'The Blind Side' Star Says Plot Wasn't True

[@CourtTV]

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[@toyamwarr]

Forget the money; the conservatorship is my biggest concern. He’s 37, married, and a former NFL player. Why do the Tuohys still need his name and likeness now?

[@brendafuller907]

For the money

[@canileaveitblank1476]

If it’s still in effect Oher has a terrible lawyer/councilor. Conservator ship is challenged all the time. Have it changed. ❤️🍀

[@redcharm6173]

Exactly. Why did he even need one to begin with?

[@crimenurse8264]

From what I understand the conservatorship essentially ended at the age of 25 but no court filing was ever done to officially close it. Mr Oher apparently has been acting on his own for years and years.

[@thepamela050]

Maybe since they never had to use it, they never activated it..Keep in mind Michael did NOT have anything to build an estate..This document was merely done so he could get into college..Once he got into college they should have ended it but maybe there never thought about it again since it was not being used..

[@LaPetiteBoulin]

I don't care when he knew because he shouldn't have ever been put in a conservatorship to begin with. I'm not taking what he said about the book as fact but the movie does say he was adopted. They asked him if he wanted to officially be apart of the family and make it official. If it doesn't say adoption, then it heavily implies it. How many people have conservatorship in order to get into college. Tennessee adult adoptions can be done quickly, but why did they STILL have the conservatorship in place?

[@Strawn149]

Movies VERY often fictionalize “True stories”. That’s nothing new.

[@lokimarie1520]

The guy that wrote the book is a friend of Sean Tuey too

[@bucketree]

Good points

[@Kat22Kit]

If they legally adopted him he would have some rights to inherit their money which they wanted for their biological children only. This way they had control and he had no recourse.

[@j.clements2093]

Don’t know where your from but in America, no child has a right to their parents inheritance. We can leave all our money to whom ever we want - A charity, a dog, favorite prostitute, or children, doesn’t matter.

[@edw8889]

Why at 40 did they still have legal control of him??? Sounds funky I tend to believe him

[@SoneBlink]

They don't have control on him, have you heard the lawyer?

[@wildmercuryfilms]

Then you “TEND TO” be an idiot. Let me give you some advice: When you hear OUTLANDISH ACCUSATIONS, they turn out to be FALSE. In 2016, when Amber Heard first made her accusations, MY FIRST THOUGHT WAS: This sounds fake. From 2016 to 2021, I watched COUNTLESS KZbin Videos, which proved, In painstaking detail, that Amber is a LIAR. I would tell people, but they BELIEVED HER, out of hand. THEN: The trial came, AND EVERYONE SAW SHE IS A LIAR. It shouldn’t have taken a TRIAL. The information was already out there, and had been FOR YEARS. In this case, the information is already out there that MICHAEL OHER IS A LIAR. It’s already been PROVED. Yet: There are still people like you, who BELIEVE THESE LIARS. He’s a liar.

[@cristalleslie6311]

He is not 40 he is 37 but agree why is he still in a conservatorship

[@MegaRzen]

​@@SoneBlinkThat's why it's going to court. You want to listen to the family's lawyer😂

[@had123ish]

The family is ready to have the conservatorship dissolved. If it was me, I’d dissolve it and sit back and watch.

[@carolynthornton8017]

IN MY VIEW Michael Oher's story about the Tuohy's taking advantage of him is believeable. He was young, vunerable & trusted them. I hope his lawyers cut the Tuohy's completely off from making ANY money connected to his name.

[@JustTerri-fj5hl]

If these people are so honest, like this lawyer says then why haven’t they ended the conservatorship and made sure that Michael knows and knew that it was never an adoption? It’s bull that they were not out to get everything they could for as long as they could, or they would have ended the conservatorship. Why would a 37 year old man need a conservatorship? They knew exactly what they were doing.

[@DaniHMcV]

According to Oher’s own book, he knew he was in a conservatorship and even explained in his book why it had to be that rather than an adoption. I’m not saying the family didn’t defraud him of money at any time, but he either lied or has a bad memory about his conservatorship because he wrote it himself in his book he released years and years ago.

[@Chicago48]

They just ended the conservatorship. But Oher could have done it himself. Just petition the court.

[@lindadunn7831]

I agree they should not still be over him he is an adult covership should only been done till he got through school

[@JamesBond-st4qu]

They lied to him about what a CS is and had a lawyer friend back them up. Read the book. It’s clear he thought it was the same as adoption when in reality it is the opposite.

[@LoveyiNez]

They didn't explain to him it was not an adoption, it was placed as if because he was over 18 it would have been necessary a conservatorship but it was going to be the same thing... Years later he discovered he was not adopted, how disappointing is that for someone in his shoes?

[@reynaolvera7526]

He’s been saying this for years. Everyone just caught up in the fantasy of it all.

[@gmimi2]

Who has been? Supposedly he just learned about this in February of this year....

[@laatl67]

​@420love91 he's said that the movie wasn't factual...for many years.

[@gmimi2]

@@laatl67 That has nothing to do with my comment 🙄 but thanks.

[@mattier.9095]

Yes 👍🏽

[@tilog6839]

This lawyer has to do better than this if he wants to help the Tuohys because this conservatorship was shady from the beginning. There are a lot of questions the Tuochys need to answer about this shady conservatorship and about the way they handled the contract for The Blind Side movie. Also, why were they okay with the inaccurate, demeaning way Michael Oher was portrayed in the movie?

