In the early 1980s, she graduated from University of Mississippi, where she became a member of the Kappa Delta sorority, was a cheerleader,[4] and met her future husband, Sean Tuohy, a basketball player for the Ole Miss Rebels.
The agreement enabled them to make business deals under his name including, allegedly, the creation of the movie The Blind Side[12] and the selling off of Oher's perpetual likeness and life story to Fox.
[13] The Tuohys released a statement through their attorney that alleged Oher had threatened to plant a negative news story if the couple did not give him $15 million, claiming that he had attempted this on previous occasions, but that he had struggled to find lawyers to take the case.
[14] A judge ended the conservatorship and declined to dismiss the case in September 2023,[15] and the Tuohys later told the court they would remove all mentions to Oher being adopted from their website and public speaking advertisements.
She also received an honorary degree from the university during its commencement ceremony for her commitment to the less fortunate and her ongoing quest to recruit others to make a difference.