EFE Aug 14, 2023, 6:30 p.m. ETReading: 3 min.
The champion in Super Bowl XLVII with Ravens, denounced this Monday the family that welcomed him to obtain his guardianship to enrich himself thanks to the movie ‘The Blind Side’
Michael Oherchampion in Super Bowl XLVII with the Baltimore Ravens, He denounced this Monday the family that welcomed him to obtain his guardianship to enrich himself thanks to the film ‘The Blind Side’, which raised more than 300 million dollars.
Part of the former player’s story was told on that tape. Michael Oher, an 11 year old black boy who lived on the streets in Memphis, Tennesseereceives the shelter of a wealthy white family, which according to the film ends up adopting him.
Michael Oherwho has great sports skills, wins the affection of the mother Leigh Anne Tuohy (interpreted by Sandra Bullock), her husband, Sean, and their two sons, Collins and Sean Jr.
Michael Oher, champion with Ravens, denounced this Tuesday the family that welcomed him to obtain his guardianship to enrich themselves thanks to the movie ‘The Blind Side’.AP
The Tuohy family encourages Oher to attend university and enhance his physical abilities that end up making him a star of the NFL.
A story with a happy ending that the former ‘tackle’ said this Monday was not entirely true through his lawyer.
“Michael Oher discovered this lie to his disgust and embarrassment in February 2023 when he learned that the guardianship he agreed to, on the grounds that doing so would make him a member of the Tuohy family, did not provide him with any family relationship to the Tuohys.” , detailed his lawyer, Gerard Stranch IV.
In the documents that the legal representative presented in a court of Tennessee He detailed what his client’s two points of annoyance were.
“Their relationship soured when he found out he was the only member of the family not getting earnings checks for the movie and permanently fractured when he realized he wasn’t adopted, so he wasn’t part of the family. “, he stressed.
Michael Oher He claimed that Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy tricked him just turning 18 into signing guardianship, a document that gave them the authority to make deals for him, which they told him was no different from adoption.
“The Michael adoption lie is one in which Leigh Anne Tuohy and Sean Tuohy have enriched themselves at the expense of Michael Ohera gullible young man whose athletic talents could be exploited for his own gain,” Gerard Stranch reiterated.
Michael Oher, who retired in 2016, is 35 years old. In his eight-season career in the NFL played for the Ravenswith whom he was champion, with Titans and with Panthers.
2023-08-14 22:30:00
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