[@CB4mo_nofomo]

Wow yeah that’s disgusting the movie lied and said he couldn’t read or write. Racist af

[@tracyevans9012]

Yes exactly. The Tuohys even said they were given the right to approve the transcript of the movie and the fact that they gave it when it portrayed Michael as illiterate was disgusting.

[@tilog6839]

@@tracyevans9012 In addition to this, the author of the book the movie was based on is a long-time friend of the Tuohys. He gave an interview where he dismissed Michael's achievement of making Ole Miss's Dean's List by claiming that Ole Miss's Dean's List was not based on merit. WTF!!!!

[@katrinafisher7820]

@@tilog6839I saw that interview with Google as well and the author is disgustingly racist! The nerve of this guy who by the way is Sean’s childhood friend. In my opinion, this is exactly how Sean feels about him too.

[@THREEGEEZANDS]

If "you", the supposedly adoptive parents truly love him, then give back the conservatorship to him, now that he is asking for it to stop..

[@grettagirl2884]

To the Attorney for the Touhy Family: they TOLD him they had to file a Conservativeship (rather than adopting him), so why wouldn't Michael have written that in his book? 😮 And if they truly " treated him as their son", then why not just pay him what he EARNED???

[@Chicago48]

Oher made almost as much money as the Touhys. Millions of dollars.

[@gj5990]

They said he was paid.

[@grettagirl2884]

@@Chicago48 What I said was about the money 💰 he EARNED. The movie "The Blind Side" which is what Michael talked about. The fact that he made "millions " playing professional football with the NFL, is certainly not the point.

[@deborah3912]

@@Chicago48 so?

[@Yasser.Osman.A.Z.]

He is a very ungrateful person, greedy, full after hunger! He was homeless, hungry, he would've never ever dreamed of 1% of what he have now. So what if they made money off of him? Is he poor or starving now? Greed is an awful thing. Edited for spelling

[@BoredGirl11]

He is rescuing himself, and that makes him a real life hero.

[@gmimi2]

Huh 🤔

[@elysusa2088]

Was he ever abused by them?

[@sylviarocha3048]

Its never as portrayed in Hollywood, why would anyone think it is??

[@Chicago48]

Exactly all these autobio hollywood movies take liberty with the story.

[@bettywith2girls]

@@Chicago48 It just depends on how much "liberty" is taken. Michael says that the movie depicts him as dumb and slow, which wasn't the case. Then they made out like bandits from the movie, yet he didn't get one red penny. They should take out what the family paid for from age 16 to when he started paying for his own, and pay him the rest...his "share". This isn't some chump change; each person got $225,000 plus the family got 2.5% of net proceeds from the movie...Oher didn't get a penny. End the conservatorship and give Oher his share of the $$$.

[@kitchg5526]

​@@bettywith2girlsthe writer got more, the excess was divided to them.

[@ashleygallardo5016]

I don't know if it is because I was adopted in a different state, but I got adopted at 21 by my family, and I was adopted, not put into conservatorship. So that's BS. They need to fix this issue and do right by this man. Justice for Michael Oher. Also, how would this family allow their attorney to speak this way of their son?

[@mzparalegal2010]

Anyone in ANY state can be adopted after 18. They took his money and purposely manipulated him.

[@ladyfreedomsrawnarratives]

It’s so sad that sometimes people don’t always have your best interests at heart but their own. 💔

[@tinan97478]

Where there is smoke, there’s fire. I’m only looking at legal & judiciary responsibility. The Tuophys lawyers are taking Oher’s 2011 comment about conservatorship completely out of context. If you read the actual comment he CLEARLY states that they (Tuophy) explained to him that it was like adopting and a formality for adopting him since he was over 18 - that 2011 comment in the book SUPPORTS Oher’s belief/their misrepresentation of conservatorship. Unreal the lawyers twisting the actual printed comment but that’s what lawyers are hired to do. Major red flags: 1. The SAME close family friend lawyer “Aunt Debbie” represented all 3 parties in the conservatorship which is ethically a conflict of interest. 2. A judge signed off on the Conservatorship knowing Oher did not suffer from “limited capacity” and he was NOT a minor and the SAME lawyer represented all parties. A ward must have their own separate lawyer. Did they know the judge to? 3. Under Conservatorship the Tuophys are legally obligated to submit annually all and any assets transactions done on Oher’s behalf and if they didn’t, they’re in trouble - if they did, they have ongoingly participated as his conservator 4. They have stated and their lawyers, they only did this due to NCAA - why didn’t they dissolve it after he graduated college? 5. As Oher’s conservator they had a judiciary responsibility toward their ward to act in his best interest BUT the contractual agreement with the film company ONLY stipulates the Tuophy parents and biological children NOT Oher. It doesn’t matter if they say “but we split it 5 ways”. They did NOT fulfill their legal obligations to include Oher into the agreement of a film based on his life as well. 6. Again, the lawyer that represented Oher in the name & likeness agreement is “Aunt Debbie” acting again in another conflict of interest. 7. MATH does NOT lie! If anyone can please explain to me how 2.5% of net profits from approx 300m only comes to less than 500k - please explain. Even if the Tuophys didn’t defraud Oher but the film studio hasn’t paid the residuals correctly - Oher is NOT wrong to file suit because now the film studio will have to provide the accounting. 8. SJ himself disclosed very interesting info on a live broadcast (paraphrasing) “I hope Michael gets all the money he’s legally entitled to because that will also benefit me to know what I’m entitled to as well. Michael filing was not a surprise and we knew it was coming, we just didn’t know when. Michael started asking our parents questions after he retired about the money in 2016. I started getting residual checks from my parents in the last 4-5 years about 50-70k.” Don’t you think that’s interesting timing after Michael started questioning the parents suddenly SJ starts getting residual checks - interesting timing. Film released 2009, residual checks start to be distributed in 2010 if not late 2019. Where’s all SJ residual checks from 2010-2017? 9. The lawyers now adjust their story because the age doesn’t align with the Tuophys original comment “Oher refused to accept the residuals so we put it in his son’s trust”. Now they are saying well he deposited the checks then started to refuse them because they know his son was born years after the distribution of residuals so the timing of the trust vs residuals don’t align - the son wasn’t born yet. Finally- 10. According to SJ, Oher started questioning the parents in 2016, they had 7 years to handle this privately. I have no doubts Michael tried to negotiate discuss etc what he felt/thought he was owed due to the numbers of 2.5% net gross not to mention the disappointment, shock he must have felt to learn the agreement only applies to the 4 Tuophys not including him. Saying, just pay me 15m is NOT blackmail if he feels he’s entitled to that # when he’s trying to get to bottom of 💰 and has been attempting for 7 years for them to disclose and negotiate. Hiring Marty Singer, one of the most powerful CRIMINAL attorneys in LA who wheels immense power and influence when it’s a probate case, VERY interesting & telling. Of course, Michael Lewis the writer is going to defend his childhood friend Sean Tuophy - though Lewis has no legal obligations toward Michael, he entered into an agreement with the Tuophys that on paper ONLY apply to the 4 Tuophys and not inclusive of Oher. NO ONE can justify that - it doesn’t matter that they say but we split it 5 ways - you should have and had a judiciary responsibility toward Michael as your ward to have his name included in writing in that agreement. By them not including Michael in that contract agreement - it ROBBED/stripped him of legal & royalty rights on a film that is based on his life story with them. The film studio is not required by law to have a direct agreement with Michael especially after signing his name and likeness away to the film but studio is suppose to compensate for it. Again, as his conservator they had a judiciary duty to perform their legal responsibility to do what’s best for their ward without personal monetary gain. THAT is a huge legal issue under the laws of a conservatorship and can be deemed criminal hence hiring Singer.

