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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think this case is neither a cash grab by Oher nor a winner for Oher.  I think Oher feels aggrieved and used--which he was. I think he is going to lose though and lose badly. The fact that others profit off you and your story -- esp. when it is actually a collective story--and/or exploit a complicated familial-like relationship that you feel was "fake" does not itself* create a legal claim.

*It may be that there is more to the story than is currently public. But it would be odd for Michael Lewis to wade in with a cut and dry story of the division of the proceeds if there was some sort of massive cache of $$$ that had been hidden from Oher...[/quote]

I agree with you. It will be interesting to see what comes out in the court case, but, on the face of it, this seems like a way for Oher to completely distance himself from the Tuohy's and the Blindside story publicly. I am interested to learn why they chose a conservatorship as their legal way to make him part of the family in this circumstance. I'm guessing he is too.[/quote]

I think it was as simple as ensuring that the Tuohys could help (and possibly direct) his financial activities without giving him any claim to their assets as a "child."  I actually think the move was in good faith, at least in the sense they weren't "cheating" him out of money/success. But nevertheless, an act that sort of makes someone "half-family" is pretty brutal emotionally.  Which is sort seem like the fuel for this lawsuit in the first place.[/quote]

Remember in The Blind Side movie when they were being investigated by the NCAA because the arrangement seemed so shady? The conservatorship was a way to prove a "familial" relationship without actually adopting him, and get the NCAA off their back. It's pretty gross when you think about it. They didn't care about Michael. They cared about Ol' Miss.[/quote]

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