Our Sports Lead now, former NFL player Michael Moore, whose life story was, of course, portrayed in the Oscar winning film The Blind Side, is now claiming that the family that took him in never actually adopted him and instead, in his view, tricked him into a conservatorship keeping or out of his own finances. CNN's bringing grass has more on the Sutton accusations and the questions surrounding them. Okay. Big smile to his family, Michael, or blindsided, he says, by his family at the center of the Hollywood blockbuster. Steve is your family, Michael? You have to protect them. Tony, here is the quarterback. You protect his blindside. When you look at him, you think of me. Yes. In a lawsuit, the former NFL player alleging he was tricked by Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy believing they were adopting the 18 year old budding football star. He became part of our lives when in fact they became his conservator, saying, quote, I have total control over Michael Moore's ability to negotiate for or enter any contract despite the fact he was over 18 years of age and had no diagnosed physical or psychological disabilities. It's a lie or says he discovered in February. Never happened before. What a room to yourself or his life story from poverty to NFL stardom with the support of the two, he family became a bestselling book. Well, then an Oscar winning film reportedly netting more than $330 million or says he's seen none of that money. And now nearly 20 years later is asking the two weeks for a full accounting of his share. The suit reads where other parents of Michael's classmates saw Michael simply as a nice kid in need. Conservators Sean Tuohy and Leon. We saw something else a gullible young man whose athletic talent could be exploited for their own benefit. Sean Tuohy telling a local Tennessee newspaper, We didn't make any money off the movie. His son, SJ, not named in the suit, told Barstool Sports he did make some money, but it didn't make him rich. I mean, like 60 or 70 grand of, of course the last four or five years. The suit also claims or who just published a book about overcoming obstacles this month unknowingly signed over the rights to his name, image and likeness in 2007 without payment or has publicly stated he doesn't like how he was portrayed in the movie. I think the biggest thing for me is, you know, being portrayed not being able to read or write. When you go into a locker room, your teammates don't think you can learn a playbook, you know, that weighs heavy. The two say they are devastated by the claims in the filing. Quote, It's upsetting to think we would make any money off any of our children but we're going to love Michael at 37 just like we loved him at 16. Now, why the shoot is happening now and how Michael just realized about this conservatorship back in February are two of the questions we propose to his attorney, but we haven't heard back the two weeks, though, Jake have given us a very lengthy statement through their attorney, essentially saying that or try to shake them down for money before going public with his story, saying in a statement part the idea that the twins have ever sought to profit off Mr. or is not only offensive it is transparently ridiculous. Now, the next step is they're going to have to respond to the suit in court. And so we'll see how this plays out Jake. All right. Bringing grass. Thank you. Joining us now to discuss, Lisa McCauley. She's in a state and probate attorney. So, Lisa, as you know, a conservatorship is usually made because a person has been deemed incapacitated. Someone who cannot handle his or her own financial or personal affairs or says he did not know that he had been put in a conservatorship instead of adopted until February of this year. Does that surprise you? It does surprise me. And I actually went to the file, according to the Tennessee court records. He was present at a hearing when the two weeks were appointed and in fact, his parents gave consent to them to become his conservator. So I'd love to see a transcript of that. But it is surprising that he didn't know what was going on even at the tender age of 18. Are there any other reasons that the two E's could have sought out a conservatorship and broadly speaking, looking at this case? Do you think that the two E's have done something wrong here in terms of the conservatorship We actually occasionally will do this for children called guardianship because it allows the parents, the guardians or the conservators to place people on insurance. And Mr. to himself said, we needed to do this in order to get Michael into school. And even though I haven't been able to research whether that was a requirement, it actually does make sense. So there could have been very innocent reasons why they sought conservatorship at any for an 18 year old who was still in high school. Do you think that the two weeks have done anything wrong? I mean, there does seem to be some evidence that members of the family did receive money from the film, which made more than $300 million. I haven't seen any evidence that any of that money went to or. What do you make of it? All right. Well, actually, according to the fire, once the orders got this court order, they never pursued letters of guardianship or conservatorship. They never took the oath, at least from what I can see, which means that they never actually had legal authority to act on Mr. Orr's behalf. And that would be consistent with his own statement that just three years later he was presented with a contract sign. So they received an order, but they didn't act on it. So it'll be interesting to see whether or not they actually did receive any of his money.