[@ann2846]

Thank you for such a well written articulate response. Btw Tennessee allows for adult adoption with the requirement that the adoptee is included in the family’s estate planning.

[@lisabrightly]

Good research. Thank you.

[@donnapavina8803]

Thank you

[@lsen9015]

Thank you for sharing and so happy he has such a competent lawyer in his corner!

[@julesjay424]

Wow! Very impressive!!!!!

[@tomcrown69]

Michael Ohr was told the only way he could adopt him was through conservatoship. He did say in the lawsuit that he did know he was in a conservativeship, What he didn't know his legal rights were taken away

[@kitchg5526]

Like inheritance?

[@rosered103]

Reminds me of Britany Speers having to go to court about her family having Conservatorship over her.

[@LDiamondz]

Why didn't he get a lawyer about ending the conservatorhip YEARS ago? He said he knew it was a conservatorship. He's 37. Why wait? At 21, 31, why didn't he end it?

[@HeyIts_jenny]

@@kitchg5526that’s why they never truly adopted him because he then will be entitled to those assets.

[@bettywillbrowse]

​@@kitchg5526like the right to earn his own friggin money instead of it going to someone else to use how they choose.

[@sashaminx75]

"They groomed him..... " 😳🤬😬 From the lawyers mouth himself.

[@tracyevans9012]

Then why didn’t they adopt him and end the Conservatorship at a later date?The Tuohys didn’t use the term conservatorship, they used the term adoption when speaking to the public for years.Why did they sign Michaels life rights to Fox in perpetuity?The book Blindside was written by the Tuohys friend. Something isn’t right about all of this.

[@dr.barrycohn5461]

Whenever there's money involved, people get nutso. This is for sure. Why is he at 37 still under a conservatorship? Clearly, there is way more here than meets the eye.

[@abigailsanchez7722]

My thoughts exactly

[@MegaRzen]

​@@abigailsanchez7722The family lied to him, he was never legally adopted.

[@dreamingrightnow1174]

Sociopaths "go nutso". Normal people wouldn't do this. This was always a white savior story, so I'm not surprised to find the crooks found as much advantage as they could squeeze out, while patting themselves on the back for being heroes. It's an old story.

[@ashian23x46]

Well he didn't know what a conservatorship was. They told him that what an adoption was after the age of 18

[@tammyfrancis7856]

I’d ask the Tuis family, “ Would you have profitted off one of your other kids career? Would your son or daughter owe you royalties out of every dollar they make? Why then should you have profit off this man’s career?” Also, “Did you have your other children sign conservatorship?”

[@BIO233]

In the movie, it DOES say ADOPTED!

[@lena-mariaglouis-charles7036]

...and movies ALWAYS tell it like it is, right? Common sense and critical thinking are clearly foreign concepts to You...

[@kitchg5526]

It does not.

[@JennyLouLou]

The movie is "based on a true story". That doesn't mean it's all entirely true.

[@abby4027]

@@lena-mariaglouis-charles7036 That’s not the point. His point is the lawyer misrepresented the situation .

[@kitchg5526]

@@JennyLouLou true its a movie, not a documentary

[@tanyray84]

He was already a mvp in school and the best player, before they came in and without them he would have gone to another school

[@kitchg5526]

Yeah, will high school provide his food? Housing? Does college scholarships provide food?

[@tanyray84]

@@kitchg5526 I’m pretty sure he was leaving with a person that put him in that private school with his son, you think is ok that a 37 year old that have his own family, don’t have have any rights to his own story. We all fight for Britney spear to break away from her dad, why is different now. Edit: why they told him that he was being adopted and why a family member was is charged of the process instead of a attorney or someone else.

