He didn’t file a lawsuit- he filed papers the END conservatorship which has been in place since 2004, get all accounting of money made and have Touhey stop referring to him as their adoptive son as they did not adopt him
@@kitchg5526yes. They should get their money back. They should update their book and movie and say it was all a money making scheme but they deserve the money and conservatorship because they took him in as a kid. Good idea👍
You have to listen to the BOTH sides to learn the truth. Many in the comments are ignorant. Thr kid had already won a sports scholarship when the family found him. Whether the family was there or not, he would still have made it. Also they should have sought his consent before making the movie or should never had made a movie. The movie yells pick me vibes
why did they took his money if they didn't need it? You're asking the question like they haven't done it but it's been done since day one. Now they have that money. Go tell them they're rich and to give him back his money.
Good questions. I want to know too. Why keep him in a conservatorship till now. Why take money for a movie and give nothing to him. It's all pretty good questions and they can be answered pretty quickly
It clearly states he was paid an equal share of the measly 700k that all parties got from the movie..it's obvious he ran out of alot of his nfl money and now is trying to distort money from them since there worth 100 million from the businesses they own and sold..This comment is correct , why would they try to steal such a small amount of money when there filthy rich from there businesses over 100 times richer than the profits generated from the film ?
Y'all stay bringing up "they sold their businesses for over $200million." So what! Do u know what's in their hearts? Maybe u wouldn't want to add to $200million, but maybe they did. People should shut up about the $200million and Michael writing about the conservatorship in 2011. Neither makes any difference in this case. If they didn't need the money, why did they keep it? Why didn't they give it all to Michael, since the movie was about him? Why didn't they donate it all? So I guess they may not needed it but obviously they wanted it. So y'all $200million argument doesn't hold water.
Funny, because he published a book in 2011 and inside it's clearly written about the conservatorship, so maybe it's a sudden amnesia? Also, a rich family supports a poor teenager because they could see that in the future he would win a superbowl. And of course the poor black teenager was destined to win anyways so he didn't benefit at all from the rich family. This makes 100% sense
Not just a poor Black Teenager. A tall division 1 football recruit teenager. After the Tuohy family used Michael and after being investigated by the NCAA they never found another Tall black division 1 football recruit.
After this lawsuit, Michael can join the protests of the writers in Hollywood. Maybe he can be a good advocate for them😂😂... The Touhy's said they never took charge of his finances, he took home all his NFL money.
@@ericchapman5975he made this decision based on the fact that Michael is actually in a conservatorship and has said that he didn't get know what he was signing. He was 18 and thought they were looking out for him. Notice that they didn't put their own children into a conservatorship YET their children have made a ton of profit off this movie. Have we not all learned that conservatorships are often used to victimize people?
@@raechelle1985 it was done because was 18 and they couldn't adopt him. What's the hurry to judge someone? Oh i know it's the internet/world in 2023 . Tomorrow after you've judge this story you will have moved on to prematurely judge someone else .
@@kennytesta9312 More money! Maybe in the beginning they had good intentions, but as time progressed they saw a way to take advantage of a vulnerable teenager. I believe him!
@@craigbfolksinger Absolutely. Two or three days ago, the court found out that he did not disclose the fact that he was given a $138,000 check in relation to "Blind Side" even released. He was also given all sorts of financially valuable assets and merchandise. I'm just waiting to see if there are even more checks that he "forgot about".
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Why the conservator ship has not terminated is surprising and needs to be ended and numbers audited. However, . Neither the author ofThe Blind Side, the Tuohy Family or Michael Oher made more than $250,000 from the movie. Both Michael Lewis and the Talent have stated the cash payments were the same for everyone. Michael Lewis said people should be angry with the studios.
