Sean Tuohy and Son SJ Respond to Michael Oher's Lawsuit
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- Sean Tuohy and his son, SJ, are speaking out about former NFL player Michael Oher’s legal petition, which alleges that the Tuohy family did not legally adopt him, but instead, tricked him into a conservatorship before making millions from his life story, which was depicted in the 2009 film, ‘The Blind Side.’
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Even if the son only made 60-70k off the movie about Michael’s life that’s too much considering Michael hasn’t gotten shit from the movie…..this is just dirty
They all got an equal share which was pennies compared to Bullock.
No but he signed pro contracts totaling 37 million--that's not too bad. P.S. Michael Oher, then a professional football player when the movie came out, had every right to negotiate for a) fee for using his name and story in the movie and b) a cut of the proceeds just like the Tuoys did.
@@counterculture10 How could he negotiate if he signed a conservatorship? Yeah he made millions in the league however the family that adopted him was millionaires already and doesn’t excuse their misdeeds.
@@michaelschaefer1904 That part is true but Michael is the only one who made NOTHING from the film!!!! The parents even negotiated for their biokids, but Michael, NADA! He EARNED his millions in the league and that still doesn't excuse the nothing he received from his Oscar winning life story (in which he has always had ill feelings about his portrayal)!
@@jordanhawkins5749how do you know that?
Conservatorships are VERY dangerous and allow for a LOT of greed.
Yeah just ask Britney Spears
From everything I can gather from the conservatorship was signed but the oath of conservatorship was never carried out in front of a judge or magistrate which would make it legally binding.. Michael oher has signed contracts without the input of the family so there is my evidence that there was actually no legal and active conservatorship over this man
They are talking about thousands of dollars. The family is worth many many millions. Im betting Oher blew his football money and is trying to get a payday. If he had gone to them saying he needed money they might have given him 10 times more. Now, when he ends up getting 50 or 100k they should cut him out of their lives completely. He went to them and had told them if he didn’t get 15 million he was gonna sue them. The guy is broke and he is gonna end up with virtually nothing.
@@williamgullett5911 Sean Tuohy:
"I was five days from bankruptcy twice," he said, in the year 2001"
"I think we started out negative," he said, referring to cash on hand, and money stayed tight most of his career as he poured back equity into buying more restaurants, and adding debt with each transaction."
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@@williamgullett5911. I’m watching Court TV explain it and the family did nothing wrong. The explanations for everything make sense. He’s repaying their love with treachery.
The father Sean Touhy initially claimed they only received proceeds from the book and it was split $14,000 each, nothing from the movie. Then the biological son SJ here is admitting he received $60 - $70K from the movie. This is not adding up. The main character portrayed in the movie Michael Oher stated he received $0 from the movie.
Yes! The family should have at least tried to get their lies to match up before speaking out.🚩👀
The non step brother saying he 'only got $60/$70 thousand ' ....
This family sounds extremely morally bankrupt. Eew.
lie he got 2.5 percent
Where did the father state that at?
The author just released the real numbers, everything was split equally. Oher actually REFUSED the royalty checks from the movie. This whole thing stinks to high heaven.
@@lauriehere6408 Yes, the whole thing does stink, and he was paid.
Blind Side II: Blindsided. Directed by Jordan Peele
Yup, the Tuohy Family was blindsided by Mr. Oher….there is quite a lesson there if you care to seek it.
@@TrustJesus333 I mean the fact is that they had him in a conservatorship since 2004. He did not actually sue them or file a lawsuit. He filed something to end the conservatorship and for the conservators to show their accounts for the money made from him ( which they should have done every year since but never did it and weren't even fined for not doing so). Not sure how they were blindsided? Especially since a conservatorship is made for mentally or physically incapacitated people- which Michael is neither. The also did not put up a bond (which even Brittany had) and also waived the person who would have explained everything to Michael since the conservators cant do that since due to vested interest (basically this is the person in Michaels corner ensuring he wanted to go through with the conservatorship and understood what he was signing away.
He didn’t file a law suit. He filed to end a conservatorship and wants a breakdown on what happened to his money while they were in charge. They made him believe they adopted him.
Because Oher says so?.
Hahaha.. Does Michael Oher have an intellectual disability?
For most of his life, Michael was thought to have a low IQ of 80. Later, he was able to get a new IQ score by identifying his learning disability. Read more about Michael Oher, IQ, and how it effected his education and eventual acceptance to Ole Miss.
He willingly signed a conservatorship, with his mother present for the whole process, for his benefit….might want
to find out the truth before you jump onto the lies.
@@TrustJesus333they manipulated him in to believing that he was going to be adopted. What a bunch of greedy, manipulative c*nts. I’m glad he finally knows the truth and they will be held to account for their greed. I loved the film, what a shame that it was all jus’ a play for their gain.
