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The 14-page petition, filed in Shelby County, Tennessee, probate court, alleges that Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy, who took Oher into their home as a high school student, never adopted him. Instead, less than three months after Oher turned 18 in 2004, the petition says, the couple tricked him into signing a document making them his conservators, which gave them legal authority to make business deals in his name.

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." In the years since, the Tuohys have continued calling the 37-year-old Oher their adopted son and have used that assertion to promote their foundation as well as Leigh Anne Tuohy's work as an author and motivational speaker.

 

Why is he just now taking this to court? 

There has to be more to the story. 

10 minutes ago, ztejas said:

Why is he just now taking this to court? 

There has to be more to the story. 

He just found out in February:

 

So he's not received any book or movie royalties? And he's effectively out of the family's will since he's not officially adopted?

4 minutes ago, The Dog said:

He just found out in February:

 

His lawyer unearthed a document in February. This seems to imply he knew he was getting hosed long before then:

"Mike's relationship with the Tuohy family started to decline when he discovered that he was portrayed in the movie as unintelligent," Stranch said. "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."

The movie came out 14 years ago.

5 minutes ago, 6th Street said:

So he's not received any book or movie royalties? And he's effectively out of the family's will since he's not officially adopted?

Yeah, that should be easily verified and if true would be hard to overcome by the family. Of course he had just signed a $14M contract so could also see him not worrying about it at the time.

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If Lily Collins (who played the daughter in the movie) needs to be spanked because of this, I volunteer to be an agent of the court and deal out the punishment.

 

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10 minutes ago, T’Boo Ted Marshall said:

This is all Tim McGraw's fault.  

I should bang his wife. That'll teach him a lesson. 

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Pretty fucked up.  It was such a feel good story too.  But the tale is as old as time.  Rich white people from Mississippi taking advantage of a black dude with a strong back.

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9 minutes ago, Pescado_Rojo said:

I should bang his wife. That'll teach him a lesson. 

George Costanza Good Job GIF
 

What a group of slime balls. It was always assumed that they only took him in to send him to Ole Miss but they also essentially stole his life story just like another Seinfeld character.

On the royalty thing, it seems like his agent probably should have asked about that years ago and if he had been shutout, either had it fixed or had this fracture occur at that point.  Adopted or not, he should have been in that conversation.

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10 minutes ago, hornmpa96 said:

George Costanza Good Job GIF
 

What a group of slime balls. It was always assumed that they only took him in to send him to Ole Miss but they also essentially stole his life story just like another Seinfeld character.

 

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Hey at least J. Peterman's stolen valor story was cheeky and fun, not cruel and tragic like this shit...

 

I never got into it because the whole story sounded fake, or at least so embellished by Hollywood that the true story wasn't anything like what was portrayed. A "white savior" story in every sense. If they really tricked him and took all the profits, I hope the family is left broke and homeless themselves. 

The movie was a syrupy Christian movie with football practice in it.  

1 hour ago, Evil Bill Obrien said:

Crazy scumbag move by this family if this turns out to be accurate.

 

Well, if he was indeed the subject of a conservatorship and not an adoption, those facts are pretty independently verifiable.

And, I suppose you can quibble a little bit about motivations, but the fact is, adoption involves no control of finances or personal atonomy once the minor adoptee achieves majority and a conservatorship is all about control of finances and/or personal autonomy.

So, this looks really fucking bad for the Tuohys.  And I don't just mean the optics.  It may be a whole other thing to prove that he was deceived by them, though, and didn't know what he was signing.  And the length of time that has passed likely is going to cause significant limitations problems.

It looks like their lawyer, Branan, may have kissed the donkey, too.

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52 minutes ago, JOSEYWALES66 said:

If Lily Collins (who played the daughter in the movie) needs to be spanked because of this, I volunteer to be an agent of the court and deal out the punishment.

 

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That face is god damn perfection, gents.

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And the sequel needs to cover Hugh Freeze succumbing to the sins of the flesh and his bag men.

Sandra Bullock is 59. That makes me sad.

She was a smoke show in the Blind Side and well deserving of the Oscar win. She’s retired from acting now, so it might be her only win.

Her kids are both adopted and black. She must have some interesting feelings about the film now. 
 

The Tuohys should have probably settled this out of court. It really tarnished their reputations. 

some major details are missing(shocker!)

 

12 minutes ago, Davis Lane said:

That face is god damn perfection, gents.