The family never exercised any rights that had to do with the conservatorship. He negotiated his own contracts and kept his own money. Ttey recently got a large windfall from selling their chain restaurants if 120 million. They don't need his money. He even refused his cut from the movie so they put it in a trust for his son. The producers say that the family's story is correct. They helped him out of the goodness of their hearts and he did this to sell books
I’m sorry but he is blowing this out of proportion. They took him in, consider him their own. If it’s true they pretended to adopt him, ya that’s shady. And maybe there’s a reason they couldn’t adopt him because of his bio mom. But he is betraying them.
the movie was a lie. he was already a big time recruit he just leave to far from the school. these guys wanted him to hook up they high school team and they alma mater old miss
Yes Oher is. Funny how he mismanaged his money and is in debt and suddenly accusing them of all of this. When in previous interviews it was all smiles, hugs, "best family ever" and they have always been the best to him. People seem to forget so quick.
@@marquink I should clarify that he isn't "broke" in the sense of how a normal person defines broke. He's what you call "rich broke", where he had a lot more money than where he is now. I read an ESPN article about a year ago detailing athletes who could go broke soon if they don't get a hold of their finances, he was on that list. Also, one thing I forgot to mention is he is out promoting his new book right now and when journalists have been bringing them on their shows to talk about the lawsuit but he keeps saying he doesn't want to discuss that but instead his new book. Funny how that worked out.
@@DevotedDisciple-x Michael has ever right to promote his New Book. This is the opportunity in his life to promote himself and The Michael Oher Foundation. Michael petitioned the court to stop The Tuohy Family from using his Name, Image and Likeness. Let the man have his turn.
Finally! Someone here who has proof! At this point it seemed to be he said she said, anyways where can I see the proof for myself that Oher didn't receive a dime from The Blind Side, wasn't adopted and the "shakedown" is a lie? My friend is saying Oher is lying but he does t have proof and only an idiot would assume someone is telling the truth without proof. Thanks in advance!
WTF are you talking about? They were worth over $50M before they even MET him. All the evidence that has come out since November shows they didn't steal a dime from him.
Just watched it breaks 💔 my heart it really does I thought it was all genuine how about no one gets paid for the money and it can be distributed To spread the gospel ❤ and help the less fortunate ❤
Y'all so extra! What does this extra bs have to do with terminating the conservatorship, full accountability of the conservatorship and paying him his money if he's owed?!!!
It shows that this is all about his *greed* . 1) They have completely agreed to terminate the conservatorship -- they aren't fighting him at all on that. 2) It was created when he was a penniless teenager. For the next 4 years he was in college and was not ALLOWED to make any money from his name, image, or likeness. (NCAA rules) So no book or movie money went in there. And obviously none of his NFL, book deal, endorsement money went in there. There is no money in that conservatorship 3) Alcon Entertainment has debunked his "they made millions off the movie" claim... there was no millions.
@@aldoabruzzi64174 Their reason for filing for the conservatorship is a lie. Conservatorships doesn't make u a part of the family. Which makes me wonder if the ncaa really told them he had to become part of the family. Because he's still not part of the family and still went to ole miss. So it had to be a reason for doing it. 5) U don't know what's in the conservatorship or how much they legally owe him. Only the Tuohys and whoever else has access to that information knows that. Can't wait till the trial. U don't kmow whether it's motivated by greed or not because u can't read Michael's mind..i don't guess. Ur just in yo feelings.
@@ashian23x46 Their reason for filing it is *exactly* what Sean Tuohy has been saying all along: - Get him into the college he wanted to attend - Allow Sean Tuohy to put him on his health / dental / auto insurance policies It made them his *legal guardians* and that's what the what the NCAA wanted. They CLEARLY accepted that or they wouldn't have allowed Michael Oher to play for Ole Miss. There is NO MONEY in that conservatorship. - He had no money when they created it - They couldn't put book or movie money in there for the next 4 years (The NCAA was watching) - Once he graduated and started with the NFL they obviously didn't touch any of his contracts or finances. His agent and accountant would have noticed *immediately.* Tennessee does NOT require conservators to file yearly reports unless there are assets of $25,000 or more in the conservatorship. They never filed fiduciary reports because AGAIN there *is no money* in there to file reports ON. I'm tired of going over this with you again and again. -
Mike on your side . Adaptation is good deed and while conservatorship is exploitative specially over someone line Mike who was making substantial money . Truth shall come out . Shame on the family for creating fake legacy for themself .