@@TrustJesus333 Clyde, there was no need for a conservatorship.
@@ulysses8785 the ones involved believe so and everyone willingly signed it including the one raising issue with it now. The conservatorship was signed but there has to be a legally binding oath taken and that oath was never taken so the conservatorship was never legally in acted on behalf of the families input so that right there indicates no conservatorship was ever legally activated
I haven't seen the movie in years. After Michael started speaking out against it. It just never felt right to watch it again. Now I know why.
Read his first book. It is very good. Overall he likes the movie. It's just portrayed him as a football novice which was a gross fabrication. The movie didn't even pretend that that part was true since they created a fake Coach. The real Coach was an extra in the movie and is now the head coach of Auburn.
Me too hey😢
Oh shut up he would not have anything if it wasn’t for that family
SJ says he has made 40-50K the last couple of years. The movie came out in 2009. What about all the years before that??? Surely, the royalties were higher right after the movie was released.
Who cares if they made $ how much has Michael made ?
@@zkkauffm9140 People care because the family claims they didn't make money from the movie. If SJ has gotten 40-50K the last couple of years, he must have made a lot prior to that. Michael says he didn't get anything, and the movie was about him. Why would the family secure money for themselves and not Michael? They were his conservators.
@@stiras1 they said they made money from it lmao
@@zkkauffm9140 Their statements change over time. And SJ's statement is not consistent with his parent's statements.
The article actually stated SJ said $60/$70 thousand... And he's only the non step brother, not the non parents. Apparently the non Dad said that the family only ever got $14,000 from the book that was split between the family. They can't even get their lies to match. There'll be an extensive auditing process when the conservatorship is removed and I hope that the family has to pay back every cent with interest.
Sean Tuohy:
"I was five days from bankruptcy twice," he said, in the year 2001"
"I think we started out negative," he said, referring to cash on hand, and money stayed tight most of his career as he poured back equity into buying more restaurants, and adding debt with each transaction."
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But why y’all had him in a conservatorship in the first place? That’s the question. Give the man all his coins!
Exactly, they knew doing that would net them a boatload of money.
Why hasn’t it ended is WHY I believe him. This is sad and SICK!!!
@@allthingsgood2653 It's definitely odd
To have legal control
Because they couldn't legally adopt him at age 18, this was the closest thing they could do to make him part of their family. Doing so got him into Ole Miss as it was their Alma mater and it pretty much guaranteed he'd get in. I also believe it allowed for them to put him on their insurance and other benefits since he could be declared as a dependent. For an 18 year old with no money, it was a pretty great thing to have.
He knew it was coming…because he knows Michael has a point. Clearly.
He knew he and the family was getting paid. So family is not denying it.
Exactly!
No he knew what kind of person Michael is ! As soon as he wasn’t making $ he got upset at the family..
He knew it was coming because he said Micheal texted them a few years ago asking for money so he would not go public. Should be an easy case to Solve and see who’s lying there’s paperwork for everything. It’s either Michael might look ungrateful for everything they did by suing them. Oher is worth $16 million, lives in a multi million dollar home and has a Family. His life would’ve been really different if they did not take him in. If the court rules against him and he does not get millions from it. I would lose a lot of respect for Micheal. He better have an amazing case to go against a family that took him in and he is a success now. People are going to think that they took this kid in just to make a profit. He never played football before. How would they know he would even start in college at a top program and then go to the NFL as a first round pick. Then Hollywood would decide to make a movie about him. There’s no way!
@@matti4551 yeah that’s called blackmail
So being a smart business man and releasing his book during a public lawsuit makes him a liar??? Isn't that what the family did to him? Used his story to gain fame and fortune? Wouldn't that make them liars than too? Looks like a huge double standard to me
The family were rich long before they accepted Michael into their home! And it bizzare to claim that the family took him into their home while in high school because they knew he would go to an ivy league college and become a NFL star and a movie would be created that would net them what? LESS THAN 1 MILLION DOLLARS!!! Wow... just WOW... maybe that should be a movie too!!!!
@covertpuppytwo3857 I believe the family has been steadily making money of that movie, also they have royalties. Just Crazy!
Michael Lewis wrote the book.
@covertpuppytwo3857 ... he was a 5star recruit before he moved in with them they knew it was a 50/50 chance he would be in the nfl... only thing they dne was let him stay with them and talk him into going to old miss... they also stole millions from the man when they gave themselves all the royalties from that movie and didn't give him one penny... now go look at how many more restaurants they have bought since that movie... right is right... wrong is wrong and they wrong in what they done to him financially... nd he is not broke
@jimmybrown2040 Its apparent they can't explain why they got a conservatorship, that's why they are bringing up nonsense like Britney spears or the timing of his lawsuit. They're acting very guilty and deflecting what they did with manipulating the facts. I hope he gets justice.
