The Blind Side scandal

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Anonymous wrote:Assume the family is bad. Even then this is pretty one sided against Michael. He was never lied to. He got his money until he said he did not want it and then it went into a true for Michael’s kids.

Keep trying media spinner. No one is buying what you are peddling.

Can you identify one thing in Michael’s favor in this case? What would it be?

You have to ask? He’s not white, and the Tuoheys are. That’s all that matters to a lot of people.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Assume the family is bad. Even then this is pretty one sided against Michael. He was never lied to. He got his money until he said he did not want it and then it went into a true for Michael’s kids.

Keep trying media spinner. No one is buying what you are peddling.

Can you identify one thing in Michael’s favor in this case? What would it be?

DP, but making money off of public claims that they adopted him when they hadn’t certainly isn’t a good look for them, whether he understood the difference at the time or not.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Assume the family is bad. Even then this is pretty one sided against Michael. He was never lied to. He got his money until he said he did not want it and then it went into a true for Michael’s kids.

Keep trying media spinner. No one is buying what you are peddling.

Can you identify one thing in Michael’s favor in this case? What would it be?

No adoption ever occurred while they spammed that narrative for 20 years to profit off said narrative? Their reason for why it was a conservatorship and not an adoption was a lie. Shameless liars. Is this fraud? Does the kid deserve a cut of the millions they made off this narrative and whatever else occurred behind the scenes? I don't know. For a judge and jury to decide.

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Anonymous wrote:Oher is a perfect example of what happens when you try to do the right things in life. MYOB.

The right thing being manipulating a talented homeless kid in going to your alma mater?

Seems like it worked out pretty well for him.

So we all should just shut up and ignore the fact that this was all one big lie and they led an 18 year old at risk kid astray. Wow, what great people they are.

I would agree with you but so far there is no lie. He knew about the conservatorship. He is lying now in his petition. You can’t put it your book a decade ago and now say you did not know.

Also how was he led astray? He did better at ole miss than he would have other places because they took care of him because of the family. When in college he got into a fight with a fellow player. During the fight Michael threw a desk or chair and it hit a toddler who was a kid of an assistant coach. Toddler was rushed to hospital with serious injuries. Kid was ok. Ole miss coach got Sean. Sean paid a financial settlement to the assistant coach’s family. Sean also hired a lawyer who shot down the police investigation. Ole miss did not throw him out as they would have great player or not because of the book and the family. He was not led astray.

And he played nfl football and made millions for himself. Who knows what their motives were or why they were advised to do a conservativeship over adoption but there’s no reason to assume he’s a victim here.

They knew they'd have no control over an adopted adult. Conservatorship allows them to exert control.

Your argument that he made millions in the nfl has nothing to do with any of this. The Touhys are fakes and liars who benefited from their lies.

[Anonymous]

The situation is even more disgusting as the Touehys constantly tout their Christian values while lying and misleading an 18 year old underprivileged youth.

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Anonymous wrote:From Leigh Anne's webpage

"Your new new e-book, Making It Happen, is out just in time for National Adoption Awareness Month. What inspired you to write it?

I wanted everyone to realize that yes—adopting a 6′ 6″ 350 pound African-American young man is a wonderful thing. [Her adopted son is Michael Oher, formerly a homeless teen, who is currently left tackle for the Baltimore Ravens.] If you have the resources and ability to do that, you should. There are 400,000-plus kids in foster care waiting to be adopted. But there are other things you can do as well to make a difference. My new book tells you how you can be a giver. It talks about really turning around and realizing that the view behind you is a whole lot different from the view in front of you."

Wow, shameless liar!!

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Anonymous wrote:From Leigh Anne's webpage

"Your new new e-book, Making It Happen, is out just in time for National Adoption Awareness Month. What inspired you to write it?

I wanted everyone to realize that yes—adopting a 6′ 6″ 350 pound African-American young man is a wonderful thing. [Her adopted son is Michael Oher, formerly a homeless teen, who is currently left tackle for the Baltimore Ravens.] If you have the resources and ability to do that, you should. There are 400,000-plus kids in foster care waiting to be adopted. But there are other things you can do as well to make a difference. My new book tells you how you can be a giver. It talks about really turning around and realizing that the view behind you is a whole lot different from the view in front of you."

Wow, shameless liar!!

pretty gross. I don’t know exactly who is right here, but what does seem clear is the relationship has been broken for a long time but Leigh Ann is still profiting off her white savior self-mythology.

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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?

Again --- yet to be proven they lied. In his bio he described it as a conservatorship. They are saying he got his money.

So the book, the ghostwriter, describes it as a conservatorship….. think about it. It’s not a stretch to think that he hardly knew the really detailed contents of the book.

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How much of the book did he actually “write”? Any?

As a practical matter, if your legal claim is significantly based on “I didn’t know X” and your autobiography says “X”, it’s going to be tough sledding for you. What, his ghostwriter was in on it? Any reasonable observer should, based on this evidence alone, conclude that the most likely scenario is that Oher is full of BS. Maybe not, but that’s the smart way to bet at this point, for those who need to have a view on the question.

and it's so humorous that most of us disagree with you and believe the Toueys are full of bs. Thanks Singer Slinger for telling us how we should "bet" on this.

The Toueys are fake creeps.

Sure they probably are. Certainly patting your multi millionaire self on the back so much and so publicly for taking in a homeless kid is pretty ridiculous.

But they didn’t rip off Oher. He wants their fast food money. Can you point to even one financial document that shows they made even a million off of him? The SEC filings show they made $200 million off the fast food franchise sales. The 501c3 charity records show they drew no income from the foundation. The movie studio records show the family got $700k total over 10+ Years which they claim was split but even if not that’s not big $$ for either family. So where is the actual evidence they made millions off him? And how would they have planned that when he was a teen? If he was just a business for them then so far he’s been their worst investment.

