Sean Tuohy calls the allegations “insulting.”

Hours after news broke that Michael Oher, whose life was the topic of the Oscar-winning movie “The Blind Side,” filed a 14-page petition in probate court which states he wasn’t adopted, the man who took the former NFL and Ole Miss offensive lineman in is shocked.

“We’re devastated,” Tuohy told The Daily Memphian. “It’s upsetting to think we would make money off any of our children. But we’re going to love Michael at 37 just like we loved him at 16.”

Oher, 37, filed the petition Monday, Aug. 14, alleging that when he was 18, the Tuohy family tricked him into signing a document making them conservators and that they made millions off a lie. The petition alleges the Tuohys made deals that made them – and their birth children – millions in royalties from the movie. Oher, on the other hand, got nothing that he says, “would not have existed without him.”

Tuohy, an All-American point guard at Ole Miss, said the conservatorship was a way to appease the NCAA during the days leading up to his college football decision. As a supporter of Ole Miss athletics, Tuohy would qualify as a “booster” under NCAA rules.

“Michael was obviously living with us for a long time, and the NCAA didn’t like that,” Tuohy said. “They said the only way Michael could go to Ole Miss was if he was actually part of the family. I sat Michael down and told him, ‘If you’re planning to go to Ole Miss — or even considering Ole Miss — we think you have to be part of the family. This would do that, legally.’ We contacted lawyers who had told us that we couldn’t adopt over the age of 18. The only thing we could do was to have a conservatorship. We were so concerned it was on the up-and-up that we made sure the biological mother came to court.”

Tuohy said the family will end the conservatorship if that is what Oher wants.

As far as making millions, Tuohy contends, per the Daily Memphian, he didn’t need the money after selling most of his fast-food franchises for more than $200 million.

“We didn’t make any money off the movie,” Tuohy said. “Well, Michael Lewis (the author of the book ‘The Blind Side’) gave us half of his share. Everybody in the family got an equal share, including Michael. It was about $14,000, each.

“We were never offered money. We never asked for money. My money is well-documented. You can look up how much I sold my company for.”

He said he didn’t $40,000 from the movie.

“I will say it’s upsetting that people would think I would want to make money off any of my children,” he said.

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Mark Heim is a reporter for The Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @Mark_Heim. He can be heard on “The Opening Kickoff” on WNSP-FM 105.5 FM in Mobile or on the free Sound of Mobile App from 6 to 9 a.m. daily.