Sports fans remember the story of Michael Oher.
Documented in the book The Blind Side, which was later adapted into a movie, Oher’s story was one of the Tuohy family welcoming him into their home with open arms and allowing him the opportunity to grow into one heck of a football player.
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The story was truly inspiring, and showed not all families are created equal. Though unfortunately, it was all apparently a lie.
This week, Oher has come out and said the way his relationship with the Tuohys was portrayed in the film was a complete fabrication, and that Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy never actually adopted him.
Further, Oher claims the Tuohys actually set up a conservatorship on him, giving them the authority to handle all his financial and legal affairs. As his conservators, Oher claims the Tuohys retained all the rights to his name, image, and likeness, meaning while they made millions of Oher’s story in The Blind Side, he’s claiming he got nothing!
As such, Oher has filed a lawsuit against the Tuohys, asking that the conservatorship be canceled and force the Tuohys to forfeit all the money they made off the rights to his name and story.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, the lawsuit states: “Where other parents of Michael's classmates saw Michael simply as a nice kid in need, Conservators Sean Tuohy and Leigh Ann Tuohy saw something else . . .
"A gullible young man whose athletic talent could be exploited for their own benefit."
Oher’s “adoptive” father Sean is denying that the family made any money off the movie, or that they'd EVER try to exploit Michael, adding that the family remained very close with Michael until about a year and a half ago.
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