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19 Ago, 2023, 9:45
Oher has asked the Tennessee court to end the Tuohys’ conservatorship so they can’t do business in his name, in addition to seeking restitution for the profits he says he didn’t receive.
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Agencies / The Voice of Michoacán
The movie A possible dream o The Blind Side in English is at the center of controversy after the NFL player, Michael Oherstarted a legal process against the family Tuohy when considering they took away profits obtained by the tape based on the book by author Michael Lewis.
The Blind Side: Evolution of a game tells the story of Michael Oher and how he left a rough patch to become an NFL player.
Oher, who won the Super Bowl with the Ravens de Baltimoreindicated in his lawsuit that the Tuohys deceived him and took royalties obtained from the film adaptation, but also, they never adopted him and only became his guardians with the ability to do business in his name.
In an interview with The Washington Post, Lewis denied Oher’s claim that the Tuohys made millions from the film, while Oher was not compensated, saying the problem is not with them, but with the way the studios operate. which suggested the NFL player join the actors and writers strike.
“Everyone should be mad at the Hollywood studio system. Michael Oher should join the writers’ strike. It’s outrageous how Hollywood bookkeeping works, but the money isn’t in the Tuohys’ pockets.”
The author of the book told the Washington Post that 20th Century Fox paid $250,000 for the rights to the story. Of this money he kept 50 percent and the rest he gave to the Tuohy family, from whom he heard, the plan was to divide that sum equally among all members. The figure increased to 350,000 for him and another 350,000 for the family with the subsequent profits from the film.
What happened to Oher’s money? From what Michael Lewis knows, the player initially rejected checks from him.
Lewis said the Tuohys planned to share the royalties among family members, including Oher, but Oher began refusing their royalty checks, Lewis said. Lewis said he believed the Tuohy family had put Oher’s share into a trust fund for Oher’s son,” he said.
Oher has asked the Tennessee court to end the Tuohys’ conservatorship so they can’t do business in his name, in addition to seeking restitution for the profits he says he didn’t receive.
2023-08-19 15:45:00
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