The only thing that concerns me is if he didn’t get any money for the movie and they did, their is something wrong about that if it is true
It's not true.
@@michaelschaefer1904 It's true. Why did the play dad say they will end the conservatorship, if that's what Michael wants. Unbelieve.
You are believing a lie sadly.
he got 2.5% which is more than standard but he is not saying a word about that
@@michaelschaefer1904How do you conclude it’s not true? Where’s your evidence?
Wow, if Michael was really a part of their family, why isn't he on the board of directors of their family foundation, but their lawyer Debbie, who helped file the conservatorship is?
Why do they call him their son and not allow him to be a part of any inheritance? Why do they take speaking engagements advocating for adoption and promote it? Why is adoption a platform for them when they didn't actually adopt? Why did they never correct the countless interviews and stories that stated they adopted Michael? Adoption would grant someone rights in the even of inheritance.
I get that movie never actually said they adopted him. I get that their website never says they adopted him, but they definitely used this little white lie to their advantage to promote themselves in the name of charity. They used Michael's image, his name, his person. I am horrified. It's a lie by omission. They let everyone think Michael was adopted...as in full family rights. And they used that for their foundation, speaking engagements, clout in the community, a platform for adoption which they never did, and to sell t-shirts about how families don't have to match.
My gosh, this man has been through horrendous trauma and this family has no problem with the damage they have done in continuing to portray this image that they are some model adoption story.
If you never correct a lie, is it still a lie? Yep. Especially, when you use it to bank off of.
How many interviews and speaking engagements has Michael done? What is his story? I definitely want to hear more from Oher.
She actually said ' I feel like I birthed him, he's my son'.
It's fraud on every level.
The Screaming obtuse Weinstein vibe is painful…Murdaugh…Chrisley…Touhy…
@@elenawilliams32 this is typical entitlement mentality. They took this kid in and set him on the best possible path for his life. Using their resources and connections to get him to his ultimate goal. And now they're the scumbags because they're not including him in their family finances?
They can still love the kid and feel like he's one of their own without giving him millions of dollars. Why is he entitled to their family inheritance when they've done all that they've done for him already?
@@babybison2881 The Dad said that the family only made $14,000 from the book that was split between the family. The son said that he was 'only' paid $60/$70 thousand over the last 4 years... What about the percentage of movie profits before then? They can't keep their stories straight. I'm not saying he should get the 'family' money that they've made from whatever they do for work. Yet that works both ways... They shouldn't get his money either. They've taken his money and he apparently got $0. When the conservatorship is removed I imagine there'll be an extensive audit in relation to the percentage of movie profits, book profits, his merchandise etc... I hope they have to pay it back with interest. The fact that they led him to believe he was adopted... The Mum even saying that ' I feel like I gave birth to him'. They called him their son... That's them showing they're morally bankrupt. Ugh.
@@elenawilliams32 and this is you showing how naive and easily manipulated you are. Do some research and tap into the part of your brain with common sense.
If you think this family saw a cash cow in this kid and exploited him, then you're not very smart.
It does not matter when Oher found out. The family had not rights
It's funny how they say that everyone saw the film, but I still have not seen it.
Still haven't watched The Blindside, The Help, or Precious.
@@playably I saw the other two, but I wish that I hadn't!
It was a popular movie when it was out in ‘09.
That’s a shame! We need to believe there is good in this world & this story showed us that there is good. Now, it just seems tainted by greed!
Lol I knew this movie was BS since it came out because they made Oher straight up mentally disabled in the movie. Idk how people fell for this shit. Dude was a stone throw away from Radio(Cuba Gooding) in that movie. No way you could be disabled and play high level o line in the NFL.
Yes Michael oher seems quite greedy
@@SalAcceturraThe touhys were the greedy ones! They did not adopt him! why dont they drop the conservatorship?
@@LilEshu808the state they lived in doesn’t allow adoptions of 18-year-olds. I think he’s being manipulated by the book publishers
@@zengergazette9738 A conservatorship is worse
Why was SJ getting paid anyway? Don't matter how much you made.... It wasn't even your story. That's why this defense is confusing
Because he was there. It would be different if he wasn’t. Hell yes, as a father you would want to make sure your kids are getting paid if they were involved in it. That’s a foolish statement you made my man.
@@lutherodanielsjr7876 his character wasn't in the movie but 3 secs.... I don't even remember the actor speaking for him.... He got paid but the guy that played football didn't? Come on....
@@antgal9467 his character was in the movie fool. SJ was based off of him. So what if it wasn’t his story as a whole, but at the end of the day, he played a role in it and I’m not mad he was paid based on NIL (Name, Imagine, and Likness) that what Michael is trying to do.
Well technically it is there story too about how he came into there life and affected the family. It goes all ways I think everyone is just looking for a pay out tbh
It wasn't his story? So the little kid in the movie with the name "SJ".... he was not playing the role of SJ Tuohy??