@@marquink Nonsense. He wasn't allowed to play ANY sports at Briarcrest when they began funding his school lunch account in 10th grade. He wasn't a D1 recruit at the end of his 11th grade football season when they bought him clothes and told him that he was welcome to sleep at their house whenever he wanted to. So no, they didn't see dollar signs. They didn't have a crystal ball, Besides, they were already multimillionaires and didn't need money he MIGHT make 6 years in the future.
@@marquink Only 1.6% of NCAA football players ever make it to the pros. NOBODY looks at some high school kid and *knows* he's gonna play in the NFL some day.
Michael Oher is 37. Why is he still in a conservatorship. For all the people quick to say he was 18, they couldnt adopt him, why is he in a conservatorship at 37? They have so much money, then why didnt he get anything for blindside? It doesnt make sense.
Why is he still in conservatorship at 37? Because just like the Tuohys have been saying since day 1... it was created to satisfy the NCAA, and so Michel could be added to Sean Tuohy's health / dental / auto insurance plans.... period. It served its purpose while he was in college and then it was *forgotten* . Once he graduated and was a working adult... did they EVER meddle with his contracts and his finances? NO Had they even tried, his agents and accountants would have been all over that.
@harrynutzach307 if you dont want to see things as they are, that's a you problem. Having conservatorship over someone includes anything not in an irrevocable trust. And right after he signed those papers they had him doing all kinds of adds that they got paid for, him included. Why did they tell him they were adoption papers? Why so shady after just selling off their business? Too many red flags that don't add up to anything of integrity.
They scared they not gonna have that lifestyle anymore 😂😂😂😂if I remember the characters in the movie correctly the mom has powerful friends except ai to come to play they about to come up with voice recordings sure
The dad says they were given 0 son says 60k Mike says nothing. But documents say 250k for mom dad and 2 kids plus 2.5 x 300 million 🤔 💭 the math 🧮 isn’t mathing 🧮
He didn’t file a lawsuit- he filed papers the END conservatorship which has been in place since 2004, get all accounting of money made and have Touhey stop referring to him as their adoptive son as they did not adopt him
Should he pay the family too for all their expenses on him?
@@kitchg5526They've already got their money and then some when she wrote that book.
@@kitchg5526Without him, she wouldn't have the book or speaking career that she has today.
@@BexR1227 without her, Michael would not have a book too or his life is not that interesting.
@@kitchg5526yes. They should get their money back. They should update their book and movie and say it was all a money making scheme but they deserve the money and conservatorship because they took him in as a kid. Good idea👍
You have to listen to the BOTH sides to learn the truth. Many in the comments are ignorant. Thr kid had already won a sports scholarship when the family found him. Whether the family was there or not, he would still have made it. Also they should have sought his consent before making the movie or should never had made a movie. The movie yells pick me vibes
He must have spent all his money foolishly like so many others.
the family sold their company for 200 million why would they need his money?
They wanted him to play for their school - for which they were already boosters. Taking his money was extra greed
why did they took his money if they didn't need it?
You're asking the question like they haven't done it but it's been done since day one.
Now they have that money.
Go tell them they're rich and to give him back his money.
Good questions. I want to know too. Why keep him in a conservatorship till now. Why take money for a movie and give nothing to him. It's all pretty good questions and they can be answered pretty quickly
It clearly states he was paid an equal share of the measly 700k that all parties got from the movie..it's obvious he ran out of alot of his nfl money and now is trying to distort money from them since there worth 100 million from the businesses they own and sold..This comment is correct , why would they try to steal such a small amount of money when there filthy rich from there businesses over 100 times richer than the profits generated from the film ?
