Top 3 allegations from jaw-dropping petition by ‘The Blind Side’ subject and former NFL star Michael Oher against family that took him in

Left: FILE – Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy stand on a street in New Orleans, Feb. 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File). Right: FILE – Baltimore Ravens offensive tackle Michael Oher sits on the beach during the first half of an NFL football game against the Buffalo Bills in Baltimore, Sunday, Oct. 24, 2010. (AP Photo/Nick Wass, File). Oher and the Tuohys rose to fame with the 2009 movie “The Blind Side.”

In a response to the lawsuit filed against them, the Tuohy family submitted receipts that shows they paid “The Blind Side” subject and former NFL offensive lineman Michael Oher over $130,000 in proceeds from the movie that portrayed his life and made all of them famous.

As Law&Crime previously reported, Oher in August filed a lawsuit against his so-called adoptive parents, Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy, who took him into their home as a high schooler when he was living on the streets of Memphis. The petition alleges that the Tuohys lied to Oher when he signed what he thought were adoption papers but was actually a conservatorship that allowed the Tuohys to control his financial decisions. The Tuohys have reaped the financial benefits of the film’s success and his notoriety with him gaining nothing, the lawsuit alleges. It seeks to terminate the conservatorship the Tuohys have over Oher, which they have since done voluntarily.

But copies of receipts provided by the family apparently refute his claim he received no money from the 2009 film, for which Sandra Bullock won an Oscar for her portrayal of Leigh Anne Tuohy.

“This accounting being filed represents received funds by Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy for proceeds from the movie ‘The Blind Side,”” the filing by Tuohy attorney Randall J. Fishman states. “By agreement between the family members including Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy, their children SJ and Collins and as well as Michael Oher, the book and movie proceeds were split five ways. These funds represent funds paid to Mr. Tuohy and the portion paid over to Mr. Oher.”

Fishman also writes that the Tuohys never received money as Oher’s conservators nor had any control over any funds or dealings on his behalf.

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