She could stand to clean up those eyebrows a bit. 

Well, with my limited interactions with Ole Miss fans and supporters, color me shocked that an Ole Miss supporter would do something dishonest, classless, and underhanded. /sarcasm

The next decent and upright Ole Miss fan or alumn I meet will be the first. 

50 minutes ago, billfromlaketravis said:

Sandra Bullock is 59. That makes me sad.

She was a smoke show in the Blind Side and well deserving of the Oscar win. She’s retired from acting now, so it might be her only win.

Her kids are both adopted and black. She must have some interesting feelings about the film now. 
 

The Tuohys should have probably settled this out of court. It really tarnished their reputations. 

The same year she won the Oscar, she also won a Razzie and showed up for both.  Props for that.....

1 hour ago, 'stache said:

I never got into it because the whole story sounded fake, or at least so embellished by Hollywood that the true story wasn't anything like what was portrayed. A "white savior" story in every sense. If they really tricked him and took all the profits, I hope the family is left broke and homeless themselves. 

I doubt they care or cared about the movie money either. They were wealthy then and continue to be extremely wealthy now (like 9 figures). Might explain the conservatorship vs adoption though.

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I knew this story was bullshit when in the movie Oher didn’t fuck her with Mr. Tuohy in the corner filming. 

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1 minute ago, Clintonaldo said:

I knew this story was bullshit when in the movie Oher didn’t fuck her with Mr. Tuohy in the corner filming. 

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So what we're really saying is....according to Oher....

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2 hours ago, ztejas said:

Why is he just now taking this to court? 

There has to be more to the story. 

Collins spurned his advances.

1 hour ago, Davis Lane said:

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With that ass and that strut, she’s going for the Stacy’s mom football train. 

14 minutes ago, longhornmatt said:

We need you to agree to this conservatorship because it’s incest if we adopt you!  

Now that is brilliant. Damn they kinky !

17 minutes ago, Nivek said:

Speaking of adoption, still waiting on @ChiTownDoc to adopt me

I just signed a conservatorship with the Bobs.  WCGW

1 hour ago, 'stache said:

I never got into it because the whole story sounded fake, or at least so embellished by Hollywood that the true story wasn't anything like what was portrayed. A "white savior" story in every sense. If they really tricked him and took all the profits, I hope the family is left broke and homeless themselves. 

 

1 hour ago, Parliament said:

The movie was a syrupy Christian movie with football practice in it.  

Exactly why I've avoided it all these years.

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1 hour ago, Davis Lane said:

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3 hours ago, Evil Bill Obrien said:

Crazy scumbag move by this family if this turns out to be accurate.

 

 

2 hours ago, Davis Lane said:

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Wait, this ugly bitch was the one portrayed by Sandra Bullock, apparently as a total milf? Yeah, totally believable, lol. If I'm ever portrayed on film, I guess it should be Ryan Gossling, just give him black hair and darker skin, lol.

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43 minutes ago, MonkeyDoughnut said:

I doubt they care or cared about the movie money either. They were wealthy then and continue to be extremely wealthy now (like 9 figures). Might explain the conservatorship vs adoption though.

This idea that wealthy people figure they “have enough” and “don’t care about getting any more” doesn’t jibe with my (admittedly anecdotal) experience 

2 hours ago, billfromlaketravis said:

Sandra Bullock is 59. That makes me sad.

She was a smoke show in the Blind Side and well deserving of the Oscar win. She’s retired from acting now, so it might be her only win.

Her kids are both adopted and black. She must have some interesting feelings about the film now. 
 

The Tuohys should have probably settled this out of court. It really tarnished their reputations. 

Tough week for Sandy.  Lost her boyfriend to ALS, now this.

You would have thought his nfl agent would have just asked the question “how much you getting from the movie?” Unless his agent is also the Tuohy attorney. “Nothing?” Let me look into that for you.

Tough week for Sandy.  Lost her boyfriend to ALS, now this.
Meh, none of the actors knew anything about it at the time, and if Michael is being straight up...not even he knew.
4 minutes ago, Texzilla58 said:

You would have thought his nfl agent would have just asked the question “how much you getting from the movie?” Unless his agent is also the Tuohy attorney. “Nothing?” Let me look into that for you.

https://variety.com/2023/film/news/the-blind-side-michael-oher-petition-conservatorship-1235695772/

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He’ll get adopted by Mack Brown and they’ll call the sequel, Different Strokes 

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