The Blind Side scandal

[Anonymous]

Oher's attorney J. Gerard Stranch IV told ESPN that the Super Bowl champion recently learned that he was the only member of the family not receiving royalty checks, and hired Stranch to begin looking into the situation. That led the attorney to uncover the conservatorship papers earlier this year that showed Oher was allegedly never officially adopted by the Tuohy family.

I know his attorney. He's a good lawyer and a good guy.
It seems like the Tuohys took advantage of him, but there may be a SOL issue - I'm unsure how Oher did not realize that someone else had authority over his financial affairs for that long, but I guess the story will come out in time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is anyone surprised that Leigh Anne Tuohy is a total narcissist? Hope he wins the case, and wins big. This has nothing to do with Bullock.

This.

I knew they were scammers and have refused to ever watch the movie. I know someone who tried to replicate this with a kid from Africa who the white family thought would be a superstar athlete and make them rich.

[Anonymous]

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Oher's attorney J. Gerard Stranch IV told ESPN that the Super Bowl champion recently learned that he was the only member of the family not receiving royalty checks, and hired Stranch to begin looking into the situation. That led the attorney to uncover the conservatorship papers earlier this year that showed Oher was allegedly never officially adopted by the Tuohy family.

I know his attorney. He's a good lawyer and a good guy.
It seems like the Tuohys took advantage of him, but there may be a SOL issue - I'm unsure how Oher did not realize that someone else had authority over his financial affairs for that long, but I guess the story will come out in time.

How can you be unsure? How do you think these things are found out?

[Anonymous]

I hope this does not make more people watch the movie making more money for everyone but Michael.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:They sound like vultures. Scammers. Saw their chance and went for it.

What chance?

You think you can see a kid walk down the street and know he will play in the NFL and be the main character in a block buster movie.

Are you daft?

They will be sued and he will get money from his NIL.

But if you think they had a master plan you’re insane.

Are you f-ing kidding me? They tricked him into signing an extremely predatory contract. They are absolute vultures.

I agree they are vultures but they didn’t see a chance, their was no master plan just devious maneuvers as they presented themselves.

My post said they saw their chance and took it - they certainly did. They are awful people and basically defrauded this kid. Maybe they thought they "deserved" their cut for taking him in, idk. But you can't say they didn't see an opportunity to make a ton of money and trick someone else into it.

Yes I can say that.

I think as the years wore on they realized their was money to be had and they cut him out of that money.

You sound like you're agreeing with me. I'm confused as to why you're arguing lol.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For anyone who read the book:

One of the (many) disturbing revelations is the way movie mis-portrayed him as intellectually slow. He said it was very hurtful (obviously).

Was that a choice by the movie makers, or did Michael Lewis do that in the book, also?

Interesting. I always thought the movie was making a point that he was actually pretty smart, but that he had very little education. And once he was given an education, he was able to succeed.

[Anonymous]

I don't think the ESPN article answered this, but do we know if/when the conservatorship was terminated?

[Anonymous]

I'm unsure how Oher did not realize that someone else had authority over his financial affairs for that long, but I guess the story will come out in time.


How can you be unsure? How do you think these things are found out?

Are you asking how someone could be unsure that they were not making their own financial decisions? Presumably because they are not deciding. I agree that, if it was a limited conservatorship, it could be that he did not know as it would only affect decisions on limited matters.

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Anonymous wrote:They sound like vultures. Scammers. Saw their chance and went for it.

What chance?

You think you can see a kid walk down the street and know he will play in the NFL and be the main character in a block buster movie.

Are you daft?

They will be sued and he will get money from his NIL.

But if you think they had a master plan you’re insane.

Tell me you’ve only seen the movie without telling me you’ve only seen the movie.

Wow you can tell a kid will be an NFL player by looking at him, you should go into recruiting and make a mint,

You are ignorant. This type of thing has gone on forever but the Tuohys were masters at making the most $$$.

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Anonymous wrote:They sound like vultures. Scammers. Saw their chance and went for it.

What chance?

You think you can see a kid walk down the street and know he will play in the NFL and be the main character in a block buster movie.


Twitter has a thread on what waitstaff think of them too. Sound awful!
Are you daft?

They will be sued and he will get money from his NIL.

But if you think they had a master plan you’re insane.

Are you f-ing kidding me? They tricked him into signing an extremely predatory contract. They are absolute vultures.

I agree they are vultures but they didn’t see a chance, their was no master plan just devious maneuvers as they presented themselves.

My post said they saw their chance and took it - they certainly did. They are awful people and basically defrauded this kid. Maybe they thought they "deserved" their cut for taking him in, idk. But you can't say they didn't see an opportunity to make a ton of money and trick someone else into it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't think the ESPN article answered this, but do we know if/when the conservatorship was terminated?

He's only just filed to end the conservatorship, saying he didn't realize that was the legal agreement (vs adoption).

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don't think the ESPN article answered this, but do we know if/when the conservatorship was terminated?

He's only just filed to end the conservatorship, saying he didn't realize that was the legal agreement (vs adoption).

If he can prove he never benefited from the conservatorship, they're screwed. But they are claiming he did receive a cut of the movie profits. I guess we'll just have to wait and see how this all plays out in court.

[Anonymous]

Did they even have a relationship with Oher in recent times before the lawsuit was filed? It sounds like they’ve been long estranged.

[Anonymous]

This would outrageous, but it doesn’t quite add up though. The book author would sell the ’option’ to the movie studio. In 2010 the author said he made only money selling the option, not any royalties, which is more common for authors. It was also reported he split that option with the family, which again would not be much.

https://www.berkeleyside.org/2010/03/17/michael-lewis-i-dont-make-when-my-books-become-movies

Now the mom having the lecture circuit where she basically banks on the movie’s name could be the revenues they are going after. But she was a part of that story however unrealistic it was. oher also uses the movie’s fame to sell his own books and lectures, presumably.

[Anonymous]

They had a conservativeship but all his pro money was managed on his own?