Y'all stay bringing up "they sold their businesses for over $200million." So what! Do u know what's in their hearts? Maybe u wouldn't want to add to $200million, but maybe they did. People should shut up about the $200million and Michael writing about the conservatorship in 2011. Neither makes any difference in this case. If they didn't need the money, why did they keep it? Why didn't they give it all to Michael, since the movie was about him? Why didn't they donate it all? So I guess they may
not needed it but obviously they wanted it. So y'all $200million argument doesn't hold water.
Funny, because he published a book in 2011 and inside it's clearly written about the conservatorship, so maybe it's a sudden amnesia? Also, a rich family supports a poor teenager because they could see that in the future he would win a superbowl. And of course the poor black teenager was destined to win anyways so he didn't benefit at all from the rich family. This makes 100% sense
Not just a poor Black Teenager. A tall division 1 football recruit teenager. After the Tuohy family used Michael and after being investigated by the NCAA they never found another Tall black division 1 football recruit.
Lol being a "poor black boy" doesn't mean he deserves to get exploited. This is not slavery 1900
Grow up
After this lawsuit, Michael can join the protests of the writers in Hollywood. Maybe he can be a good advocate for them😂😂... The Touhy's said they never took charge of his finances, he took home all his NFL money.
Shame on that family, if the intention is clear his earning ahould be his alone.
They never touched his NFL money that's why he is only suing for movie money. After this lawsuit, he should join writers in their protests 😂
Shame on Michael for lying about out being adopted he was adopted by the family.
I'm sorry but I believe him
You've made this decision based on this video??? Please never sit on a jury if all possible.
@@ericchapman5975he made this decision based on the fact that Michael is actually in a conservatorship and has said that he didn't get know what he was signing. He was 18 and thought they were looking out for him. Notice that they didn't put their own children into a conservatorship YET their children have made a ton of profit off this movie.
Have we not all learned that conservatorships are often used to victimize people?
@@raechelle1985 it was done because was 18 and they couldn't adopt him. What's the hurry to judge someone? Oh i know it's the internet/world in 2023 . Tomorrow after you've judge this story you will have moved on to prematurely judge someone else .
You do understand that this family is worth almost a hundred million dollars what would they have to gain by bringing this kid into their home?
@@kennytesta9312
More money! Maybe in the beginning they had good intentions, but as time progressed they saw a way to take advantage of a vulnerable teenager. I believe him!
going to be a short case. Quite easily to show payments. But I guess we have to wait :/
The lawyer said, "the family didn't need any money! They sold their businesses for billions!" Why didn't the Touys give Michael his fair due???😢
How do you know they didn't? Because he said so?
Michael oher is a liat and they have receipts
@@craigbfolksinger Absolutely. Two or three days ago, the court found out that he did not disclose the fact that he was given a $138,000 check in relation to "Blind Side" even released. He was also given all sorts of financially valuable assets and merchandise. I'm just waiting to see if there are even more checks that he "forgot about".
If he’s guilty of blackmail he should be prosecuted. He should be sued for slander.
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Why the conservator ship has not terminated is surprising and needs to be ended and numbers audited. However, . Neither the author ofThe Blind Side, the Tuohy Family or Michael Oher made more than $250,000 from the movie. Both Michael Lewis and
the Talent have stated the cash payments were the same for everyone. Michael Lewis said people should be angry with the studios.
The family never exercised any rights that had to do with the conservatorship. He negotiated his own contracts and kept his own money. Ttey recently got a large windfall from selling their chain restaurants if 120 million. They don't need his money. He even refused his cut from the movie so they put it in a trust for his son. The producers say that the family's story is correct. They helped him out of the goodness of their hearts and he did this to sell books
I’m sorry but he is blowing this out of proportion. They took him in, consider him their own. If it’s true they pretended to adopt him, ya that’s shady. And maybe there’s a reason they couldn’t adopt him because of his bio mom. But he is betraying them.