[@kitchg5526]

@@tanyray84 then he should've refused to go with them if he is already living with somebody. Is it because they are richer and can afford his college education? Because college scholarships doesn't provide everything. Can it be said that he chose them because of money too?

[@cristalleslie6311]

@@kitchg5526he lived with his uncle at that time and the family invited him to live with them

[@kitchg5526]

@@cristalleslie6311 exactly, he chose strangers over his uncle. More like cause of money and opportunity, not love

[@Kareyn2]

It’s not a shakedown if you took money that you shouldn’t have 🤷‍♀️

[@Leaschmid7]

The Blind Side 2: $15 million Blackmail😂hope Oher goes to jail

[@arthurtreadwell4241]

worth over 200 million

[@mzparalegal2010]

​@andydunn9603 how white of you 🚶🏾‍♀️🚶🏾‍♀️

[@katrinafisher7820]

Follow the money! Sean’s childhood friend wrote the book and Collins’ sister-n-law and father-n-law produced the movie. they certainly kept the money in the family! Then Collins’ father-n-law donates to her mom’s charity. I am grossly disgusted! Collins Tuohy married Cannon Smith (son of Fred Smith). Cannon Smith is the brother of Molly Smith (daughter of Fred Smith) who is the Executive Producer of The Blind Side. Alcon Entertainment is the production company of The Blind Side. Fred Smith: Founder of FedEx; Personally financed Alcon. Look it up for yourself.

[@Chicago48]

Well, no one's autobio is truly true. Even Tina Turner said the movie took liberty and showed violent scenes that never happened.

[@LDiamondz]

No, they're not. And movies are probably only 1/4% true. I don't believe they didn't give him any money he was entitled to, from it. I think they did. They're not stupid, they knew what they had to do, legally speaking. It seem Oher is the only one confused. He said it was a conservativeship in his own book!

[@justme33126]

I actually heard Tina say the opposite in an interview. That violent scenes were left out; I can't recall if it was her decision or the producers. She said she was VERY involved in the making of the movie; trained the dancers, etc. Unlike Michael who was not included in the making of The Blind Side. That alone is very strange.

[@tamikahill4778]

My belief is like most NFL players he squandered all his money on girls, cars and jewelry. Now he is broke and looking for a come up.

[@julesjay424]

He has a net worth of 20 million

[@cristalleslie6311]

Lmao! This is comical he is married with 4 kids been with his wife for 17 years.

[@keezyfox4989]

Look we all thought he was adopted by the family,end of story and there’s been smoke mirrors by this family because they have never come out and said they never adopted him after the movie or the book…so there’s a hole lot of desperation by this family.

[@erichighsmith7299]

Not watched this yet. But I think someone maybe convinced Michael that he had a ‘good case’ to go after his parents “” for lots of $$$

[@letfreedomreignhonk324]

They are not his parents!

[@erichighsmith7299]

@@letfreedomreignhonk324 that’s why I put “””””” after parents

[@carog.c.8202]

They used him. The real life "get out" creepy people

[@privatepo5876]

You do realize that it’s not a lawsuit. It’s ending the conservatorship and requesting the family to produce their financial obligations as required as a conservator. They failed their fiduciary responsibilities. They literally signed up for this.

[@johnwidestance2072]

Yep. He heard about that 220 million-dollar sale of his "dads" company and got greedy.

[@ronintsukebin9163]

Looks like Mr. Oher blind sided the Tuohy family if anything.

[@MegaRzen]

It looks like the family lied.

[@PineBaskets]

I adopted 2 kids, they become legally mine, i have all the rights and responsibilities of a birth parent. My kids got new birth certs with me and hubby named as parents Something is sus in this...something seems off in this story

[@HeyIts_jenny]

honestly, it seems like they didn’t want him to have any access to the families assets.

[@hlowrylong]

He was over 18 at the time.

[@privatepo5876]

True. Especially since it is easier to adopt as an adult because no legal obligation to have the biological parents present. TN has adult adoption since 1972.

[@testing9485]

From another interview they were estranged from Michael for a decade. He had been trying to get millions beforre.

[@janice8514]

They misrepresented the conservetorship documents to be adoption documents! Its disgraceful what they did!

[@abigailsanchez7722]

One question….did the Touyes profit off Michael? If they did then they may have intended to profit off of him. Also, for the lawyer to imply that they housed him, fed him, and cared for him, so therefore that is proof that they loved him is ridiculous. They may have done all that for him because they were looking at it like an investment.

[@hlowrylong]

They were quite wealthy before they started helping Michael. It is hard to imagine they had any nefarious intent to take advantage of him. They merely didn’t need to.

[@leafy803]

​@@hlowrylong Wealth can change, theirs seems to have been largely tied up in property loans. Sean Tuohy interview : "I was five days from bankruptcy twice," he said, in the year 2001" "I think we started out negative," he said, referring to cash on hand, and money stayed tight most of his career as he poured back equity into buying more restaurants, and adding debt with each transaction." Article: Auspex Capital unwinds RGT Management with dose of philosophy Franchise Times He was a high financial risk, extreme wealth motivated individual. He would recognize royalties, book, film deals that he isn't funding is a low risk consistent financial cushion, safety net for regular cash income. If successful.

[@dsamiam578]

BINGO

[@catspajamas2961]

It's almost like the lawyer was trying to make a case that because they rescued him and spent time and money on him that they were entitled to make money off of him and possibly that they didn't owe him anything (movie profits?) after all the good things they did for him.