What’s funny is my family and I watched this movie when it came out, thought it was beautiful and the cast was great. But we all came to the conclusion “you know they used that boy” crazy.
Yeah sure 🤣😂😂 the kid would of been on the streets without anything without that family, The fact the b man is suing just proves your culture are the worst in the world without any morals.
Only in America, Your culture is very bad and always victims. That white family gave that man everything and he sues. Smh wow just wow no wonder the rest of the world laugh at you people.
A zebra never changes it stripes, African tribes should have never sold their own. You people ruin civilised societies.
They sorta addressed that in the movie when he ran away because he thought they were using him; life imitating art.
That's what I thought at the time too.
This case should go to court. A conservatorship lasting this long is ridiculous. Why did Michael take so long to figure out he is not adopted? Michael should get that conservatorship stopped. Why it wasn’t stopped sooner by the Tuohy’s and Michael is very odd. And he has every right to get a breakdown of where the monies went. It sounds like Michael has had hard feelings for a long while about everything and the family may have ignored his signals about this.
Im not sure how old you are but Im just letting you know how tone deaf this sounds maybe from inexperience?
It wasn't stopped because there was not real need to stop it. They haven't been actively making business decisions for him since he graduated from college and sent to the NFL. He's has been solely responsible for his finances ever since then. Some lawyer has whispered in his ear that he has missed out of a ton of money....even though there is no evidence that is the case.
@@RussellStrosnider and so you have seen all of his business/financial files? Give me a break🤦♀️🤦♀️ it’s about $$$$ on both sides.
@@RussellStrosnider there was never a need to START IT to begin with. Conservatorships are reserved for people with physical/mental disabilities. Not the case here. So yes there is a need to stop a family having decision making abilities over a grown man WITHOUT HIS KNOWLEDGE. He was LIED TO. A lie of omission is still a lie.
They should make a sequel called “The Hard Side”
The fact that in 2011 in Michael Book he wrote about being in a conservatorship. Also the court case for the conservatorship Michael and Michael’s birth mother where there.
What a bunch of lies. Michael said that he knew he was on a conservatorship but they told him it was just like adoption. They tricked him into signing the papers. They were getting paid 70k but he wasn't so Michael felt used.
If he texted that back then, did they give him money? Obviously they knew he knew something. I wonder if they brushed him off and acted like they didn't know what he was talking about. And I see nothing wrong with the timing of his book. It's perfect timing. He gave them a chance to come clean....they didn't.
Wow that's gratitude..
Help someone as a teen raise them help them then blackmail them to get your way..if you font get it she to get what you want
@@piscesgirl5062do you believe everything you're told? He was a grown man when they talked him into moving in irl and an accomplished football player before they met.
@@piscesgirl5062he was just an investment to them
I don’t think you understand, he’s a full grown man when it started. The family used him like a cash cow!
@Castedlots well all you people ready to defend a grown ass man as you call him! When he made that discussion as you call it! Are gonna learn the truth!!! He is exploting them for money
Moral of the story.. dont help people.
???
How about… don’t use people
They are getting 2.5% royalties. This family didn't adopt one child. However, they're going around getting money-speaking about adoptions.
Shakedown...No good deed goes unpunished
They behaved like parents while they were just like football agents.
Parents as agents is very dangerous lol... Many examples in football(soccer) how to ruin a young talent career....
The Touhy family knew the lawsuit was coming and didn’t release Oher from the conservatorship? How does that make sense to own a married man with 4 children??? Unless they were after his estate if he died!
Lol I always confused blind side with radio... 😅
But why did he say in his book that he wasn't adopted and signed a conservatorship?
What he wrote in his first book completely contradicts everything he is saying now….The saying is true, No good deed goes unpunished!
THEY KNOW THEY DUPED HIM. PAY UP AND STOP PRETENDING TO BE OFFENDED!
Nothing these ppl say justifies what they did. How dare you even show your face. I understand why it took him a minute to come forward and sue,”love” he still is grateful for what they did and probably was trying to just let it go, imaging for yrs you know you never received money for a movie about your life, while the family that adopted you they and their children are, but you say nothing. You still go out and help sell the movie by doing interviews. Man that’s got to hurt,and than you find out they never really loved you, you were just an investment.
Exactly. Why not take him in informally and just help him out.
He got paid for the movie, tho. Maybe not as much as he thought he was going to get. It'll all come out in the financial discovery.
@@LDiamondzdon't bother explaining to these idiots. They will spin their own narratives. If I was oher, I wouldn't be this ungrateful. He sue because he's low on $. I hate unappreciated people. Hope he goes broke.
