, I find that hard to believe," he said told the outlet. "I went back to my texts today to look at — I was curious today, randomly, to go back to look at our family group text and texts to see what things have been said." 

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"There were things back in 2020, 2021 that were like, ‘If you guys give me this much, then I won’t go public with things.’ So I don’t know if that’s true. I think everyone learned in the past year about the conservatorship stuff because of Britney Spears, so maybe that’s the case, but it doesn’t add up."

Oher, who was drafted by the Baltimore Ravens in the first round of the 2009 NFL Draft, filed a petition in a Tennessee court on Monday to end the 2004 conservatorship,