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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Michael earned $34,506,875 throughout his career. Has net worth now $16 million.
He must be broke now.
The Tuohys didn’t tell the story; the moviemakers did. By your logic, the film company wasn’t obligated to share the proceeds of the movie. If the Tuohys were entitled to share the movie’s profits because it was about them, then so was Oher entitled to share.
The film made him out to be stupid and all.
He never received any royalties from the film while the family made money.
See the post directly above yours.
The Tuohy’s net worth is around $75 million. Yeah, someone is broke and looking for a pay day. He only waited 14 years to complain about the movie.
Actually, the latest estimate is Michael Oher is currently worth $16 million.
If the Tuohys are actually grifters they should pay a price in court. What has been alleged is very sleazy.
He supposedly moved in with the Touhy family in 2004. He was either 18 already, or turning 18 soon, and still a nobody at that time, so why would they need to be his conservators? Besides, doesn't a Judge have to approve someone being granted a conservatorship over another person, even if it's a family member? Britany Spears was in a court-ordered Conservatorship for at least 13 years. If this happened with Oher, there would have to be public records regarding it, and I can't believe that some journalist wouldn't have checked out the original story when the movie came out, even Michael Lewis, who wrote the book the movie was based on. If he was any kind of author, he would have researched the family, and their relationship with Oher, especially before he sold the rights to the book for a movie. I'd like to hear from him as to what he uncovered.
So he’s burned through $18.5 million so far.
Two thoughts, no three:
He’s worth 16 million right now. It’s that enough?
He got married a while ago. Maybe New Wife wants a bigger payday when she divorces him in the near future?
I will never speak ill of Sandra Bullock. We both got divorced in 2010 and we both got bangs. There was no going backwards; only Blue Skies Ahead for us both after that horrific year. :)
And in all fairness, HER divorce was MUCH more public than mine, LOL!
Sounds like you didn't examine any details.
the couple tricked him into signing a document making them his conservators, which gave them legal authority to make business deals in his name.
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The petition further alleges that the Tuohys used their power as conservators to strike a deal that paid them and their two birth children millions of dollars in royalties from an Oscar-winning film that earned more than $300 million, while Oher got nothing for a story "that would not have existed without him."
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Oher was a rising high school senior when he signed the conservatorship papers, and he has written that the Tuohys told him that there was essentially no difference between adoption and conservatorship. "They explained to me that it means pretty much the exact same thing as 'adoptive parents,' but that the laws were just written in a way that took my age into account," Oher wrote in his 2011 best-selling memoir "I Beat the Odds."
But there are some important legal distinctions. If Oher had been adopted by the Tuohys, he would have been a legal member of their family, and he would have retained power to handle his own financial affairs. Under the conservatorship, Oher surrendered that authority to the Tuohys, even though he was a legal adult with no known physical or psychological disabilities.
Even wikipedia mentioned his bad grades. They cite a 0.76 grade average as a senior, that he managed to raise to 2.52 GPA in order to qualify for an NCAA Division I school. His mother was an alcoholic, and crack addict, and his father was a career convict who was eventually murdered behind bars when Oher was a senior in high school. The kid certainly didn't have an easy childhood, but a lot of kids have bad childhoods, but don't get the opportunity to play in the NFL.
Sounds like he burned through all of his NFL moneey
Doesn’t the NFL automatically offer monetary guidance to players?
Oher was 23 by the time the movie came out, and more than legal age. Wouldn't the film company be obligated to make sure he legally got a part of the film proceeds?
It appears both the Tuohy family & Michael Oher benefited by the relationship. They once owned over 100 KFC & Taco Bell restaurants. If he made $34 million from the NFL etc., I doubt the family made that much from the book and movie.
I would think so, but of course I have no knowledge of any of the contracts involved among the various parties.
He turned 18 in 2004 when he moved in with the Tuohys. Any Conservatorship, if one existed would have had to be approved and ordered by a Judge. You don't just print those papers up on LegalZoom.com, sign them, and have they're notarized. I would also assume, that since he was almost 18, or already 18, that he would have been required to attend whatever court hearing was conducted, in order for the Tuohy's to be confirmed as Conservators. I don't think this guy is telling the whole story, and wants to be looked upon as the victim. He wouldn't be the first ingrate NFL player.
The latest estimate is Michael Oher is currently worth $16 million. And I’m guessing he also spells money better than you do.
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