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Podcast Episode Explores “The Blind Side” and Hollywood’s Overlook American football player Michael Oher has filed a lawsuit against the Tuohy family, who took him in when he was 17, claiming they duped him into a conservatorship that allowed them to make business deals on his behalf. Oher was uncomfortable with how his life story … Read more
Of course America loved “The Blind Side,” the 2009 movie about a homeless and hapless Black teenager rescued from a bleak future by a wealthy, white family. It was based on the true story of the Tuohy family, led by Sean and Leigh Anne, who took the future N.F.L. player Michael Oher into their home … Read more
The Tuohy family, who former NFL star Michael Oher has accused of deceiving him over the story at the heart of the film The Blind Side, say they are the victims of a “shakedown”. In a petition filed in a Tennessee court on Monday, Oher claims Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy did not adopt him … Read more