Michael Oher is every bit as broken as the media members selling his Blind Side lie.

The Blaze ^ | 15 Aug 2023 | Jason Whitlock

[llevrok]

Everybody’s going to get rich by suing everybody else.

Mostly the lawyers

[Recovering_Democrat]

Yep. Garbage journalism is hyping this big lie.

[Stosh]

The one I admire in this saga is Jason Whitlock - there’s no upside in trying to buck the narrative when it comes to stories marinated in race in contemporary America.

[PghBaldy]

Thank you for posting this. It is well worth reading the entire article.

[Myrddin]

Oher and Kaepernick...turds of a feather. Ungrateful for a better upbringing than either deserved.

[x]

It’s a family matter.

If they can’t work it out themselves, then let the courts decide.

[Jonty30]

My only criticism of the Tuohy family, if all facts are as put down, is that they should have included Michael in his share of the profits if he, in fact, did not receive payment for the movie rights.

It was his story that allowed the movie to make $400 million, so he should have received compensation just as everybody else did. The movie would not have made that money if Oher didn’t go into football, but into accounting or something.

[AnotherUnixGeek]

In 2011, when Michael Oher published his first memoir, “I Beat the Odds,” he stated directly that the Tuohys secured a conservatorship when he was a senior in high school. He wrote that Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy insisted that he maintain a relationship with his biological mother and 11 siblings. Oher wrote that his mother participated in the procedures necessary for the Tuohys to become conservators.

Why on earth is Michael Oher pretending he only recently discovered that the Tuohy family didn’t adopt him?

No argument with all this - as usual, Whitlock raises good questions. But one additional question - why do the Tuohys still hold a conservatorship over Michael Oher? He's a 37 year old man, his NFL career is over - and this family still holds a conservatorship over him. They say now that they are now willing to give up the conservatorship - why didn't they do this as soon as he turned 21, or left college?

[HartleyMBaldwin]

Without Oher, nobody would have made a movie about the Tuohy family in the first place. There’d have been no reason for it.

[SuperLuminal]

Another Jussie POS...

[ETCM]

My only criticism of the Tuohy family, if all facts are as put down, is that they should have included Michael in his share of the profits if he, in fact, did not receive payment for the movie rights.

According to the Tuohy's, they split the payouts with Oher equally, and when Oher stopped cashing the checks, they opened a trust for his son and deposited the checks there. I would also say the movie was more about the Tuohys that Michael Oher, even if his success was what made the story so compelling.

Michael Oher 'demanded $15MILLION from Tuohy family' before petitioning court to end conservatorship that he claims allowed his 'adoptive' parents to profit off The Blind Side, says lawyer

Since the family responded and gave "the rest of the story", suddenly Oher wants his privacy.

'I am disheartened by the revelation shared in the lawsuit today,' Oher told People.com in a statement. 'This is a difficult situation for my family and me. I want to ask everyone to please respect our privacy at this time. For now, I will let the lawsuit speak for itself and will offer no further comment.'

[bort]

Most interesting: The family that took her m in is worth $200 million.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

ROFL post #9

[bgill]

Where would he be without the Tuohys?

Probably long since dead from drugs or a gang beat down.

Same with Crapperdink. Both are ungrateful pos who need to grow the heck up and start taking responsibility for their behaviors.

[jocon307]

“No good deed goes unpunished.”

It really is sadly true.

[MuttTheHoople]

Sean Tuohy is a huge Ole Miss booster. Do you really think he and LeeAnne would’ve taken in a 150 pound band nerd, instead of an already 5-* prospect who was coveted by all the big SEC schools?

[Rummyfan]

Sean Tuohy is a huge Ole Miss booster. Do you really think he and LeeAnne would’ve taken in a 150 pound band nerd, instead of an already 5-* prospect who was coveted by all the big SEC schools?

The thing is, Michael Oher was not a 5* prospect when they took him in. He became one yes. And of course Sean Tuohy is a huge Ole Miss booster- -he's an alum and he also played basketball while there.

[Tired of Taxes]

Their stories are a bit different...

The Kaepernicks adopted Colin as an infant and raised him. AFAIK, they never made a movie or wrote a book profiting off his story. He’s the one who profited off his story and threw his adoptive parents under the bus.

OTOH, Oher was 18 when he signed papers with the Tuohys. At that age, maybe he misunderstood, believing he was being adopted? I have nothing against the Tuohys. The news reports say they split the movie proceeds with Oher evenly. But, I can see why Oher might’ve hated the way Hollywood portrayed him in the movie.

I didn’t like that movie, either. I can no longer stand Bullock.

[Third Person]

moral of the story (if you’re whitey) don’t try to help black people

[americas.best.days...]

Without the Tuohy family, do you think anyone would have made a movie about Michael Oher, living on the street and his crack whore mother and 11 other kids?