The Blind Side scandal

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Anonymous wrote:We literally just watched this movie two weeks ago and they never said they adopted him at all..... I'm not saying they didn't tell him in the person that he was adopted but that was never part of their story in the movie at all.

She describes herself as "mother of three" on her Insta!

Every single article about the movie says “adopted”.

I’ve seen the movie several times. Sandra Bullock says specifically that due to his age, adoption makes no sense.

Not true. Many articles say “legal guardians”.

That’s what people who have a conservator ship are- legal guardians.

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Anonymous wrote:They already had $200 million dollars. I don’t think they had some scheme to set this kid up for the NFL to enrich themselves. That’s quite a long game and quite a gamble. This is what they get for trying to help someone.

Is there any evidence at all they made any money off his NFL salary? For being an agent or something like that?

Otherwise it was quite the long game the think a book would be written and then the option picked up and turned into a movie.

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Anonymous wrote:The fact that they picked a conservatorship over an adoption is so suspect. Why would they need to go that route, if not for money?

One article I read stated that because Michael was over 18 at the time, traditional adoption was not an option.

That is the Tuohy narrative, but it is inaccurate. It was perfectly legal to adopt an 18 year old. They didn't want to.

Why would they adopt an 18 year old who already has a mother? Not pursuing an adoption makes complete sense to me. What I don’t understand is why a conservatorship was required for Ole Miss.

And why they did not get rid of the conservatorship when he left Ole Miss to play for NFL.

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Anonymous wrote:We literally just watched this movie two weeks ago and they never said they adopted him at all..... I'm not saying they didn't tell him in the person that he was adopted but that was never part of their story in the movie at all.

She describes herself as "mother of three" on her Insta!

Every single article about the movie says “adopted”.

I’ve seen the movie several times. Sandra Bullock says specifically that due to his age, adoption makes no sense.

Not true. Many articles say “legal guardians”.

That’s what people who have a conservator ship are- legal guardians.

Right that is what I am saying. Many articles on the movie say they were his legal guardians. Not that they adopted him.

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Anonymous wrote:The fact that they picked a conservatorship over an adoption is so suspect. Why would they need to go that route, if not for money?

One article I read stated that because Michael was over 18 at the time, traditional adoption was not an option.

That is the Tuohy narrative, but it is inaccurate. It was perfectly legal to adopt an 18 year old. They didn't want to.

Why would they adopt an 18 year old who already has a mother? Not pursuing an adoption makes complete sense to me. What I don’t understand is why a conservatorship was required for Ole Miss.

And why they did not get rid of the conservatorship when he left Ole Miss to play for NFL.

Boosters can’t provide money or goods to prospective recruits. Like paying them to attend the school.

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Anonymous wrote:This is all you need to know about this family:

"We divided it five ways," the Tuohys wrote in their 2010 book, "In a Heartbeat: Sharing the Power of Cheerful Giving."

Um, it should have been divided in HALF. 50 to Michael and 50 to the family. Why are they getting 4/5 of the cut?!!

It’s the entire family’s story and fair that each member was compensated, but I think they should’ve divided it three ways and given a share to each child.

But Oher was/is not part of the family. Are they sharing their $200 million with him?

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Why does he care if he was adopted or it eas a conservatorship now.

Doesn’t matter.

If he is saying they have iced him out and e get really cared, ok. But sounds like he cut them off.

Does he think if he was “adopted” he is entitled to money from them?

This movie was almost 15 years ago. He was in college 20 years ago. The fame has long been over for everyone

So what is this about?

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Anonymous wrote:This is all you need to know about this family:

"We divided it five ways," the Tuohys wrote in their 2010 book, "In a Heartbeat: Sharing the Power of Cheerful Giving."

Um, it should have been divided in HALF. 50 to Michael and 50 to the family. Why are they getting 4/5 of the cut?!!

It’s the entire family’s story and fair that each member was compensated, but I think they should’ve divided it three ways and given a share to each child.

But Oher was/is not part of the family. Are they sharing their $200 million with him?