[@catspajamas2961]

@@hlowrylong Some wealthy people always want more.

[@kman7680]

Michael met a woman who wanted him to sue his family-that’s my theory

[@privatepo5876]

😂 His wife he’s been with for 17 years? Btw it’s not a lawsuit.

[@jaesk1]

Well, well, now, now, there!!!! The Tuohy's can now claim the rights to a new book and movie titled "Blindsided" - the unfortunate story of an ungrateful person. 👍

[@harrynutzach307]

The only problem with that is that Michael Oher would refuse to let them use his NIL for the new movie unless they paid him *millions* . 😆😅🤣

[@novascotiaskater1868]

If the Touhys are as rich as Oher is then why would they have ever needed to trick him to steal his money?

[@makamurphy]

Are you going to interview Michael's lawyer?

[@abby4027]

I hope so!

[@Spygal92]

This lawyer is very much like most lying attorneys- It’s disgusting….

[@monti12]

Their story keeps changing. 1st they were told you cant adopt an 18 year old now they were time bound. First they didnt make any money than they 14000 each than 100000 each.

[@pattyholland3142]

Hope ALL the people that bought into this lie about the family ARE ASHAMED! EXHORTATION is a CRIME!

[@EmmaDee]

Did that man CHANGE his name??? THEN HE WASN’T ADOPTED!!

[@lorikennedy1127]

You can be adopted without changing your name. That is a separate part added to adoption. Adult or older children can be adopted and keep thier last name so they don't have to be confused.

[@TheRight-handedStranger]

@@lorikennedy1127- Also I understand they didn’t claim they did adopt him they cared.

[@tinan97478]

lol u can be adopted and not have to legally change your last name. Same thing as marriage and wife isn’t obligated to take her husband’s last name.

[@idahardy4052]

His mother was right there in the court and the Touey family didn’t profit millions from that movie. They didn’t choose his college for him, but they did pay the fees not covered by scholarships, they didn’t negotiate his contract with the NFL. He had his own agent. And they didn’t profit from his work. It sounds like someone told him to be mad.

[@DiaryofAnOldMadBlackWoman]

Yeah, I’m sure it’s just a coincidence that he was a stellar athlete too.🤦🏽‍♀️🤪

[@ML77619]

Yea he’s running with that white hate crowd.

[@idahardy4052]

@@DiaryofAnOldMadBlackWoman This family took him into their home. Maybe they wouldn’t have met him if he didn’t play ball, but I bet they weren’t walking around the slums looking for poor big boys they could get into the NFL. He was a hard working, determined young man who just needed a little encouragement and guidance. His mother knew about all of this. Where is she now and what does she say?

[@donnapavina8803]

How do you know how much the Touhy family profited?

[@jlnriddick]

@@donnapavina8803 My thoughts exactly! How could you possibly know that, and why would he have been left off the contract for the movie in terms of residual payments and a percentage of net profits? It certainly isn't out of the realm of possibility that the Tuohy's believed it was fair for them to profit from Michael's story their generosity towards Michael Oher. Apparently they also believed no one would ever be the wiser.

[@lydiasinclair1126]

I will never agree with a conservatorship over an adult with no mental or physical disability.

[@youtubehandle-]

This is so sad, I have always cheered for Michael and the Touhys. I fear their relationship will forever be broken. 😢 💔

[@thepamela050]

I always thought the movie showed Michael as a very forgiving young man..I guess Michael was right, it's not true..lol

[@CB4mo_nofomo]

The Touhys caused it. They are modern slave owners.

[@JaneSmith-nn4bk]

@@thepamela050 , forgiveness has nothing to do with being stupid. These people are taking away his children's college funds and they should forgive Him by returning HIS money.

[@had123ish]

He cannot undo what he has done. It is indeed sad.

[@charmaineyates9674]

He was not adopted.

[@steviecrow914]

Conservatorships are supposed to submit an annual accounting to the court and show all the expenses they’re paying for the beneficiary. There shouldn’t be any mystery to funds received and funds spent to benefit Michael. Wonder why he waited so long to petition to end it; he could’ve pursued that years ago.

[@JennyLouLou]

I think we're missing crucial facts here.

[@j3611]

Some people don't want to seem disloyal or confrontational towards others, my partner was robbed for years (paid less than was owed) by an employer he was friends with & he refused to confront the employer/friend. Personal relationships blur the boundaries when money is involved.

[@gmimi2]

​@@JennyLouLou100% that's why people should not be jumping to conclusions, the whole story has not come out. Reserve your judgement people until ALL FACTS have come out not just hearsay.

[@nozza17]

Britney spears...

[@leafy803]

I read it was not a conventional conservatorship agreement, NOT overseen by a judge as per common practice. Who would ensure or evaluate if he understands. I don't know if that is or not the situation here. Oher was 18, I don't think it's unreasonable to think an 18 year old could think 'conservatorship' is a legal term or part of 'adopting'. If represented as during discussions. Believe non parents looking after children is 'guardianship'.. their 'guardian' which he may have known with his family history. Oher may have just come across it now or as retired less distracted, more proactive with paperwork, Touhy's did alledge he stopped checking in checks.

[@ef9208]

Who is right or wrong, just following the money. If the intent was helping the "poor" kid, why benefit out of it.

[@WatersandWilderness]

There are two sides to each story. We'll have to see how it plays out in court.

[@judygillespie3242]

Is he in financial trouble now. I am confused as to while he is doing this now.