He's a liar. Hopefully his prostitute mother takes the rest of his money
We need a movie out of this....🤭
That what I was thinking . I’d like to see a new movie about his actual life and not one where they pretend he couldn’t read and had never played football before. It’s sad that this has happened.
Bruh is really complaining of not getting money from a movie yet he's in the nfl and makes way more like bruh dont bite the hand that feeds you bruh be grateful
@@iiTzLurks you sound absolutely crazy. They LIED.
I mean this could be all solved if they all agree to do a netflix documentary about it all. Then everyone would get paid.
His relationship with the Touhys changed after his marriage, wife must be involved with this
Convenient timing Michael. I have the first book, he literally writes “legal conservators” in it. You knew, you wrote it, now you’re just angry at people who helped you become NFL material
Did anyone watched the movie at least. It was not about adoption but about legal side. It was done for paperwork. He wanted a driver license, he wanted to go to college… They took advantage of him!? Well he obviously took advantage of them too. He got the supplies for his success and now in his interview he is claiming he got everting himself… Listen his recent interview. They are lots of athletic kids with no means that won’t be able to release their potential. He is not one in millions. He reached a level due to the support so he could concentrate on his career and not on financial side… I guess he worked hard but it is easier to work hard when you have home, food, nice car, all the supplies and somebody who cares.
I was confused about why this was happening or what he wanted until they said that he had a book being released
So? Doesn’t have anything to do with the fact that this family lied about an adoption.
@@karinaz8756 they should have left him with his crackhead mom and his 10 siblings
Also again what does he want? What do you like to go back in time and be smarter so he doesn't agree as an adult to a contract which wasn't good for him I guess?
@@buzzbusse it’s called FRUAD. Maybe the family should go back and time to craft the FINANCIAL REPORTS required since it was their decision to enact a CONSERVATORSHIP. Funny how they forget that part. If they were upfront and honest they would have had an impartial third party present. They didn’t. They had their “aunt Deb” which is A HUGE conflict of interest. Don’t you dare victim blame. It’s not a unheard of that an 18 year old didn’t understand a complicated legal document. He TRUSTED this family to have his best interest in mind. They didn’t. Notice how they aren’t denying it- they’re trying to justify it.
@@buzzbussehe wants his image, likeness and the right giving to him as a human being that this family tried to be sneaky and took away.
How to own a slave in 21st century America.
Many adopted kids say they were treated like slaves
@sakurakou2009 I've heard horror stories like the Jennifer and Sarah hart story, but it's not exclusive to one race when it comes to adoption, some people are just sick
@@BIGREDS54amen
I feel bad about this. If Orr didn't get any money from the movie about his own life that's is heart breaken
The family didn't get any money from the movie either. The book and the rights to the story made money which was divided 5 ways totaling $14,000 each which included Michael.
It is heartbreaking. The comment saying that they only got $14,000 from the book and nothing else... SJ , the non step brother just said that he 'Only got $60/$70 thousand' ... It's not adding up. Especially when Michael said he got $0. I doubt he'd say that publicly if he couldn't back it up as there's obviously going to be extensive auditing done with the removal of the conservatorship and him getting paid back what they stole from him. I sincerely hope that it's with interest and legal fees added.
I hope they patch this up and fix this cause sean and michael was friends this is very sad situation
These ppl didn’t need money they are millionaires. I find it very hard to believe that they would give him everything and then steal from him. Bottom line without the that family taking him in his life would of turned out way different they did what they did bc they loved him. This entire situation is heartbreaking.
If that were the case they should have been honest. They were already rich . They shouldn’t have taken a dime. They have PROFITED off this man.
It's called greed
@@tribeofJudah251its called being paid for your work. They wrote the screen play and got the deal done and all the other stuff. Should of left his ungrateful a** where they found him
Really is heartbreaking to think you've been adopted all along not! We just wanna control your name, and fame sounds a little strange, don't you think? If there are no bad intentions, WHY fake adopt at 18 after already considered as an adult. I have helped raise plenty of children, NO strings attached. Not a dollar, piece of paper, or a thing in writing. Just HELP, out of Love, and wanting to see the child succeed. I didn't want a pat on the back.
@@tirascales4216 facts
This saddens me because he should just be glad and greatful that those people took him in!!!!!!!
Talk about ungreatful!!!
You reap what you sow!!
Lord have mercy!!!
This is shameful and embarrassing!!
Someone needs to tell him or explain to him that if it wasn’t for Jesus touching those people hearts then he would have NOTHING!
Im going to pray that God convicts him and that he will apologize to those people who loved him unconditionally and without judgement.
Smh
The Tuohy family have hearts of not gold, but Diamonds! May God bless every one of them🙏❤
They took him in, fed, and clothed him, gave him a room all to himself; something which he never had.
They showed him love, especially Mrs. Tuohy; she loved him as her own child!
