This is completely false. The Touhys have always shown themselves to be kind hard working good people (ask anyone in Memphis about their generosity) & were wealthy (working their butts off with fast food franchises) long before Oher ever came into their lives. Mr. Touhy also works as broadcaster for the Memphis Grizzlies. Why would they need to profit off Oher’s success? Sounds like Oher has blown his NFL millions, is broke and has now hooked up with a greedy lawyer (who’s also looking for another payday) hence the shake down. Maybe Hollywood can reimburse Oher for what he thinks he’s worth. The media needs to get off “bashing the rich” and show the other side of this story.
Sometimes, people are not good, even if they try to pretend they are by mixing in good deeds with the bad. Conning a young man to sign a conservatorship under the guise of an adoption is scumbag ****...which is what he's claiming. The Touhys became wealthier and much more famous after the book, as a result of Oher...so why would they need to profit? You can ask them, but its pretty clear they did profit and no one is even denying it. Even the son on Portnoy said they profited, just not THAT much.
I know one of Michael Oher's oldest friends that he played with him at Ole Miss and they are still great friends to this day...I was aware of the story being a lot of bull**** long ago beyond the depiction of Oher that he had a major issue with, and needless to say, he never had anything good to say about the Touhys and I'll leave it at that.
"Hence the shakedown"...have you read anything on this yet? He's basically saying he can not make a business decision re: his name, image, and likeness and in his book he wrote over 10 years ago (after the Blind Side) he stated that the Touhys told him the conservatorship was the same as an adoption. Why is this coming out now...because he found out it was not in February '23 and they still have control over his NIL. Also, they made a movie that grossed like a half billion dollars about his life and he claims he received no money.
"The Tuohys negotiated a deal with 20th Century Fox that left Oher without any payment for the rights to his name, likeness and life story, while the Tuohy family received a contract price of $225,000 and 2.5% of the film's net proceeds, the petition states.
The film has grossed over $300 million, the petition says."
Also, on Pat McAfee today, they were mentioning that these hard working good people of the fast food business were able to open over 170 more restaurants after said movie.
But, this isn't "new" information...
From his book written in 2011 - "he also made a comment about the fact the Tuohys told him that signing to make them his conservators was 'the same thing as adoption'.
He stated: 'They explained to me that it means pretty much the exact same thing at "adoptive parents," but that the laws were just written in a way that took my age into account'."
Also, per some reports, Oher has been distancing himself from the family for a very long time. Not a single member of the family was at the man's wedding and he follows none of them on social media.