[@elysusa2088]

Wow after they clothed fed and took him in as their own child sadly it came to this

[@enidmercedad]

The explanation wasn't good enough. Just because he wrote it in the book DOES NOT mean he knew the definition. I didn't know until recently. They openly said they made money. Even is ut was 14k they SHOULD OF NEVER KEPT A PENNY. And there is a huge difference between the two. One is control of a person. One is a member. This lawyer didn't convince me. Fire him and get a new one

[@kitchg5526]

Did he just understood the difference between conservatorship and adoption is no inheritance?

[@ezmereldagerard6999]

The Blind Side book was written by close childhood friend of Sean Tuohy

[@kyokasanagi]

Michael wrote his own book back in 2011, looks the family and their lawyer told him a convervaship was just like an adoption for adults, since he just turned 18yrs at the time. Looks likes he did not know what a conservatorship was and let be honest must of us did not know what that was until the Britney Spears case. @@ezmereldagerard6999

[@pumalogo204]

it's always the perfect timing when book deals comes out 🤣😂

[@solsticequeen]

Why now though?

[@LynetteA68]

The News host said he just found out he was still in a conservatorship in February 2023!

[@LynetteA68]

And it appears he thought conservatorship meant adoption not that they had control of contracts etc.

[@orlawalsh926]

Id like to know just for clarity how his finances are

[@goldengilmaky6788]

People who affirm the family was well off back then do not understand how money works. Rich people don’t stop amassing a fortune. I am not insinuating there was an ill intent here, but this conservatorship is dubitative.

[@lorikennedy1127]

After college there is no reason to have a conservatorship unless he is mentally or physically ill. I imagine as a young adult coming from a terrible background they did a plan like this to protect him from some of the vultures that were around him that made him homeless to begin with. The parents are very hurt by this i imagind. Why all of the sudden is he wanting millions when he surely has a wonderful home, cars and several millions in the bank. The family was well off before Michael came along. Its sad that money is coming between them. Its always the cause of evil, Let him out of the conservatorship firstly. Get an accounting of all deals and make sure he got his fair share. He was homeless kid who could have ended up dead or in prison hanging with who he was hanging with. He should be happy they took him in. What a slap in the face.

[@nikitawashington9328]

He was a foster child that lived with his uncle. He went to a Christian school and received scholarships from several universities. He received shopping sprees and money from the Touhy's from age 16. He moved in with the Touhy's after his 18th birthday. It sounds like the Touhy's were doing something illegal being boosters for Ole Mass.

[@privatepo5876]

Your assumption that he was just hanging out and he should be just grateful is diminishing his fortitude. He was a hard working young man. I know this because he is exceptional and exceptional is not just talent but hard work. He was an All star player in two sports. That means he’s constantly hustling. Colleges were already salivating to take him for his athletic prowess . Because of his circumstances he was working twice as hard as the normal child with stability. What was filed was to end the conservatorship and provide the legal obligation the family signed up for. That they met the financial best interest of Michael and provide proof of this.

[@sethwaggoner6497]

IF the Tuohys never had or do not currently have ulterior motives, then if should be easy for them to immediately dissolve their conservatorship. Why won't they?

[@shortyp1000]

A shake down? Threats? A legal letter asking to be made whole is not a shakedown or threat, Sir. And even if it was a personal letter from Michael to be compensated that is not a shakedown.

[@EricaB763]

The bottom line is a 37-year-old man with a family that has no disabilities Should not be in a conservatorship.

[@testing9485]

They sold their businesses for over $200 million.

[@wildflowerb2879]

EXACTLY! It was a documentary but I'm sure ALL this is timed with HIS BOOK coming out this week...🙄Funny how he said he started taking care of himself at the age of 5 but going to say the Touy family didn't help him at all????? We are over this media circus thank you ...Next....

[@dayflowerj.3916]

If the conservatorship were benevolent, why didn't they end it once he graduated college?!

[@emicastorena5051]

So if they didn't make money off him they can show a accounting of the money and prove they gave him the money. And why would he need a conservatorship to make a choice in schools that makes no sense and if that's so then why did the family go on to make contract decisions and make MONEY under his name and why wasn't the conservatorship ended once he finished college? This attorney has a good innocent excuse for everything I call BS show the accounting where is the money from the movie?

[@cassandratarotspells369]

Why would they put the cheques into a trust fund for his son? That’s making financial decisions on his behalf

[@sew_gal7340]

Without even digging in to this case i can already tell the story: guy needs money, is in huge debt, needs to release a book with something controversial...releases a scandal right before book is set to be released. Sounds like a typical american thing to do

[@makamurphy]

Nope wrong duh

[@tinan97478]

That’s so dumb. Why give an opinion when you don’t know “probably possibly blah blah” His net worth is over 10 million.

[@doaver2.125]

Actually the money grave was done by the fake adopting parents .. those people are predators and they groomed him, so they will be able to receive money that they don't deserve and steal his.

[@Benjiii1]

Or he wants to write a book and trying to get his ducks in a row. But is slammed that he can't legally do anything because he's under a conservative.

[@doaver2.125]

@michellevazquez6088 I would he need to write a book when one was already written and then it became a movie oh, but he received nothing Afeni fit from such things. He was young and suffering from the ills of this world but he front kick boxer predator. Be aware there will be more the surface and then ask yourself why did they all of a sudden petition the court to have something ended that should have been ended once he became of age? And the only reason why he wouldn't question such a thing as if he believed he was part of their family?