They gave him a equal cut of his story😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
HIS story? What were they.... just his cheering section?
So they helped him out of the gutter and in turn he screws them over! Now of course they are the bad guys right? Should’ve left him in the gutter!
the movie was a lie. he was already a big time recruit he just leave to far from the school. these guys wanted him to hook up they high school team and they alma mater old miss
@@oldheed515 hahahahaha. Of course the movie was a lie, says the person who was there! Right?
@@notinmihouse9834 actually i was. so yea m, right
@@oldheed515 hahahaha. And I was the coach!
They did not help him. They put him in conservatorship. That is not help. It is exploration.
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They never needed his money!! How ungrateful can one be??
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Yes Oher is. Funny how he mismanaged his money and is in debt and suddenly accusing them of all of this. When in previous interviews it was all smiles, hugs, "best family ever" and they have always been the best to him. People seem to forget so quick.
@@DevotedDisciple-xHow do you know about Michael's finances?
@@marquink I should clarify that he isn't "broke" in the sense of how a normal person defines broke. He's what you call "rich broke", where he had a lot more money than where he is now. I read an ESPN article about a year ago detailing athletes who could go broke soon if they don't get a hold of their finances, he was on that list.
Also, one thing I forgot to mention is he is out promoting his new book right now and when journalists have been bringing them on their shows to talk about the lawsuit but he keeps saying he doesn't want to discuss that but instead his new book. Funny how that worked out.
@@DevotedDisciple-x Michael has ever right to promote his New Book. This is the opportunity in his life to promote himself and The Michael Oher Foundation. Michael petitioned the court to stop The Tuohy Family from using his Name, Image and Likeness. Let the man have his turn.
@@DevotedDisciple-xI heard he got paid for blindside they have receipts
Why is anyone surprised?
And of course, they did that. What a greedy and despicable bunch of "humans".
Finally! Someone here who has proof! At this point it seemed to be he said she said, anyways where can I see the proof for myself that Oher didn't receive a dime from The Blind Side, wasn't adopted and the "shakedown" is a lie? My friend is saying Oher is lying but he does t have proof and only an idiot would assume someone is telling the truth without proof. Thanks in advance!
An equal cut huh? Sounds questionable and where’s the proof?
I'm sure we'll see the documentation. These things take time.
No good deed goes unpunished! So sad
No good deed goes unpunished.
Finally! Someone with some reason! All of these other comments are shaming the family. Absolutely disgusting. Colin Kaepernick 2.0.
Bottom line if that family has more money they the nfl player they stole it from him and do not deserve it
WTF are you talking about? They were worth over $50M before they even MET him. All the evidence that has come out since November shows they didn't steal a dime from him.
All i had to hear was "they claim they gave him an equal cut....."
Just watched it breaks 💔 my heart it really does
I thought it was all genuine how about no one gets paid for the money and it can be distributed
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Y'all so extra! What does this extra bs have to do with terminating the conservatorship, full accountability of the conservatorship and paying him his money if he's owed?!!!
It shows that this is all about his *greed* .
1) They have completely agreed to terminate the conservatorship -- they aren't fighting him at all on that.
2) It was created when he was a penniless teenager. For the next 4 years he was in college and was not ALLOWED to make any money from his name, image, or likeness. (NCAA rules) So no book or movie money went in there. And obviously none of his NFL, book deal, endorsement money went in there. There is no money in that conservatorship
3) Alcon Entertainment has debunked his "they made millions off the movie" claim... there was no millions.
@@aldoabruzzi64174 Their reason for filing for the conservatorship is a lie. Conservatorships doesn't make u a part of the family. Which makes me wonder if the ncaa really told them he had to become part of the family. Because he's still not part of the family and still went to ole miss. So it had to be a reason for doing it. 5) U don't know what's in the conservatorship or how much they legally owe him. Only the Tuohys and whoever else has access to that information knows that. Can't wait till the trial. U don't kmow whether it's motivated by greed or not because u can't read Michael's mind..i don't guess. Ur just in yo feelings.
