The household whose choice to take Michael Oher in when he was in highschool and have become the premise for a guide and movie adaptation claimed in latest courtroom filings that the ex-NFL participant threatened to “defame them on social media and/or TMZ as ‘fakes’ or ‘thieves’ if his cash calls for weren’t met.”
Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy made the allegations in courtroom paperwork filed Tuesday in Shelby County, Tennessee, Probate Court docket amid the continuing battle with Oher because the Tremendous Bowl champion claimed he didn’t obtain his fair proportion of the royalties from the movie “The Blind Facet,” which was tailored from the Michael Lewis guide “The Blind Facet: Evolution of a Sport.”
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Michael Oher, #74 of the Ole Miss Rebels, stands together with his household throughout senior ceremonies previous to a sport towards the Mississippi State Bulldogs at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium on Nov. 28, 2008 in Oxford, Mississippi. (Matthew Sharpe/Getty Pictures)
In line with the courtroom paperwork, Oher turned extra estranged from the Tuohys, “believing incorrectly that that they had not paid him the cash he was owed” following his retirement from the NFL. Oher allegedly made calls for for cash on two separate events – first for $10 million after which elevating his demand to $15 million. Oher allegedly informed the household he was telling the world he was robbed “by his mother and father.”
“If one thing isn’t resolved this Friday, I’m going to go forward and inform the world, how I used to be robbed by my suppose to be [sic] mother and father. That’s the deadline,” Oher allegedly wrote in on textual content. “… Assume the way it will look when this comes out.”
MICHAEL OHER HAS RECEIVED OVER $138,000 IN ‘THE BLIND SIDE’ PROCEEDS FROM TUOHY FAMILY, COURT DOCUMENTS SHOW
Former NFL soccer participant Michael Oher, proper, stands together with his attorneys outdoors a courtroom, Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023, in Memphis, Tennessee. (AP Photograph/Adrian Sainz)
Oher claimed he was robbed of greater than $50 million after which later lowered the quantity to $10 million, in accordance with the paperwork. When the Tuohys refused to satisfy the demand, Oher raised the quantity again to $15 million, paperwork say.
Attorneys say within the paperwork {that a} Nov. 8 authorized submitting confirmed that Oher and the Tuohys have been paid the identical quantity — $138,311.
A consultant for Oher didn’t instantly reply to Fox Information Digital’s request for remark.
‘BLIND SIDE’ AUTHOR SHOCKED MICHAEL OHER FILED LAWSUIT AGAINST FAMILY, REVEALS PROBLEM HE HAS WITH IT
Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy stand on a road in New Orleans, Feb. 1, 2013. (AP Photograph/Gerald Herbert, File)
Oher alleged in a petition in August that he found in February he was by no means legally adopted by Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy and was tricked into getting into a conservatorship after his 18th birthday.
In September, a decide ended the conservatorship, however the authorized struggle continued over the cash. Lawyer Randy Fishman, who represents the Tuohys, stated final month that references to Oher being their adopted son might be faraway from the couple’s web sites and public talking supplies.
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Oher was drafted within the first spherical of the 2009 NFL Draft by the Baltimore Ravens, the place he would play 5 seasons and win one Tremendous Bowl. After a short stint with the Tennessee Titans, he signed with the Carolina Panthers, however was ultimately launched in 2017.
The Related Press contributed to this report.
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