[@stephaniecrow7387]

As a conservator of my husband who has Lewy Body Dementia and is in a locked facility for nearly 5 years, I can attest that a conservatorship over the person, dose not allow control over the estate/finances. That is a totally separate conservatorship altogether. For that type of conservatorship, you need medical PROOF that the conservatee is unable to manage their finances/estate

[@emicastorena5051]

Well then obviously they had some connections because they did it.

[@privatepo5876]

They revealed that in the court filing. Yes their conservatorship had legal authority for contracts. The interesting thing is the lack of guardian ad litem.

[@emicastorena5051]

@@privatepo5876 the lack of everything follow up accounting as well it looks like the judge was bought or someone was because it's obvious this conservatorship is completely fraudulent from the lack of guardian ad litem to no check in on the conservatorship ever and they had full right to make legal decisions for him for his financial well-being but never no accounting ever? I hope the bar association gets involved on this because it disgusting the way the judge acted.

[@YIKESMF]

They made him their literal slave with that conservativeship, and it was LEGAL. This whole thing makes me SICK. That movie used to make me feel good for Michael. Now we all know how HE the subject of the movie feels and the fact he received NOTHING for his own story?

[@LDiamondz]

He ran out of money. Wait and watch. (He wrote, in his autobiography, that it was a conservativeship, many times. Now he denies he knew?)

[@charomiami]

This family is beyond rich , even before they took in Michael. Seems to me Michael blew all of his money and now he wants more and is using the conservatorship in retaliation for them not giving them more money he wasn't entitled to. Very ungrateful after everything did family did for him

[@WestCoastTruckingCEO]

They weren't beyond rich... they were well off but by no means beyond

[@privatepo5876]

How is he not entitled to money about his own life story? BTW he’s currently a millionaire, so he didn’t “blow” it away. He’s legally entitled to end this conservatorship and request them to produce the fiduciary financial statements that acted in his best interests under this conservatorship. They literally signed up for this.

[@WestCoastTruckingCEO]

@@privatepo5876 yes he's definitely entitled to all the forensic accounting to clearly show how much he actually received. Also why do you make it sound as if Michael has a patent on true stories? This was the Touhys story too so they all are entitled to receive monies from it. Why would it just be Michael only huh? Be open minded and reasonable, "his" story wouldn't exist without them and vice versa. Your statements are completely biased

[@maricela707]

To me, it sounds like he's broke and in need of money.

[@davidherrera1643]

The Tuohys should of kept on driving on that rainy day.

[@jacksunmore1548]

Yup...leave that ungrateful brat in the projects! He should be ashamed of himself right now

[@Leaschmid7]

The Blind Side 2: $15 million Blackmail😂

[@johnk5825]

Oher was a homeless kid, the Tuohy's took him into their home, gave him a room, a warm bed, and good food to eat, clothes, and vehicles. Even Oher credits the Tuohy's for helping him to be able to focus on his academics and sports, and not worry about anything else. He was not adopted, so what, the Tuohy's gave him everything he needed to succeed.

[@jeanataylor6864]

He "Stopped cashing his checks "? What does that mean exactly ?

[@EricaB763]

That’s none of their business though. I don’t have to cash any checks. My job gives me it doesn’t mean they don’t owe me anymore.

[@aprilosborn6034]

NOW, the Tuohy's want to give up conservatorship, after he found out, problem is you can't just give it back when someone doesn't know you had it in the first place, now you are in trouble, you own him a lot of money, and it looks like you've defrauded him for 19 years, greed is ugly, and going to cost you people.

[@TigerHighaf]

Don't believe Michael's lies. His own book from over 10 years ago talks about the consorvatorship three different times.

[@mikekling7144]

Damn he blew through all the football money.

[@EmmaDee]

YEP

[@robhigh5991]

my first thought...

[@tinan97478]

Wrong. He’s still a millionaire. Millionaires sue all the time for money owed.

[@javiermori1710]

I doubt it. Apparently lives in 1.5 mil property and net worth about 12 mil. According to a news print source. Not verified by myself.

[@MikeBrowning-bm5gw]

They have RECEIPTS sir, he has words 😂😂😂😂

[@privatepo5876]

Those receipts should have been filed annually by their legal obligation as conservators. None have been ever filed. Now they have to provide them in court.

[@WEFIGHTWELOVESHOW]

I find it interesting how Michael went from being depicted as a gentle giant to Thug Almighty by the same family that “still loves him” but only after he inquired about his business??? Make it make sense.

[@privatepo5876]

😂 not Suge Knight?!

[@maxfrax333]

It took him 19 years to figure this out? He had no contracts to negotiate and never knew about this "conservatorship" until now? Something doesn't sound right.

[@tricia4075]

So where is his biological father?? His biological mother? Let's talk about that!! Not this kind family who took him in. smh

[@mrs.herculepoirot7763]

I always rooted for Michael and bought his first book in which he talks about the conservatorship in detail. The Tuohys took him in, got him a good education and loved him as their own. I can't imagine why he turned on them like this. It's a play from the Colin Kaepernick School of Gratitude.

[@ericaabbott2938]

Amen!

[@tinan97478]

Well clearly you can’t read. Go back to the book and read the actual statement, paraphrasing the content “they explained to me that conservator is just like adoption. It’s just a formality to being adopted” The Tuophys had their lawyer “Aunt Debbie” representing and explaining Conservatorship to all parties - Michael & his mom. That’s a legal CONFLICT OF INTEREST. Just like a prenuptial agreement- one lawyer CANNOT represent both parties.

[@kitchg5526]

​@@tinan97478so he didn't understand it during the court proceedings?

[@abigailsanchez7722]

If this is all true then The Touhys took him in and supported him because they were using him as an investment and hoping on a return for their money which they obviously got.

