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Michael Oher claims Tuohy family tricked him into agreeing to conservatorship


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Michael A. Fletcher of ESPN.com reports that former NFL left tackle Michael Oher has filed paperwork alleging that the Tuohy family never actually adopted him, and that they instead secured a conservatorship that allowed them to profit, at his expense.

The 18-page petition contends that Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy tricked him into signing a document that gave them the authority to make deals for him.

Oher claims that the Tuohys then used that power to sell film rights that paid out millions to the family — while Oher allegedly got nothing. He also contends that Leigh Ann Tuohy has continuously called Oher their adopted son, using this claim to boost their foundation and other projects.

 

https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/michael-oher-claims-tuohy-family-tricked-him-into-agreeing-to-conservatorship
 

If anyone was wondering what Oher has been up to since his retirement, apparently here’s some drama. Last I heard he had serious neurological damage from the concussion that ended his career.

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Oher always hated how he was portrayed.  Seems to have really festered. 

I don't really get the fixation on it not being totally accurate.  No movie based on real life events is entirely accurate.  They always tweak stuff for the entertainment value.   It's a movie.  The real story wouldn't of been a good movie.  Just like the real Rudy story wouldn't of been. 

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3 minutes ago, CRA said:

Oher always hated how he was portrayed.  Seems to have really festered. 

I don't really get the fixation on it not being totally accurate.  No movie based on real life events is entirely accurate.  They always tweak stuff for the entertainment value.   It's a movie.  The real story wouldn't of been a good movie.  Just like the real Rudy story wouldn't of been. 

The issue at hand appears to be he made no money from his own story, not the accuracy of the events.  Will see what more comes of it...

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5 minutes ago, CRA said:

I don't really get the fixation on it not being totally accurate.  No movie based on real life events is entirely accurate.  They always tweak stuff for the entertainment value.   It's a movie.  The real story wouldn't of been a good movie.  Just like the real Rudy story wouldn't of been. 

I think it's because of how poorly The Blindside itself has aged. Like yeah any "Based on a True Story" story is rightfully gonna have added drama, but Blinside really turned it up to an 11 to be in consideration for an Oscar and now it feels super tacky. 

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17 minutes ago, hepcat said:

 

https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/michael-oher-claims-tuohy-family-tricked-him-into-agreeing-to-conservatorship
 

If anyone was wondering what Oher has been up to since his retirement, apparently here’s some drama. Last I heard he had serious neurological damage from the concussion that ended his career.

Now why would Sandy Bullock go and do something like that?  She's America's sweetheart!

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7 minutes ago, Rags said:

I think it's because of how poorly The Blindside itself has aged. Like yeah any "Based on a True Story" story is rightfully gonna have added drama, but Blinside really turned it up to an 11 to be in consideration for an Oscar and now it feels super tacky. 

Yeah, it just looks really bad in hindsight how the movie basically vilified and made a mockery of the efforts made to investigate the situation when if these allegations are true then what they were attempting to investigate was exactly what was going on. Basically just exploiting a kid in an awful situation who just so happened to have elite athletic talent. Again, if true then they almost certainly wouldn't have given the kid a second glance if there wasn't something there for them to exploit. That's just sad.

Not to mention that here it was supposed to be about the story of Michael Oher when in reality the movie was about a white knight lady and Michael Oher was just a supporting character.

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