‘The Blind Side’ family responds to Michael Oher’s bombshell lawsuit against them

The household featured within the Hollywood blockbuster “The Blind Facet” fired again Monday at ex-NFLer Michael Oher’s claims they swindled him, calling the allegations “insulting” and hurtful.

Oher, 37, filed a lawsuit in Shelby County, Tenn., court docket Monday saying he solely just lately discovered he wasn’t formally adopted by Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy and that he was as a substitute duped right into a conservatorship, which allowed the household to rake in hundreds of thousands of {dollars} in royalties from the film about his life.

However Sean Tuohy advised the Daily Memphian.that the claims have “devastated” the household.

Tuohy mentioned the conservatorship was drawn up to make sure that Oher was eligible to play soccer on the College of Mississippi.

Tuohy is a booster on the college, and if Oher wasn’t a part of the household, there might have been potential NCAA points sending him there, Tuohy prompt.

“I sat Michael down and advised him, ‘If you happen to’re planning to go to Ole Miss — and even contemplating Ole Miss — we expect you need to be a part of the household. This may do this legally,’” Tuohy mentioned.

 “We contacted attorneys who had advised us that we couldn’t undertake over the age of 18; the one factor we might do was to have a conservatorship. We had been so involved it was on the up-and-up that we made positive the organic mom got here to court docket.”

Tuohy additionally dismissed the concept the household profited handsomely from the film.

“We didn’t make any cash off the film,” Touhy mentioned. “Properly, Michael Lewis, the [author of the book on which the movie was based] gave us half of his share. All people within the household obtained an equal share, together with Michael. It was about $14,000, every.”

Tuohy bought his conglomerate of fast-food franchises for $200 million and took affront to the concept he would wish to revenue off of Oher.

“I’ll say it’s upsetting that individuals would suppose I might wish to generate profits off any of my kids,” he mentioned.

He mentioned the household had remained shut with Oher all through a lot of his NFL profession however seen distance constructing a few 12 months and a half in the past.

“No query, the allegations are insulting,” Tuohy mentioned of the go well with. “However, look, it’s a loopy world. You’ve obtained to reside in it. It’s clearly upset everyone.”

Tuohy’s son, Sean Tuohy Jr., additionally advised his aspect of the story in an interview with Barstool Radio on Monday.

“I’m gonna preface this by saying that I really like Mike at 16, I really like Mike at 37, and I [will] love him at 67,” Tuohy Jr. mentioned of Oher.

“There’s not gonna be any file or factor that occurs that’s going to make me say, ‘Screw that man.’ That’s not the case,” Tuohy Jr. mentioned.

However Tuohy Jr. disputed the concept Oher simply discovered in regards to the conservatorship in February of 2023.

“If he says he came upon in February, I discover that arduous to imagine,” he mentioned.

“I went by means of my household group texts at this time to see what had been mentioned. There have been issues in like 2020 or 2021 that mentioned, ‘If you happen to guys give me this a lot, then I received’t go public with issues.’

“I believe everyone discovered about conservatorships previously 12 months due to Britney Spears, so perhaps that’s the case,” Tuohy Jr. mentioned.

Tuohy Jr. acknowledged Oher’s frustration over not getting paid out extra for “The Blind Facet” however added that he didn’t make a lot cash from the film, both, estimating he personally has acquired about $60,000 to $70,000 in royalties over time.

“You’re not gonna hear me discuss dangerous about him as a result of I honestly suppose very extremely of all the pieces [about his NFL career and how he has raised a family],” Tuohy Jr. mentioned of Oher.

He mentioned he has “nice reminiscences” of Oher, together with the previous soccer star shopping for him his first automotive, a Dodge Challenger, and going to school in Baltimore to be near Oher, who was enjoying for the Ravens on the time.

Oher’s go well with claimed that he had no “familial” standing with the Tuohys within the conservatorship.

“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 mentioned.

“Michael Oher found this deceive 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, the truth is supplied him no familial relationship with the Tuohys.”