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Brian Wilson, performing in Los Angeles in 2015.

Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys is being placed under a legal conservatorship

3:07pm May 10, 2024

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

A Los Angeles Superior Court judge approved the conservatorship Thursday, noting that Brian Wilson suffers from "a major cognitive disorder." Wilson has agreed to the conservatorship.

Wendy Williams' guardianship is the subject of a new documentary. Here's how it works

8:09pm March 01, 2024

by Jonathan Franklin

With a court-appointed guardian in charge of her finances, the former talk show host has practically no autonomy. Here's what guardianships do — and how it impacts Williams.

Michael Oher speaks to the media during the first day of the Carolina Panthers' offseason conditioning program in Charlotte, N.C., April 20, 2015. Oher, the former NFL tackle known for the movie "The Blind Side," filed a petition Aug. 14, 2023, in a Tennessee court accusing Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy of having him sign papers making them his conservators rather than his adoptive parents.

A judge orders the end of the conservatorship between Michael Oher and the Tuohys

7:41pm September 29, 2023

by Ayana Archie

Tennessee Judge Kathleen Gomes said she'd never seen such a conservatorship for someone who isn't disabled. She isn't dismissing Oher's case to receive accounts of his finances from the Tuohys.

Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy are seen in New Orleans in 2013. Michael Oher, the former NFL tackle whose story inspired the movie The Blind Side, on Monday filed a petition accusing the Tuohys of lying to him by having him sign papers making them his conservators rather than his adoptive parents nearly two decades ago.

After 19 years, the Tuohys say they plan to terminate Michael Oher's conservatorship

5:42pm August 18, 2023

by Jonathan Franklin

Lawyers for Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy say the couple intends to end their conservatorship for Oher, a former NFL offensive lineman and the inspiration behind the 2009 film, The Blind Side.

Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy, pictured in 2013, said Oher's claims against them in a petition filed in a Tennessee court Monday are essentially a "shakedown effort."

Tuohy family calls Michael Oher's petition 'hurtful' and an attempt at a 'shakedown'

8:06am August 17, 2023

by Jonathan Franklin

The family says that Oher's claims against them in the petition filed Monday are essentially a "shakedown effort" in order to get nearly $15 million from them.

Members of the Tuohy family are speaking out after former NFL player Michael Oher alleged that they earned millions from pushing a false narrative that they adopted him. Here, Oher poses for a photograph with the Tuohy family at Radio City Music Hall for the 2009 NFL Draft on April 25, 2009 in New York City.

Tuohy family responds to Michael Oher's allegations of his false adoption

5:00am August 16, 2023

by Jonathan Franklin

In court documents filed in a Tennessee probate court, Oher alleged that the Tuohys convinced him to sign documents that agreed to a conservatorship in 2004.

Carolina Panthers' Michael Oher speaks to the media during their NFL football offseason conditioning program in Charlotte, N.C., on April 20, 2015. Oher, the former NFL tackle known for the movie "The Blind Side," filed a petition Monday, Aug. 14, 2023, accusing Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy of lying to him by having him sign papers making them his conservators, not his adoptive parents, in 2004.

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Michael Oher of 'The Blind Side' says he wasn't adopted, but put in a conservatorship

4:13pm August 15, 2023

by Ayana Archie

Oher alleged Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy presented him with a document establishing a conservatorship shortly after he moved in with him, and said it was "for all intents and purposes, an adoption."

Britney Spears at the Billboard Music Awards in 2016 in Las Vegas.

Britney Spears' conservatorship has finally ended

7:11pm November 12, 2021

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

After 13 years living under a legal arrangement that controlled both her personal life and finances, the pop star was released from her conservatorship Friday.

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#FreeBritney activists rally at the Stanley Mosk Courthouse in Los Angeles during the Britney Spears conservatorship hearing Wednesday.

Britney Spears is on the road to independence. The media should let her take the wheel

3:05pm September 30, 2021

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

On Wednesday, Jamie Spears was suspended as his daughter's conservator. Is all the media attention, including three new Spears documentaries, still welcome?

Britney Spears supporter Peter Stickles was among those demonstrating outside Los Angeles Superior Court on Wednesday.

A Judge Suspends Britney Spears' Dad From Her Conservatorship

1:50pm September 30, 2021

At a hearing Wednesday at Los Angeles Superior Court, Judge Brenda J. Penny suspended the pop star's father from controlling her financial affairs. Britney Spears has accused him of exploiting her.