Michael Oher never made money off his name during ‘Blind Side’ conservatorship, scathing new docs say

“The Blind Facet” inspiration and retired NFL participant Michael Oher — who made bombshell accusations final week in opposition to Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy, claiming they withheld his portion of the income from the film — is now alleging that he additionally by no means noticed a cent from using his identify, picture or likeness during the last 20 years.

Oher filed a movement Monday in a Tennessee probate courtroom accusing the Tuohys — who have been appointed his conservators in 2004 — of disregarding “their statutory and fiduciary duties” by not submitting “well timed accounting” as soon as in 19 years, the Los Angeles Times reported.

On account of the Tuohys’ negligence, Oher’s attorneys argue, the previous Baltimore Ravens participant, 37, was “excluded” from contracts negotiated on his behalf — together with the 2006 cope with twentieth Century Fox for movie rights to Michael Lewis’ “The Blind Facet: The Evolution of the Sport,” which featured his life story.

Oher has “no information” of the revenue generated by means of his identify and likeness and claims that he by no means gave the Tuohys permission to make use of his identification to “enrich themselves at [his] expense” with “unfettered entry” to belongings, the submitting continues.

The scathing paperwork are the most recent within the offensive lineman’s bombshell lawsuit final week looking for to finish the conservatorship that he says the Tuohys misled him into agreeing to beneath the guise of an adoption when he was a teenage gridiron star.

Based on Oher’s attorneys, the couple used the covert association to squeeze tens of millions out of their high-profile “son,” together with a windfall from the Oscar-winning 2009 movie adaptation of Lewis’ e-book, which grossed over $300 million on the field workplace.

The film, which starred Sandra Bullock as Leigh Anne, painted the rich couple as charitable Christians who adopted Oher and guided him to changing into one of the coveted faculty soccer recruits within the nation.

The Touhy household – together with Sean, Leigh Anne, and their two youngsters – every acquired $225,000 for the film along with $2.5 of the proceeds.

At a information convention final week, household attorneys Randall Fishman and Steven Farese countered that every one 4 Tuohys and Oher every received round $100,000, the Occasions mentioned.

The Tuohys denied that they stored the conservatorship hidden from Oher, and claimed by means of their lawyer that the Outdated Miss alum tried to shake them down for $15 million earlier than going public, TMZ said.

The Monday submitting, nevertheless, insists that “[Oher] has been stored in the dead of night, compelled to depend on verbal assurances” from the Tuohys concerning contracts and different monetary points.

Oher additionally claims that he requested the couple a number of occasions to cease utilizing his identify and likeness in addition to “persevering with false claims” concerning the alleged adoption, however they “ignored” these requests as not too long ago as Aug. 14.

In a press release to the Los Angeles Occasions final week, the Tuohys’ legal professional Martin D. Singer mentioned the couple was open to terminating the conservatorship, however that his purchasers would “not hesitate to defend their good names, stand as much as this shakedown and defeat this offensive lawsuit.”

“In actuality, the Tuohys opened their residence to Mr. Oher, provided him construction, help and, most of all, unconditional love,” Singer instructed the outlet.

“They’ve constantly handled him like a son and certainly one of their three youngsters. His response was to threaten them, together with saying that he would plant a unfavorable story about them within the press until they paid him $15 million.”

Singer additionally denied that the Tuohys received an enormous payout for the movie model of “The Blind Facet,” which was based mostly on the e-book written by Lewis, a childhood buddy of Sean Tuohy’s.

Lewis’s brokers, Singer alleged, labored out a deal “the place [the Tuohys] acquired a small advance from the manufacturing firm and a tiny proportion of internet income.”

“They insisted that any cash acquired be divided equally. And so they have made good on that pledge,” Singer insisted.

“The proof — documented in revenue participation checks and studio accounting statements — is evident: Over time, the Tuohys have given Mr. Oher an equal lower of each penny acquired from ‘The Blind Facet.’”

The identical day as the brand new courtroom submitting, Oher was pictured smiling and chatting with fans at a Baltimore book signing for his newest memoir, “When Your Again’s Towards the Wall: Fame, Soccer and Classes Discovered By way of a Lifetime of Adversity.”

After signing some copies, he instructed the gang that he couldn’t handle the continuing lawsuit.