Posted on 08/14/2023 3:53:07 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
Michael Oher, the former NFL offensive lineman and inspiration for the 2009 box office success "The Blind Side," told a Tennessee judge on Monday that contrary to the film version of his life he was never adopted by the Tuohy family, and alleged that the family earned millions from the story.
Oher, now 37, has petitioned a Shelby County judge to revoke the conservatorship from the Tuohys, arguing that he's old enough to handle his own business affairs. The Tuohys "have falsely and publicly represented themselves as the adoptive parents of Michael," the petition claims.
In "The Blind Side," Lee Anne Tuohy was portrayed by Sandra Bullock, while Sean Tuohy was played by Tim McGraw.
"Since at least August of 2004, Conservators have allowed Michael, specifically, and the public, generally, to believe that Conversators adopted Michael and have used that untruth to gain financial advantages for themselves and the foundations which they own or which they exercise control," the petition alleges.
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I don't know, but they did this to him before he even went to college, much less the NFL.
The Touhys didn’t need Michael Oher or his money. Sean Touhy was a millionaire before they ever met Oher as a result of successful business ventures and he eventually became a broadcaster for the Memphis Grizzlies. Lee Ann Touhy owned a successful interior design business. There was no guarantee that Oher would even graduate High School, let alone play in the NFL.
Yeah, they probably just cut him out of the movie deal by mistake or something.
Ask yourself why they sought a conservatorship in the first place. There is no good reason, and we already know the fruits of the bad reason.
You're assuming they did. Conservatorships are granted only by the court. They're not a document you can print out, sign, and it's all fair and square. Conservatorships are usually granted for someone who is disabled, physically, mentally or both. He was hardly that. He's 37 years old now. He went to live with the Tuohy's when he was 18, or just turning 18. There would have been no need for a Conservatorship by that time, so where's the court record if one was granted?
The movie was released in 2009 when he was 23. So why has he waited 14 years to cry that he was never adopted, made to sign a Conservatorship, and was bilked out of cash from the movie? Not to mention the fact that what happened to that so-called Conservatorship when he went to play for the NFL? Surely the NFL would have known of it when they signed him, if one actually existed. If a court has to approve a Conservatorship, it stands to reason that a court would also have to dissolve it. Britany Spears just got a court to end her Conservatorship of 13 years.
This should be interesting.
The film made him look pretty dumb with no real idea how to play football or the importance of defending the quarterback. Later stories explained that he was just used to being twice as big as the other players and never developing strong techniques of blocking. That’s a good way to get knocked on his butt by a defensive lineman almost as big and skilled at what he’s doing when he gets to college.
This is not very unusual. Even birth parents get involved in conservatorships. Brittany Spears comes to mind. Michael Jackson also.
In this case, what strikes me as unfair is that the birth children got shares and not the adopted child. Yet, his image and likeness were used in the movie (at the end). It seems to me, he must have received compensation. Maybe he got a fixed payment while the others got shares (which turned out to be much larger, but there was no guarantee).
As for the use of his story, no, I don’t think there’s a claim. Patton’s estate got no payments. The issue, if there is one, is fairness. Why did the birth children get shares but not this person?
They should bring back Miami Vice with Don’s daughter Dakota and a black chick who is a cousin of Tubbs. Gina could be the Captain now. Sonny could be a first episode cameo retired on his boat. Get Rico in on the first episode as well.
Where will they find a new pet Gator? Unfortunately UF hasn’t had a real-life Gator mascot for years.
The Touhy’s say the conservatorship was so that Michael could go to Ole Miss. They were boosters there. TMZ is also running the other side of the story and the Touhy’s explanations sound plausible on the surface.
Sonny switched to a S&W 645 auto later in the show.
Another article says he didnt find out it was conservatorship till Feb 2023
Al, translate that for me, I like that saying! 😂
He made 61,000,000, and now left with maybe (??) 16,000,000
That’s a big reason to go after people in your distant past, just to shake them down for moneey
B.S. If a Converatorship has to be approved by a Judge, do you think a Judge is going to approve one for a kid of 18, without making that kid appear in court to see if that's what he wants? I call it bullcrap. He went to live with the family in 2004, but no actual date is given for this so-called Conservatorship. So what year did it happen? There has to be a public record of it, if it ever happened. I just don't see someone unrelated to this kid, being able to do all this in a courtroom, without this kid having been involved, and called upon by the Judge to find out if this was what he actually wanted. They even give kids the option in court to tell the Judge who they want to live with when their parents split. And before any Judge would have granted Conservatorship to those people, there would have had to be an evaluation and final report submitted to the court. He's got a lot to prove. I hope he's still got some money left to pay a lawyer.
Yet he appears in the movie, in real life, at the end. So…. What the?!
Sean Tuohy and author Michael Lewis went to high school together.
Well, it’s a nice ass….
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