They're the ones who're responsible for him being who he's today! May God bless them for their kindness 🙏❤️🌹
Many people might now think twice about helping others (that much), who might be in a similar situation as Michael was in.
If Michael Oher has a conscience, he'll not sleep well throughout the nights. He's a very ungrateful man!
God sees and knows everything, so he'll deal with Michael.
This really breaks my heart 💔 this was my favorite movie. How can a movie like this makes millions off of his life and he didn't receive money, plain and simple. This wasn't about love this was about profiting off Micheal. To think that I got angry with the lady in the movie who implied it makes me really angry now 😡
Do some research
This could be wrong, but it's my understanding that the entire family was paid a grand total of $500,000 for the movie. Including michael, there are five people in the family. Every single person, including michael, got $100,000 each. How much more should he get?
@@BreakingNVainExactly, he was paid.
A family worth 200 million will take a kid out of the streets to gamble that he will be a success and years later make a movie that will give them 500k? Be smart and critic
@@betoxicogrim stop using logic and reason. It has no place in a good race/victim story.
this is so twisted. The man is just ungrateful and lower than low. There seems to be a pattern here throughout the U.S.What happened to the millions he made in the NFL? Did he spend it all or just lose it somehow? Thank you to the Tuohy family for being so selfless and generous
True that boy a clown
Who said he didn’t have his NFL salary? No one. Ungrateful? He was LIED TO. He has every right to call this family out. Sorry if they can’t handle it.
@@karinaz8756 He wasn't lied too. He wrote in his first book 10 years ago that he knew it wasn't an actual adoption. In reality, he has been stewing and obsessing over how "dumb" he was portrayed in the movie and now he wants to hurt the closest people he can to exact revenge. Just spiteful and ungrateful behavior.
@@RussellStrosnider he was LIED TO. Which is why he is NOW fighting to end an conservatorship he was not aware of as FUNCTIONING ADULT. He was LIED TO which is why this family has ZERO financial records REQUIRED when they created said Conservatorship. He was LIED TO which is why there wasn’t a non biased third party attorney in this it was the family’s AUNT DEB. A lie of omission is still a lie. He was LIED TO. If they admitted he wasn’t adopted then their entire EXISTENCE is a fraud. They literally DEFINE THEMSELVES as ADOPTIVE PARENTS.
@@RussellStrosnider if this family was truly “selfless” they would have taken this man in as a child with ZERO fanfare.
Oher was arrested for assaulting an Uber driver, driver was hit, kicked and bit before he was pulled away. Driver suing for $500,000. Driver offered to take lead because the second car of friends didn't know where they were going. Assault charges dropped due to victim request.
A long time coming?! Wtf?
Yea what he mean by that ? Lol
They treated him with so much love. I can't think of anyone who would bring in a grown ass stranger into the family when you have a younger daughter, and help him through so much, and be accused of "using him" for his money when your worth is many times what he's earned as a star football player. I would say, Sean and SJ, just forget this person. You should have your love and affection for the people who are worth it.
💯 Particularly one with a dumpster-fire of a background like his. There's just so much risk involved. He may initially be a "gentle giant", but you know that kind of upbringing had to affect him developmentally. You never know what may set him off.... and with his size and strength, just imagine the damage he could do.
Everybody taking sides when none of us know the real facts. Somebody is not telling the truth here we just don't know who.
I would normally agree with this however..."the conservatorship - legal process for children or adults who cannot take care of themselves." That man is 37 years old with 4 children. There is no way to explain that.
The lawyers wouldn’t be filing a lawsuit without evidence. He was 18 at the time of the C. Super sketchy
You can read between the lines pretty easily.
@@ckm6407 it is virtually impossible to be adopted from Foster Care when you are 18 years old.
@@xlkarma8446 most lawyers will lie for a dime.
I had planned to watch the movie but now I don’t think I could knowing what they did. Those people had more rights over Michael than over their own kids. Why did the parents become his Conservatives if not to benefit financially off of him. It’s not like he was mentally incapacitated in any way.
Well, as the story goes, they were advised by lawyers that they couldn't legally adopt him (at the age of 18) and that a conservatorship would be the best way to get him into college.
@@counterculture10that is 10000% bullshit, you can adopt adults and be their legal parent after 18, step parents do it every single day, and every lawyer involved in that advisory team needs to loose their license
@@patrickmcpartland1398 True
The birth mom would have to sign off on that. She was at the court hearing involving the conservatorship.
@@MR-fn7rw which would have lended to the fact that Michael believed it was an adoption. The birth parent doesn't need to be there for a conservatorship since he was over 18. The dad states it was the only way to make him part of the family. BUT a conservatorship does not in any way actually do that.... so why on earth did they do this?
SJ seems to make michael oher look like he was trying to muscle the family. If my family made millions off of me i would say give 10 mill and we dont have to go public. Its the responsible thing to do, when it comes to family.
