The former NFL tackle, known from 'The Blind Side,' alleges that Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy never adopted him
on Monday afternoon. “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 Blind Side: Evolution of a Gameof the same name. The movie told the story of an offensive lineman who overcame a poor upbringing to, with the help of his adoptive parents, to play in the NFL.
“Mike's relationship with the Tuohy family started to decline when he discovered that he was portrayed in the movie as unintelligent,” Oher’s attorney, J. Gerard Stranch IV, told ESPN."Their relationship continued to deteriorate as he learned that he was the only member of the family not receiving royalty checks from the movie, and it was permanently fractured when he realized he wasn't adopted and a part of the family.
Tuohy said that despite the fact that Tennessee law does allow for"adult adoption," he had been advised that the family's only option past the age of 18 was to bring Oher into the family via a conservatorship. That way, Oher would have a better shot at applying to Ole Miss, since Tuohy was a point guard there.
The legal filing states that the Tuohys and their two biological children, Sean and Collins, were each paid $225,000 by the movie, on top of 2.5% of the film's net proceeds. In a separate contract, according to the legal filing, Oher signed over the rights to his story without any payment. Oher says that he does not remember signing that contract, and that if he did, no one explained what it meant., was released last week.
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