The Oscar nominated movie, “The blind Side” is a real-life story of former NFL Offensive tackle Michael Oher.
Well, on Monday Oher, filed a petition in a Tennessee probate court accusing Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy of lying to him by and having him sign papers that made the Tuohy’s not his adoptive parents but his conservators nearly two decades ago.
Well, Sean Tuohy termed the allegations as “insulting.”
Hours after news broke that Oher filed the petition, former Ole Miss point guard Sean Tuohy stated that his family was devasted, and further stated that, “It’s upsetting to think we would make money off any of our children. But we’re going to love Michael at 37 just like we loved him at 16.”
The petition alleges that the Tuohy’s earned millions from the royalties of the movie, Oher on the other hand, got nothing.
Tuohy, an All-American point guard at Ole Miss, said the conservatorship was a way to appease the NCAA during the days leading up to his college football decision. As a supporter of Ole Miss Athletics, Tuohy would qualify as a “booster” under NCAA rules.
“Michael was living with us for a long time, and the NCAA didn’t like that,” Tuohy said. “They said the only way Michael could go to Ole Miss was if he was part of the family. I sat Michael down and told him, ‘If you’re planning to go to Ole Miss — or even considering Ole Miss — we think you have to be part of the family. That we would do that, legally.’
“We contacted lawyers, but then we were told that we couldn’t adopt kids who were over the age of 18. So, the only thing we could do was to have a conservatorship, stated Sean Tuohy.
“We were so concerned it was on the up-and-up that we made sure, the biological mother came to court.”
Meanwhile, later on Tuohy said the family will end the conservatorship if that is what Oher wants.
The petition claims that Oher was not aware that the conservatorship was controlled by the Touhy family, and that they held the rights to his name, image, and likeness (NIL) and that he could not contract his NIL himself.
As far as making millions, Tuohy contends, per the Daily Memphian, he didn’t need the money after selling most of his fast-food franchises for more than $200 million.
“We didn’t make any money off the movie,” Tuohy said. “Well, Michael Lewis (the author of the book ‘The Blind Side’) gave us half his share. Everybody in the family got an equal share, including Michael. It was about $14,000 each.”
“We were never offered money. We never asked for money. My money is well-documented. You can look up how much I sold my company for.”
With the whole case growing intense and disturbing as days pass by, it now remains to see as to what is the actual truth.
