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Brian Wilson, performing in Los Angeles in 2015.

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

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.

May 13, 2024
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  • Anastasia Tsioulcas
Host Wendy Williams appears at the Soul Train Awards in Las Vegas on Nov. 7, 2014.

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  • Law

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

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.

March 01, 2024
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  • Jonathan Franklin
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.

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  • Law

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

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.

September 29, 2023
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  • Ayana Archie
Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy are seen in New Orleans in 2013. Michael Oher, the former NFL tackle whose story inspired the movie <em>The Blind Side,</em> 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.

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

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.

August 18, 2023
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  • Jonathan Franklin
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 <em>The Blind Side</em>, filed a petition Monday 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

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."

August 18, 2023
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  • Ayana Archie
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.

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  • National

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

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.

August 18, 2023
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  • Jonathan Franklin
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."

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

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.

August 18, 2023
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  • Jonathan Franklin
Britney Spears at the Billboard Music Awards in 2016 in Las Vegas.

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  • Law

Britney Spears' conservatorship has finally ended

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.

November 12, 2021
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  • Anastasia Tsioulcas
#FreeBritney activists rally at the Stanley Mosk Courthouse in Los Angeles during the Britney Spears conservatorship hearing Wednesday.

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  • Arts & Life

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

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

September 30, 2021
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  • Anastasia Tsioulcas
Britney Spears supporter Peter Stickles was among those demonstrating outside Los Angeles Superior Court on Wednesday.

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  • Law

A Judge Suspends Britney Spears' Dad From Her Conservatorship

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.

September 30, 2021
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  • Anastasia Tsioulcas and
  • Mandalit del Barco
Britney Spears performs onstage at the iHeartRadio Music Festival in Las Vegas in 2016.

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  • Movies

What New Netflix And Hulu Documentaries Reveal About Britney Spears' Conservatorship

Netflix's Britney vs Spears and Hulu's Controlling Britney Spears — released right before an important hearing on the singer's conservatorship — piece together how Spears lost control of her life.

September 28, 2021
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  • Eric Deggans
Britney Spears' father, Jamie Spears, has filed to end the court conservatorship that has controlled the singer's life and money for 13 years.

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  • Music

In New Filing, Britney Spears Consents With The Petition To End Her Conservatorship

The filing represents the first time Britney Spears has called for an end to the arrangement in court documents, though she has called for its termination in hearings.

September 22, 2021
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  • Music

Father Claims Britney Spears' Medical Conservator Raised Possible New Hospitalization

James Spears says, in July, Jodi Montgomery suggested the possibility of involuntarily detaining the singer in a psychiatric hospital. Montgomery released a statement disputing that account.

August 07, 2021
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  • Vanessa Romo
#FreeBritney activists outside of a Los Angeles court hearing regarding the Britney Spears conservatorship on July 14.

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  • Music News

Britney Spears' Lawyer Files To Have Her Father Removed From Controlling Her Finances

In a blistering 120-page document submitted to Los Angeles Superior Court, Mathew Rosengart claims that Jamie Spears appears to be responsible for the "dissipation" of the singer's fortune.

July 27, 2021
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  • Anastasia Tsioulcas
Britney Spears' recently hired lawyer, Mathew Rosengart, speaking to reporters outside the Los Angeles County Courthouse on July 19.

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  • Music News

Britney Spears' Lawyer Files Request For New Conservator Of Her Money

Attorney Mathew Rosengart, who began representing the pop singer a week and a half ago, wants someone new to look after Spears' estate. For the past 13 years, it's been controlled by her father.

July 26, 2021
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  • Anastasia Tsioulcas
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