One day after alleging the white family who took him in as a teenager tricked him into signing a conservatorship, Michael Oher is speaking out.

"I am disheartened by the revelation shared in the lawsuit today," he said in a statement issued to PEOPLE by a representative for the former NFL player on Tuesday (August 15).

He continued, “This is a difficult situation for my family and me. I want to ask everyone to please respect our privacy at this time. For now, I will let the lawsuit speak for itself and will offer no further comment."

On Monday, Oher filed court documents that alleges that when he was 18, Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy deceived him into signing documents that he thought were his adoption papers, that was really a conservatorship, according to ESPN.

In the court filing, Oher alleges that the Tuohys, including their two birth children, were each paid $225,000, plus 2.5% of the film's "defined net proceeds.” It also appears that a petition was signed in 2007 that alleges Oher purportedly signed to "give away" 20th Century Fox Studios the life rights to his story "without any payment whatsoever."

The film received an Oscar nomination and starred Sandra Bullock, who won Best Actress for portraying Leigh Anne Tuohy.

"The lie of Michael's adoption is one upon which Co-Conservators Leigh Anne Tuohy and Sean Tuohy have enriched themselves at the expense of their Ward, the undersigned Michael Oher," the legal filing said. "Michael Oher discovered this lie to his chagrin and embarrassment in February of 2023, when he learned that the Conservatorship to which he consented on the basis that doing so would make him a member of the Tuohy family, in fact provided him no familial relationship with the Tuohys."

Oher is demanding the Tuohy’s cease their conservatorship and is barring the family from using his name and likeness. He is also seeking to be awarded a full account of the earnings the Tuohy’s have earned at the expense of his name. Additionally, he is demanding they fairly compensate him for all profits, including unspecified compensatory and punitive damages.