They certainly shared some of their income with him by providing shelter, food, tutoring and more. We have no idea what’s in their will. Oher also made millions, so it’s not like he’s homeless. They’re all upper class.

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Anonymous wrote:I think oher was probably irresponsible with his nfl money and is now looking to get some of that $200 million fast food money. Give me a break. So ungrateful.

You're saying he should be grateful that they lied to him and cheated him out of money?

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Anonymous wrote:Sandra Bullock is reportedly upset about this news.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-12410311/The-Blind-Sandra-Bullock-heartbroken-Michael-Oher-LIE-Bryan-Randall.html

It is none of her business. Why is she inserting herself into it?

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Anonymous wrote:He’s despicable. Wouldn’t be who he is without them. All the kids deserved cash from the movie if their likeness is used, and $250,000 isn’t much.

Then why didn't they give Oher his $250000 as well?

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Anonymous wrote:Without the family who took Michael Oher into their home, Mr. Oher may have never played pro football. His gpa was way too low for NCAA requirement and the family got him 20 hours of tutoring per week. Oher took correspondence courses from BYU to raise his gpa and allow him to play NCAA football at Ole Miss.

Not trying to praise or criticize anyone, but there is always at least two sides to every story.

Also, many ex football players experience depression as a result of having suffered multiple concussions. I wonder if this is a factor in this matter.

This is all set out in the Michael Lewis book that the movie is based on. The family let Michael stay at their house. It grew from that. I have no idea if they adopted him. He now says they did not but we will have to wait and see. Maybe it was just the conservatorship. That would be easier to do than an adoption. That may be why they did it. Also Michael was a bit crazy in his actions unlike in the movie. They may not have wanted the liability. Remember they were quite wealthy. What does not make sense is to me is that Michael was over 18 when the book came out and well over 18 when the movie was in production and made. I don't know why the conservatorship would still be on or if he really did get no money -- how that was possible. The movie would have had to pay someone to use Michael's name and story. No production company would rely on a conservatorship for a dude already in the NFL who was over 18. They would want Michael's signature as well. And did he not notice he had received nothing?

This story is not at all adding up at the moment and I am a bit suspect of Michael.

I see now that he says that he signed a document giving away the film rights for nothing. Very odd.

He signed a conservatorship… he did not sign away his rights to his name, likeness or image.

NIL laws are new, they used his NIL and his story and took the money.

They will have to pay him out his portion.

He says he himself signed a document with the producers that gave him no money.

No he signed a document he was told was for adoption and it wasn’t. He was mislead and did not have legal representation.

Except in his biography, he said it was a conservatorship.

https://nypost.com/2023/08/16/blind-side-subject-brian-oher-wrote-about-conservatorship-with-the-tuohys-in-2011-memoir-heres-what-he-said/

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Anonymous wrote:They already had $200 million dollars. I don’t think they had some scheme to set this kid up for the NFL to enrich themselves. That’s quite a long game and quite a gamble. This is what they get for trying to help someone.

Is there any evidence at all they made any money off his NFL salary? For being an agent or something like that?

Otherwise it was quite the long game the think a book would be written and then the option picked up and turned into a movie.

He had agents -- not the family. I think he had one of the top football agents.

You have the timing messed up. The book came out at the time he was drafted. The movie just after.

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Anonymous wrote:This is all you need to know about this family:

"We divided it five ways," the Tuohys wrote in their 2010 book, "In a Heartbeat: Sharing the Power of Cheerful Giving."

Um, it should have been divided in HALF. 50 to Michael and 50 to the family. Why are they getting 4/5 of the cut?!!

It’s the entire family’s story and fair that each member was compensated, but I think they should’ve divided it three ways and given a share to each child.

But Oher was/is not part of the family. Are they sharing their $200 million with him?

I’m gonna go with, not anymore.

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Anonymous wrote:He’s despicable. Wouldn’t be who he is without them. All the kids deserved cash from the movie if their likeness is used, and $250,000 isn’t much.

Then why didn't they give Oher his $250000 as well?

It was 250 for the whole family according to one story.

Michael Lewis is saying that they got around 700. He split 50-50 with the family. Michael was getting money and then started saying he did not want it anymore.