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‘Blind Side’: Oher says Tuohys hid 19 years of financials

[ad_1] Retired NFL player Michael Oher, whose life story inspired the Oscar-winning film “The Blind Side,” is alleging that he has not seen any money from the use of his name, image and likeness over the last 19 years. He claims that his conservators, previously believed to be his adoptive parents, “flagrantly disregarded their statutory… Continue reading ‘Blind Side’: Oher says Tuohys hid 19 years of financials

Blind Side Michael Oher Conservatorship Lawsuit, Explained

[ad_1] Photo: Ralph Nelson/Warner Bros. While promoting his latest book, When Your Back’s Against the Wall, former NFL star Michael Oher leveled some shocking news about the fairy-tale life depicted in the Academy Award–winning movie The Blind Side. In court papers filed on August 14, Oher states that he was not adopted as a teenager… Continue reading Blind Side Michael Oher Conservatorship Lawsuit, Explained

Michael Lewis’ ‘The Blind Side’ missed Football’s big picture

[ad_1] In 2006, Michael Lewis wrote an enthralling bestseller, “The Blind Side: The Evolution of a Game,” in which he related the story of Michael Oher, an athletically gifted Black teenager who grew up in poverty before being adopted by a wealthy white family who helped guide his path to NFL stardom. The book became… Continue reading Michael Lewis’ ‘The Blind Side’ missed Football’s big picture

Blind Side Author Michael Lewis Denies Lawsuit Allegations

[ad_1] Photo: David Levenson/Getty Images Michael Lewis, who wrote The Blind Side as well as other book-to-film phenoms Moneyball and The Big Short, spoke to the Washington Post about the lawsuit filed against his former subjects. Michael Oher has alleged in his suit that the Tuohys never adopted him, instead putting him in a conservatorship.… Continue reading Blind Side Author Michael Lewis Denies Lawsuit Allegations

Michael Oher Alleged He Wasn’t Adopted As “The Blind Side” Showed, So Here Are 5 Other ‘Based On True Events’ Movies That Stretched The Truth Like A Mozzarella Cheese Pull

[ad_1] “For years, Oher has chafed at how “The Blind Side” depicted him, saying it hurt his football career and clouded how people view him. He has said that based on the film, some NFL decision-makers assumed he was mentally slow or lacked leadership skills.” https://t.co/pUjizqqIMD pic.twitter.com/Cv6iwKSAWU — Adwoa’s back (@TheeAdwoanow) August 14, 2023 [ad_2]… Continue reading Michael Oher Alleged He Wasn’t Adopted As “The Blind Side” Showed, So Here Are 5 Other ‘Based On True Events’ Movies That Stretched The Truth Like A Mozzarella Cheese Pull

Sandra Bullock Is Being Defended Amid “The Blind Side” Scandal

[ad_1] This some shit, and I always knew it was too good to be true. Fuck the parents and fuck the kids too if they don’t speak out against it. And Sandra Bullock better have something to say in the next couple of days or Ima start looking at her different. https://t.co/UZFq6f4Xe1 — Heezuz (@Raheem_Martin)… Continue reading Sandra Bullock Is Being Defended Amid “The Blind Side” Scandal

Read our scathing, prescient review of ‘The Blind Side’ book

[ad_1] On Monday, NFL veteran Michael Oher filed a petition in a Tennessee court alleging that his caretakers, Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy — the heroes of Michael Lewis’ 2006 book “The Blind Side” and the 2009 film adaptation starring Sandra Bullock — had never officially adopted him, instead arranging for a conservatorship that deprived… Continue reading Read our scathing, prescient review of ‘The Blind Side’ book

Sean Tuohy refutes Michael Oher’s ‘Blind Side’ lawsuit

[ad_1] Sean Tuohy is refuting Michael Oher’s allegation that the Tuohy family tricked the NFL star who inspired “The Blind Side” into a conservatorship instead of adopting him — allegations that Tuohy finds “insulting.” The sports commentator said he is “devastated” by Oher’s Monday filing in a Tennessee probate court that alleges Tuohy and his… Continue reading Sean Tuohy refutes Michael Oher’s ‘Blind Side’ lawsuit

Michael Oher of NFL, ‘Blind Side’ alleges he wasn’t adopted

[ad_1] NFL veteran Michael Oher — whose life story was captured in a book that later was adapted into the 2009 Oscar-winning drama “The Blind Side” — has filed a petition in a Tennessee court alleging that his self-proclaimed adoptive parents never actually adopted him. Instead, the 37-year–old alleged, the couple duped him into signing… Continue reading Michael Oher of NFL, ‘Blind Side’ alleges he wasn’t adopted