Ex-NFLer Michael Oher: ‘Blind Side’ family lied about adopting me

It was all a lie, based on Michael Oher.

The ex-NFLer and topic of the film “The Blind Aspect” claims Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy by no means formally adopted him, however as an alternative tricked him into signing away the authorized authority to make use of his title in enterprise offers after he turned 18, according to ESPN.

A 14-page petition filed in Shelby County, Tenn., probate court docket additional claims the Tuohys used their conservatorship to make themselves and their delivery youngsters tens of millions of {dollars} in royalties from the 2009 Warner Bros. film starring Sandra Bullock and Tim McGraw.

“The lie of Michael’s adoption is one upon which Co-Conservators Leigh Anne Tuohy and Sean Tuohy have enriched themselves on the expense of their Ward, the undersigned Michael Oher,” the authorized submitting says. “Michael Oher found this misinform his chagrin and embarrassment in February of 2023, when he discovered that the Conservatorship to which he consented on the premise that doing so would make him a member of the Tuohy household, in truth supplied him no familial relationship with the Tuohys.”

ESPN couldn’t attain the Tuohys for feedback.

Had Oher been legally adopted he would have retained the facility to deal with his personal funds as a member of the household, whereas a conservatorship gave that authority to the Tuohys.

The film — primarily based on the titular e-book written by Michael Lewis — tells the story of Oher as an impoverished youth who, with the assistance of the Tuohy household, labored his solution to the NFL.

Bullock gained a number of awards for her portrayal of the Tuohy matriarch, whereas the film grossed greater than $300 million.

Oher, now 37, performed for the Ravens, Titans and Panthers over an eight-year NFL profession after an award-filled profession at Ole Miss, which led to the offensive lineman being a first-round decide within the 2009 NFL Draft.

He seeks to finish the Tuohy’s conservatorship and needs an injunction to bar them from utilizing his title and likeness — along with an accounting of the cash they purportedly earned off his title already, a justifiable share of the earnings and punitive damages.

“Since not less than August of 2004, Conservators have allowed Michael, particularly, and the general public, usually, to imagine that Conservators adopted Michael and have used that untruth to achieve monetary benefits for themselves and the foundations which they personal or which they train management,” the petition says. “All monies made in stated method ought to in all conscience and fairness be disgorged and paid over to the stated ward, Michael Oher.”

Oher has lengthy been a critic of the film, claiming it was a burden to his football career.

“Individuals have a look at me, and so they take issues away from me due to a film,” he stated in 2015. “They don’t actually see the talents and the form of participant I’m. That’s why I get downgraded a lot, due to one thing off the sector.

“These things, calling me a bust, folks saying if I can play or not … that has nothing to do with soccer. It’s one thing else off the sector. That’s why I don’t like that film.”