@@ashian23x46 Their reason for filing it is *exactly* what Sean Tuohy has been saying all along:
- Get him into the college he wanted to attend
- Allow Sean Tuohy to put him on his health / dental / auto insurance policies
It made them his *legal guardians* and that's what the what the NCAA wanted. They CLEARLY accepted that or they wouldn't have allowed Michael Oher to play for Ole Miss.
There is NO MONEY in that conservatorship.
- He had no money when they created it
- They couldn't put book or movie money in there for the next 4 years (The NCAA was watching)
- Once he graduated and started with the NFL they obviously didn't touch any of his contracts or finances. His agent and accountant would have noticed *immediately.*
Tennessee does NOT require conservators to file yearly reports unless there are assets of $25,000 or more in the conservatorship. They never filed fiduciary reports because AGAIN there *is no money* in there to file reports ON. I'm tired of going over this with you again and again.
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I thought that was a really good movie and I thought it was all true I i guess not
Yep. The movie showed him as a "gentle giant" when he's really a greedy backstabber.
Mike on your side . Adaptation is good deed and while conservatorship is exploitative specially over someone line Mike who was making substantial money . Truth shall come out . Shame on the family for creating fake legacy for themself .
so they knew years along the way he will earn big money future that’s why they included him as family in their household? They are Nostradamus lol
A big tall black teenager and a division 1 recruit. Yes they seen the dollar signs.
@@marquink Many big black men fail to make it in the NFL. It's a pretty exclusive group.
@@TheAzmountaineer I agree. Some are great high school players and college players. Michael Oher was different. People can tell the difference.
@@marquink Nonsense. He wasn't allowed to play ANY sports at Briarcrest when they began funding his school lunch account in 10th grade. He wasn't a D1 recruit at the end of his 11th grade football season when they bought him clothes and told him that he was welcome to sleep at their house whenever he wanted to.
So no, they didn't see dollar signs. They didn't have a crystal ball, Besides, they were already multimillionaires and didn't need money he MIGHT make 6 years in the future.
@@marquink Only 1.6% of NCAA football players ever make it to the pros. NOBODY looks at some high school kid and *knows* he's gonna play in the NFL some day.
Michael Oher is 37. Why is he still in a conservatorship. For all the people quick to say he was 18, they couldnt adopt him, why is he in a conservatorship at 37?
They have so much money, then why didnt he get anything for blindside? It doesnt make sense.
Fair question, but there's no evidence they took any money from him due to the conservatorship.
Why is he still in conservatorship at 37? Because just like the Tuohys have been saying since day 1... it was created to satisfy the NCAA, and so Michel could be added to Sean Tuohy's health / dental / auto insurance plans.... period. It served its purpose while he was in college and then it was *forgotten* . Once he graduated and was a working adult... did they EVER meddle with his contracts and his finances? NO Had they even tried, his agents and accountants would have been all over that.
Sounds like they can affor to pay him his money since they have control of it. This is rich people taking advantage of a situation.
They never had control over his money... it was a conservatorship of the *person* ...NOT a conservatorship of the *estate.*
@harrynutzach307 if you dont want to see things as they are, that's a you problem. Having conservatorship over someone includes anything not in an irrevocable trust. And right after he signed those papers they had him doing all kinds of adds that they got paid for, him included. Why did they tell him they were adoption papers? Why so shady after just selling off their business? Too many red flags that don't add up to anything of integrity.
Their lying…..
They scared they not gonna have that lifestyle anymore 😂😂😂😂if I remember the characters in the movie correctly the mom has powerful friends except ai to come to play they about to come up with voice recordings sure
Oher is pissing in the wind. All the evidence we've seen supports the family's story.
The dad says they were given 0 son says 60k Mike says nothing. But documents say 250k for mom dad and 2 kids plus 2.5 x 300 million 🤔 💭 the math 🧮 isn’t mathing 🧮