[@lisabrightly]

I cannot listen to this damn lawyer! He's so boring! Imagine having to sit through one of his court room speeches!

[@ms.b3382]

The reality is they could have adopted him but they didn't. Adoption would have established a familial relationship and helped to support his transition to adulthood but it would have also opened him to their money. I don't think they wanted that. If it really was about helping him and the need for conservatorship was just because they needed something quickly than why not adopt him in 20 years. Every way you look at this they are wrong

[@lisalove8526]

Fascinating the comments fall into 2 camps. 1/ The “adoptive” family did him a solid by taking him out of poverty so how dare he question their motives/actions. 2/ Something does not add up here.. I am in this latter camp. A conservatorship implies a person who cannot make their own decisions.. This clearly does NOT apply to him. I hope the family filed an annual report reporting earnings/expenses.. The trial will divulge this. Did they rescue him ? He was already an MVP in HS as another person commented. So he would have gone onto NFL likely with or without them.

[@Jane-Roe1126]

He was 18 they could have just let him live with them. They did not need a conservatorship. The movie said they adopted him.

[@carriekennedy5903]

The family attorney is now claiming they never foresaw his success so couldn’t have been motivated to have a conservatorship financially. Okay, so what about all the years where he could manage his own affairs? Why not close the conservatorship when he finished high school or college? There’s zero reason he needs a conservatorship at age 37. They could’ve done this long long ago. A child cannot fully understand legal contracts. Why doesn’t this broken system require an Attorney ad Litem to represent any conservatee. Why is anyone okay with taking away the autonomy of others without some sort of oversight and accountability.

[@CriminologyJunkie]

Should’ve left him in the hood

[@oneluv72]

You can keep your Oscar Sandra!! 🏆

[@LoveyiNez]

They didn't explain to him it was not an adoption, it was placed as if because he was over 18 it would have been necessary a conservatorship but it was going to be the same thing... Years later he discovered he was not adopted, how disappointing is that for someone in his shoes?

[@shortyp1000]

Michael was already a gifted althlete before they took him in.

[@pchaparala]

It’s gross how the film tried to portray him as intellectually slow.

[@RealFIRSTONE]

The Tuohy lawyer answered every question asked by the interviewer with a question. GREAT DEFLECTION

[@kyled2329]

He's mad he was portrayed that he couldn't read or write. Why did he sign the contract then?

[@Mynamehere000]

He didn’t sign the contract.

[@kyled2329]

He 100% did. He had to….. thats the entire point of it. He was saying he needed help managing his life. When he talks he does seem like he processes information a little but slow.

[@markbuonagura2465]

It was a " movie " , not a documentary. IF it is shown he was " shaking them down ", he loses all credibility. If he thought the movie was non-factual, why say that now, Hmmm? If his current financial condition is weak, that will be interesting for sure. The conservatorship issue will be interesting. This will play out and things will become very clear, very soon.

[@letfreedomreignhonk324]

I think he s hurt that he wasn't really adopted.

[@Goldenretriever-k8m]

he knew he wasnt though @@letfreedomreignhonk324

[@the_grassy_noel]

My opinion from the movie was that Sandra Bullocks character ddnt care about the kid at all. It was very clear that it was all about what that young man could do for the football team & their family.

[@1man_crowd]

This is a case of modern slavery

[@leeb.7188]

Oh please! He went to college and to the NFL. He’s now married. The only slave here is your little brain, that’s stuck in a place and time that hasn’t existed for nearly 200 years. Pathetic.

[@dreamingrightnow1174]

The CourtTV is presenting this is biased. They gave the Tuohys' lawyer first shot at setting the narrative, then this white woman from the Daily Mail reminding us all to avert our eyes from the racial dynamics and then reiterating the Tuohys' mantra doubting that Oher didn't know he was in a conservatorship. Any of us who aren't lawyers, much less 18 years old, and who had already developed a dependent relationship with the Touhs would probably not see the difference. If they told him they were putting him under a conservatorship because he was no longer a minor, doesn't it beg the question why they didn't adopt him in the preceding years? Because if he had been adopted when he was 15, when he turned 18 they would not be in his business, directing his finances and negotiating a movie deal. I can see how they could tell him it was their way of adopting him by a different name and he probably wouldn't question it. They basically acted as a crooked manager would, doing the negotiating and boxing him out. It will take some digging int the particulars to see what the numbers are, but I see red flags everywhere. The Tuohys' lawyer had the gaslight on high, implying his clients were transparent but he was just not getting it. Why wasn't he there on the set? Red flags flying, but CourTV is not pushing back on any of these suss assertions. Why isn't Oher's attorney in this interview?

[@etet4536]

No good deed goes unpunished.

[@dabestgrandma9843]

What a heartbreaking story. The Tuohy’s seem like a classy family that loved Michael like their own. He had a blessed life with them that others can only dream about. Most likely he ran out of money and wants the easiest pay out. Sad.

[@leafy803]

They published a book about his story, attended numerous public functions, promotions related to film, book when Oher believes it misrepresented him.That maybe self interest, vanity attention, opportunities for them.

[@VLeaders]

I don't believe it's about money for him. He's doing well for himself. They cared for him they never loved him. It's a cruel world out here.

[@mikemailei4491]

amber heard "I use donated and pledge synonymously" Tuohys" we use adoption and conservatorship synonymously" hahaha

[@lizzeltired2155]

If it is proven that he would go to press to try and ruin their name if they did not give him money that he did not earn he loses credibility in this.

[@RobertasExpressions]

omg they "Brittney" speared Michael !!!!