Would you give into someone that was pushing you to give them millions of dollars! Just because they said they deserved it and wanted it when if it wasn't for you they would never have been in a position to do anything good with their life. They helped him they nurtured him
They saved his life. He was on the streets with no future and they took him under their roof. But their bad people because of one accusation? Ridiculous.
@@jjones9822 It didn’t happen the way they show in the movie. He was already a star when he met the Tuohys. Other families let him stay over before them.
@@jjones9822 not exactly, he was already going to the school and stated he would stay with many friends' families overnight but it was this particular family that took a great interest in him. If they really wanted to help him they would have adopted him like they told the world they did instead of a conservatorship.
Family sold their company for $200,000,000. They were rich already so didn’t need the money from movie. I believe he is lying and got gaslighted by lawyers. He made $34million in NFL.
They used him and still making money off his name
Correct!
They did not
The Tuoys make my skin crawl. Read the book, was repulsed, couldn't stand even looking at the poster for the movie.
I agree. They allowed the movie to portray him like he was stupid. They are a shameful and heartless family.
Episode 1 : The Blind Side
Episode 2 : The Dark Side
This is typical of rich people and their greed, exploiting the once less fortunate.
Less fortunate? Oher signed contracts in the NFL totaling 37 million dollars over the course of his 8 year career.
@@counterculture10 BEFORE he did that and got with those exploitative rich people, he was less fortunate. Do you understand NOW, that I had to hold your hand and walk you through it?
@@HardCold-Alquan Now, let me grab your hand. Let's walk. How exploited was he having made 37 million in the pros?
@@counterculture10 Let me take your hand again. HE made that money, not them. Did they play football? It's about the movie and his image, and their not giving him a cut. That is not only exploitation, but swindling.
@@HardCold-Alquan Let me shake your hand off and grab it again. Is it probable that Oher would have been successful in school and college if it weren't for the support of the Tuohy's? Michael clearly needed support at that time in his life. It is not at all clear that he would've been so successful in college or the pros without them.
In terms of the movie, when it came out Oher was in the pros and had his OWN agent. The Tuohy's hired a firm to negotiate with warner Bros. a cut and royalties from the movie on their behalf. Michael Oher and his agent had every right to do the same but chose not to. Is this the Tuohy's fault?
I agree that the whole conservatorship to this day is odd and that there's a definite issue with the communication if Michael believed he was adopted and the family tricked him into thinking so. But none of this is clear at this point. The lawsuit should clear things up.
I respect the son being totally real and honest about it for the most part.. not trying to sugarcoat anything
Look at his body language-no direct eye contact/looking all over the place. Maybe not being truthful
Just the fact that he CAN sue his adoptive family for that kinda money goes to show how blessed he was to even be rescued and taken care of by them. I wonder if he has any gratitude for that fact alone. Has he even stopped to think that his chances of ever being close to being as successful as he was professionally were amplified by the type of family that helped him? They had only been around each other less than two years when the conservatorship was presented as an option, it was totally fair for the family to have reservations of adopting him. They chose the closest option to and continued to love and support him financially. Looking back at it now, great thing they didn’t or else he would have expected for a lot more!
He got where he was because of HIS TALENT. The fact that this family was worth MILLIONS and still felt the need to be dishonest and misleading is DISGUSTING. There was ZERO reason to initiate a conservartiship. Stop trying to pretend that anyone else wouldn’t have stepped up . There were other families in this man’s life that would have done the same thing. The conservatorship was NOT “presented as an option “. He was MISLED. There is ZERO REASON to suggest it because he wasn’t physically or mentally handicapped. This family was dishonest. Had they been honest they would have had a neutral third party present. Had they been honest they would have put all the money in a blind trust and not touched a dime. They only knew him for two years but felt the should suggest a conservatorship for his adult life? So sorry - you just told on yourself.
@@karinaz8756 lol
@@karinaz8756Are you Michael's wife?
@@gracec1665 2L law student that would LOVE to be part of this case. Is your IQ the same as your shoe size?
@@karinaz8756 You just proved yours! Good job!
Read the book. The one that he said he liked. He knew of the conservatorship for a LONG time. He also makes it sound like he was an all American before the Tuohy’s, that is not true. Says, that he could read before the Tuohy’s, not true. Again, read the book (the original) that he endorses. It is all in there. This is sad... on Michael's part.
Then again, if he truly could not read, he could have easily endorsed a book (because he never read it) that had all that information in it.
Hollywood does this all the time. Look what they did to Vivian Cash. Made her look like a jerk when the whole time they had the most beautiful love story. It’s sickening. That’s why even when they say they are telling us a true story, we shouldn’t believe it. 😮
$60,000. There is no way that can be true.
