The curious case of Michael Oher vs. the Tuohy Family continues to take more twists and turns. In the midst of both sides exchanging their version of the story in the media, the former NFL player and inspiration for “The Blind Side” is turning up the heat in his conservatorship case.
Oher’s attorneys filed a motion to force the Tuohys to release an initial accounting of Oher’s finances with the Shelby County probate court by early September. They say he’s “been kept in the dark” about his earnings from The Blind Side.
Michael Oher’s attorneys allege he “was excluded from knowing the full extent of any contracts negotiated on his behalf by his co-conservators, that he has no knowledge of the income generated through said contracts, and that he has no knowledge of the income generated from the co-conservators’ use of his name, likeness, and image.
“Instead of protecting that asset and ensuring that [Oher] received the full benefits therefrom, the co-conservators [Leigh Anne and Sean Tuohy] took this asset and have used it to enrich themselves at [Oher’s] expense.”
In the fictional version of the film, Michael Oher’s story plays out like a fairy tale.
Leigh Anne Tuohy and her husband, Sean (played by Sandra Bullock and Tim McGraw), take him in. The Tuohys eventually become Michael’s legal guardians, transforming both his life and theirs. Eventually, as he grows as a student and a football player, he becomes a full-fledged member of the family, before heading off for Ol’ Miss and eventually the NFL. Afterwards, they all live happily ever after.
But it’s turned out to be more like a tragedy over a decade later, with the fantasy being crushed by reality.
Now, Michael Oher says that the Tuohys shut him out from the money made off his own life story, and the family has alleged that he tried to extort money from them before he went public. As this case grows uglier, it’s clear that someone has an imaginary version of the past’s events. It will be up to the courts to decide which side – either the Tuohys or Michael Oher – has been blinded by greed.
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