How much money is on the foundation? How much coming in and going out a year? What’s the overhead and administration expenses? Nonprofit isn’t just about taking salaries, for many it’s to dodge taxes, leasing racket, influence, seek favor, and swing grants to cronies.

I literally posted the link. It’s less than 200k a year. This family is a hundred millionaire fast food franchise family. You think people went to their Taco Bell’s because they knew about Oher? They pay more in taxes than they ever earned from this kid. They helped bring him into the big leagues. He thinks he deserves more from them while at the same time hating them I guess. Im sure they are annoying and certainly full of themselves but that doesn’t mean they owe him their franchise money. Probably has people around him telling him he’s a victim somehow. good way to lose his spot in the will.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Assume the family is bad. Even then this is pretty one sided against Michael. He was never lied to. He got his money until he said he did not want it and then it went into a true for Michael’s kids.

Keep trying media spinner. No one is buying what you are peddling.

Can you identify one thing in Michael’s favor in this case? What would it be?

DP, but making money off of public claims that they adopted him when they hadn’t certainly isn’t a good look for them, whether he understood the difference at the time or not.

Ok. But what is wrong with that.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Oher is a perfect example of what happens when you try to do the right things in life. MYOB.

The right thing being manipulating a talented homeless kid in going to your alma mater?

Seems like it worked out pretty well for him.

So we all should just shut up and ignore the fact that this was all one big lie and they led an 18 year old at risk kid astray. Wow, what great people they are.

I would agree with you but so far there is no lie. He knew about the conservatorship. He is lying now in his petition. You can’t put it your book a decade ago and now say you did not know.

Also how was he led astray? He did better at ole miss than he would have other places because they took care of him because of the family. When in college he got into a fight with a fellow player. During the fight Michael threw a desk or chair and it hit a toddler who was a kid of an assistant coach. Toddler was rushed to hospital with serious injuries. Kid was ok. Ole miss coach got Sean. Sean paid a financial settlement to the assistant coach’s family. Sean also hired a lawyer who shot down the police investigation. Ole miss did not throw him out as they would have great player or not because of the book and the family. He was not led astray.

And he played nfl football and made millions for himself. Who knows what their motives were or why they were advised to do a conservativeship over adoption but there’s no reason to assume he’s a victim here.

They knew they'd have no control over an adopted adult. Conservatorship allows them to exert control.

Your argument that he made millions in the nfl has nothing to do with any of this. The Touhys are fakes and liars who benefited from their lies.

How? How did they benefit? Publicity? What is wrong with that?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The situation is even more disgusting as the Touehys constantly tout their Christian values while lying and misleading an 18 year old underprivileged youth.

Seems pretty standard for people who spout those “values”.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Assume the family is bad. Even then this is pretty one sided against Michael. He was never lied to. He got his money until he said he did not want it and then it went into a true for Michael’s kids.

Keep trying media spinner. No one is buying what you are peddling.

Can you identify one thing in Michael’s favor in this case? What would it be?

No adoption ever occurred while they spammed that narrative for 20 years to profit off said narrative? Their reason for why it was a conservatorship and not an adoption was a lie. Shameless liars. Is this fraud? Does the kid deserve a cut of the millions they made off this narrative and whatever else occurred behind the scenes? I don't know. For a judge and jury to decide.

Ok but not for the judge to decide. This was an application in probate court to end the conservatorship and an accounting. Family will consent to the first and there will not be an accounting as the conservatorship was not used.

If he had a claim for the millions they made off him it would be in another lawsuit that would be barred by the statute of limitations. So no a judge will never decide this.

But there does not seem to be millions at all. All the money from the film was paid to Oher or put in a trust for his kids. And it was not all that much. They did not make millions off him.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Assume the family is bad. Even then this is pretty one sided against Michael. He was never lied to. He got his money until he said he did not want it and then it went into a true for Michael’s kids.

Keep trying media spinner. No one is buying what you are peddling.

+1

They hired nasty PR form to try to salvage their reputation? That only makes them look worse.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Assume the family is bad. Even then this is pretty one sided against Michael. He was never lied to. He got his money until he said he did not want it and then it went into a true for Michael’s kids.

Keep trying media spinner. No one is buying what you are peddling.

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They hired nasty PR form to try to salvage their reputation? That only makes them look worse.

They probably do have a pr firm but it is not publicly known so how do you know they are nasty?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:From Leigh Anne's webpage

"Your new new e-book, Making It Happen, is out just in time for National Adoption Awareness Month. What inspired you to write it?

I wanted everyone to realize that yes—adopting a 6′ 6″ 350 pound African-American young man is a wonderful thing. [Her adopted son is Michael Oher, formerly a homeless teen, who is currently left tackle for the Baltimore Ravens.] If you have the resources and ability to do that, you should. There are 400,000-plus kids in foster care waiting to be adopted. But there are other things you can do as well to make a difference. My new book tells you how you can be a giver. It talks about really turning around and realizing that the view behind you is a whole lot different from the view in front of you."

Wow, shameless liar!!

pretty gross. I don’t know exactly who is right here, but what does seem clear is the relationship has been broken for a long time but Leigh Ann is still profiting off her white savior self-mythology.

She’s not making money off these ebooks. She thinks she’s doing Gods work advocating for foster care and adoption. Probably she likes the attention and how she sees herself, I guess Michael is not great proof of that now! I don’t blame him for not wanting to be part of her evangelism, with all the tricky ethical issues of adoption that she completely glosses over. If that’s all he was asking for then I’d support it, although technically it’s her story too, he can make the case he’s more famous and needs to protect his brand from her. But it’s pretty clear he’s really after their money, and he’s not entitled to that because it’s from their businesses not his story/career.