For his or her half, Sean and Leigh Anne have been firm in their denial that they tricked Michael into the conservatorship, as an alternative saying that they by no means supposed to formally undertake him.
“They vehemently deny that they noticed [Michael] as a gullible younger man whose athletic expertise could possibly be exploited for their very own profit,” they wrote in a court filing Sept. 15 in response to Michael’s request to terminate the conservatorship. “The [Tuohys] admit that they by no means supposed to, and in reality by no means did, take any motion to imagine authorized custody by means of the Juvenile Courtroom of Shelby County, Tennessee.”
Whereas Michael has largely remained tight-lipped in regards to the authorized proceedings, he expressed his grief over studying the reality about his relationship together with his household.
“I’m disheartened by the revelation shared within the lawsuit in the present day,” Michael told E! Information in August by means of his legal professional of studying he was by no means legally made part of the Tuohy household. “This can be a tough state of affairs for my household and me. I need to ask everybody to please respect our privateness at the moment. For now, I’ll let the lawsuit communicate for itself and can provide no additional remark.”
See pictures of Michael and the Tuohys through the years: