News about Michael Oher

Pro-footballer Michael Oher (pictured main) - whose life story was the inspiration for the 2009 Oscar-winning film The Blind Side (inset) - has revealed its major inaccuracies. The 38 year old claimed to the New York Times the film made him into a caricature he does not recognize as he sues the Tuohy family for allegedly exploiting his name, image and likeness to promote speaking engagements that have earned them roughly $8million over the last 20 years.

When documents showed Oher threatened to extort the Tuohys, the long-running court war between former NFL offensive lineman Michael Oher and the Tuohy family took another turn. Oher's tale was chronicled in the book-turned-movie 'The Blind Side,' but he suspects that the family at the center of it earned his share of the royal checks. Oher pleaded for $15 million in unpaid royalties from them, according to documents submitted by the Tuohys (obtained by TMZ), and if he weren't paid, he'd expose them as "fakes" and "robbers" on social media and/or TMZ.

As part of their court fight over Oher's finances, a Memphis couple who took in former NFL player Michael Oher while he was in high school announced Wednesday that references to him as their adopted son would be deleted from the couple's websites and public speaking papers. Lawyer Randy Fishman told a Memphis probate judge that mentions of Oher being adopted by Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy would be banned from advertising for public speaking engagements and the couple's websites immediately. Oher's adoption of Oher had been a central argument in his attempts to convince the Tuohys to account for income earned from his film "The Blind Side," which focuses on Oher's life and his friendship with the Tuohys. Sandra Bullock was given an Academy Award for her work in the film.

Michael Oher's longtime friends and associates are criticizing The Blind Side's award-winning film and other depictions of the former NFL star that they believe are inaccurate. The film and the 2006 bestseller on which it is based tell the tale of a young Oher who goes from foster care to the home of a wealthy, white Memphis couple, Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy, who assist him in college and football. Nate and Quwanda Hale, two of Oher's foster brothers, told CNN this week that portions of the film are obviously untrue, including one scene in which the budding offensive lineman informs Leigh Anne that he never had his own bed. Every child in foster care is expected to have their own space,' the Hales told CNN, 'that video is depicting something that didn't exist.'

After Michael Lewis's reaction that the former NFL star's lawsuit against his former guardians was the result of repetitive head injuries, Michael Oher's solicitor expressed skepticism. 'Lewis' goofy remarks make me wonder if he's got a head injury,' attorney Don Barrett told Mail Sport in an email on Wednesday.' Barrett was referring to Lewis' interview with The Guardian in which the celebrated author blasted Oher's pending case against the Tuohy family, who were portrayed as Oher's adoptive parents in Lewis' 2006 novel, The Blind Side. Oher revealed last month that he was never adopted by the couple and that he was instead tricked into a conservatorship with the Tuohys, who mistakenly used the arrangement to gain money off his story. 'This is what happens to football players who are knocked in the head: they run into problems with violence and aggression,' Lewis explained in The Guardian while promoting his new book.'

According to the author, former NFL offensive lineman Michael Oher's appeal against his wealthy former guardians was the result of repeated head injury exacerbated by years of playing football. 'While promoting his latest book, Michael Lewis, author of the 2006 bestseller 'The Blind Side,' told The Guardian, 'This is what happens to football players who are struck in the head: they run into issues with violence and bullying.' Oher and Leigh Anne Tuohy, a couple who mistook him for adoption in 'The Blind Side,' claiming they tricked him into a conservatorship contract, allowing them to profit from his story. Last month, a Tennessee judge suspended conservatorship, saying she was dissatisfied that such a deal was ever reached because Oher, who was 18 when it was signed in 2004 had no illness that could necessitate the pact, which could have necessitated the pact.

Michael Oher's conservatorship contract with a Memphis couple who took him in when he was in high school ended on Friday, according to a Tennessee judge.

A Tennessee judge announced Friday that she would not terminate a conservatorship deal between former NFL star Michael Oher and a Memphis couple who took him in when he was in high school. Judge Kathleen Gomes of Shelby County announced that she is ending the deal that allowed Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy to control Oher's finances. When Oher was 18 and living with the couple as he was being recruited by colleges as a top-school football player, he agreed.

In legal documents submitted Thursday, the Tuohys denied that they used a legal deal between them and Michael Oher to gain money at his expense and lie about attempting to adopt him.

In court papers filed Thursday, a Memphis couple who took in former NFL offensive lineman Michael Oher while he was in high school denied that they used a court deal to get rich at his expense while still lying about wanting to adopt him. Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy's attorneys filed a response to Oher's appeal for a judge to end a conservatorship that began in 2004 when Oher was an 18-year-old high school football player in Memphis and a highly sought college recruit. In a story that was the subject of Sandra Bullock's 'The Blind Side,' Oher had a turbulent childhood and moved with the Tuohy family.

Following NFL Michael Oher's argument that the film was not a lie because the Tuohy family did not adopt him, the film company that produced The Blind Side has broken silence to defend the film. Now Broderick Johnson and Andrew Kosove, Alcon Entertainment's co-founders, defended their 'true-life hit' and argued that recent reports of the story were "mischaracterizations and uninformed opinions." Alcon also gave an account of payments made in connection with the life rights of the venture, which had been produced at Fox before Alcon took over the initiative by acquiring the rights.

According to a New York Post article, Michael Oher allegedly had the ability to end his contentious conservatorship with the Tuohy family anytime after the age of 25. The former NFL quarterback also filed a petition in Tennessee seeking to end the conservatorship started by the Tuohy family in 2004, when he was heavily recruited 18-year-old left tackle. At the time, the pact was commonly portrayed as an adoption, and the Blind Side became the subject of a well-known book and film. Now Oher says that the conservatorship allowed Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy to profit from their tale while simultaneously denying him film royalties. However, according to the Mail's analysis, he may have abandoned the conservatorship a dozen years ago.

Michael Oher was already an elite high school football player en route to a football career before joining the Tuohy family in 2004, according to a transcript in an interview despite the family's continuing legal battle. Oher has expressed disappointment with his performance in the 2009 film, The Blind Side, which chronicles his transition from a poor, destitute upbringing in Memphis to a flourishing college football career. In a recent interview with Salon, Oher said, 'I had the ability to want to do something and be something, but it didn't have the same work ethic that I put in to get to that point.' Many who have attended the film would be inclined to thank the Tuohy family for adopting Oher, improving his grades, and directing him to their alma mater, Ole Miss, where he developed into a first-round NFL talent at offensive tackle. But Oher has debunkished the story in recent weeks, saying he was never adopted but instead coerced into committing to a conservatorship with Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy, who have continued to earn money off his name, image, and likeness at his expense. In 'When Your Back's Against the Wall, Oher is now sharing his personal life.'

Michael Oher, the former NFL offensive lineman and inspiration for 'The Blind Side,' claims in his latest lawsuit against his former guardians that he did not receive a single cent from the use of his name, image, and likeness over the past two decades. Oher also filed a petition in Tennessee seeking to terminate a conservatorship started by the wealthy Tuohy family in 2004, when he turned 18 years old. Oher claims he was refused income that ultimately went to the Tuohys and their two biological children as a result of the conservatorship, which the family portrayed openly as a complete adoption. Now, in his most recent filing, Oher is demanding nearly two decades of financial information, which he claims Tuohys improperly withheld from him.

On Monday, former NFL star Michael Oher was seen for the first time since bringing his bombshell lawsuit against the Touchy family over his personal life.

Michael Oher, a former NFL star, declined to speak with reporters in Baltimore on Monday at a book signing just days after he decided not to end his conservatorship with his 'adoptive' parents. Oher, whose 'homeless to hero' tale sparked the $300 million blockbuster 'The Blind Side,' is claiming that his 'adoptive' family got all of the money from the film. Hundreds of people gathered to buy his latest book and briefly addressed the crowd before taking his position. It was the first public appearance for Oher, who told book signees that he couldn't have many words for them unless journalists were within earshot.

Leigh Anne Tuohy and her husband Sean are spotted strolling around their Santa Rosa Beach neighborhood in Florida in exclusive photos obtained by DailyMail.com. Tuohy, a Tennessee-born woman, wore a white t-shirt and baby pink tennis skirt with trainers on a leisurely stroll alongside her husband, who wore shorts and an orange jacket. Last week, the couple made news when Oher, the man behind the hit 2009 film The Blind Side, filed a lawsuit alleging dishonesty by demanding that they sign papers that made them their conservators rather than their adoptive parents.

Since Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy, the couple who famously took in former NFL tackle Michael Oher, were spotted in the background, a playing card dedicated to Memphis Grizzlies star Ja Morant has soared in value. Last week, the Tuohys went viral after Oher, the person who inspired the hit 2009 film 'The Blind Side,' launched a petition accusing them of dishonesty by requiring them to sign papers that made them his conservators rather than his adoptive parents, who were much older than their adoptive parents. The 37-year-old man who suffered millions of dollars in his life story is now demanding an entire accounting of assets, though he denies receiving nothing from The Blind Side.

Michael Lewis, author of 'Blind Side,' joking about former NFL star Michael Oher's college rankings, according to a recently resurfaced video. It comes after Oher, 37, was convicted in a lawsuit that Lewis' 2006 book, is based on a myth, surprising fans with the assertion that he is not really the adopted son of Sean and Leigh Anne Touhy as the film depicts. In the lawsuit, the former actor claims he was tricked into signing a paper that made the wealthy Tuohy family's conservators his trustees, not his foster parents, allowing them to profit off his name.

Sandra Bullock didn't have apprehension that her film The Blind Side would be a hit with critics at the beginning. Bullock argued in an interview with Entertainment Weekly in November of 2009 that she feared she would not participate in the film, which has fallen under new scrutiny this week after Michael Oher, the football player based on, said the story was based on is bogus.

After Oher filed a lawsuit alleging that his adoptive parents tricked him into making them his conservators, attorneys for the family have stated that Oher received $100,000 in income from "The Blind Side." Oher's lawyers argued he was paid $100,000 from the proceeds of 'The Blind Side,' av. Randy Fishman and Steven Farese Sr. said on Wednesday that 'a very straightforward (accounting) process' will debunk Oher's allegations.

Michael Oher (left), 37, whose story inspired blockbuster film 'The Blind Side' (inset), wrote in his 2011 autobiography that he knew of the legal relationship he had with the Tuohy family. 'I Beat the Odds: From Homelessness to The Blind Side, and Beyond' (pictured inset), Oher wrote, "Sean and Leigh Anne will be referred to as my 'legal conservators.' The former football player, who won the Super Bowl with the Baltimore Ravens in 2013, is now accused of deposing him by signing papers and falsely identifying themselves as his adoptive parents.

As the tragic conflict between him and the Tuohy family continues, Jason Whitlock has eviscerated Michael Oher. Despite Sean and Leigh Anne's selling some of their services for $200+ million before Oher's reign in orbit, the actor claims he was tricked and deceived by the Tuohy family for financial benefit. Oher bounced around between homelessness, foster homes, and dealing with his crack-cocaine addiction prior to his introduction to the Tuohys. When he was a high school senior, Oher's father was assassinated.

According to Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy, the prominent Memphis couple with a long-lasting friendship with former NFL star Michael Oher, they intend to end a conservatorship that they are challenging in court. Lawyer Randall Fishman told reporters on Wednesday that they intend to enter a consent order to end the conservatorship. Oher, a Tennessee probate judge, filed a petition on Monday alleging that the Tuohys of lying to him by requiring him to sign papers naming them his conservators rather than his adoptive parents, which occurred nearly two decades ago.