Who do you think makes more money off of a movie? The producers and studio get the overwhelming majority of all of those profits. The writers and those the story is based on get a percentage of the production cost. So that number when you take into account the "Family " was paid a percentage and then the split it evenly amongst their children and Michael oher, That doesn't equal a whole lot.
@@jonathanmorton7476 does $60k sound like some lions share number that you thought to preface your statement by asking me who makes more money than who when comparing someone selling their rights to the actual producers of the film? them getting less than six figures is a fallacy No one would believe. The family is saying that they only got $60k. In total. No way on Gods green earth.
@@AndreAdvocate that does sound low but 7.5 mil divided amongst 5 family members and factor in taxes agent fees etc it probably got thin real quick.
The last thing SJ said was “ I can understand the anger.” Why would Oher be angry if they did nothing to him? SJ told on himself. I hope Michael Oher gets justice.
Watch his interview instead of a bunch of clips out of context to find out
You heard an edited snippet. Context is key.
They got busted! They knew what they were doing and more than likely did not fully explain what a conservatorship meant, to him. In my opinion, they used him for their own benefit. Shame on them. And, the contract still is in force. He is not a free adult. Clearly, they were in it for the money.
BS
Clearly they conned him. Outrageous and criminal. I hope they go to prison.
They are wealthy they were trying to protect him.
I have realized that truth does not matter to most people. Every word you said is a lie.
@@TrustJesus333Stop trying to stick up for criminals. They duped a young kid and played with his feelings. The mother looks like a greedy wench, they will all rot for what they did to him. Disgusting!
The man was 18 years old when he signed away his legal rights. He was an adult.. everyone signed willingly
@@societiesscapegoat8715 You are deceived…you will know the truth very soon.
Another case of Hollywood and the media wanting to frame a "beautiful story"...life is rarely like that...at the time I remember thinking there were probably a lot of young men that needed "adopting" but they weren't potential superstars
Excellent point. If he wasn’t a potential superstar, would they have adopted him?
So now we know the movie should be named get out 2
The dad doesn't look like Tim McGraw.
Absolutely none of us are on their side. They literally exploited and knowingly took advantage of him
This didn’t happen because he stopped playing. He retired. This happened because he just found out about his adoption lie and this is how long it took for his legal advisors to research what happened.
Screw those people.
Sj was a child when oher entered the family, he probably knew about it same time oher did.
Took advantage of him? How do you figure that???? They had nothing to gain and everything to lose.
@@MICHAEL_MAY_8comprehension is clearly not your strong point. They led him to believe the papers he was signing were part of the adoption process. When in fact, they were conservator papers which is an exploitive legal arrangement typically reserved for people who lack capacity to make sound decisions.
@@MICHAEL_MAY_8Are you dumb? 😂They knew what they had to gain, hence why they manipulated him and made him believe the conservatorship was an adoption. Slimey snakes!
@@smitty847well said!
He blew his NFL money and now wants mo from whtey
This is really sad, I hate hearing about this I hope it’s not true and this is just a horrible misunderstanding
Seems like no good deed goes unpunished. You take in a poor black kid that nobody criticizing them would do, and everybody piles on top of you the first chance they even suspect you did something wrong. People are so quick to judge, like they will me for considering the other side of the story.
The fact that Michael only just now understands what it is he signed let’s you know exactly the reason why he needed to sign it in the first place 😅 Also just for the record I don’t believe his side of the story one bit.
There's legal documents confirming his side of the story. Even a lawyer went over it and was almost to tears bc how bad they betrayed him and tricked him. And why would they keep the conservatorship for 20 years! They also refused to allow Michael to ask for his money back after the conservatorship ended
That’s a fact !!! only a fool would believe this 🤡 if he went broke why won’t he just say that !!!! 🤦🏾♂️
I don't either. He is acting fishy. I am rereading his book from 2011 and he knows about the conservatorship. He writes about it.
Why after many years is this just now being pursued, did Oher spend all his football money already?
I'm curious about that as well but if he did I'd be surprised.
I also want to know why he didn't look into this prior to now.
Why not at 21?
@@lashawnbulluck7244 yeah, or even during his football career, it’s probably something simple like not wanting the publicity while he’s pursuing his career, but that’s not a great reason imo!
obviously michael needs the money or else he wouldn't have tried to extort the Tuohys out of 15 million dollars...what a scumbag.
You two are clearly not that bright. He said he signed the papers thinking they were part of an adoption process. Not knowing he was entering an extremely exploitative legal arrangement. The determining factor was when he recently discovered that he was not adopted and that the family had profited off his story. Not to mention they portrayed him as a simpleton to further the pathetic white savior storyline.
If he did I bet he Spent it on them
They ALWAYS plotting!
UNGRATEFUL
I wonder what the details really are. I do remember Michael apparently had some learning issues so maybe that comes into play. This story comes with more unknowns and high emotion than anything thing else. I do figure asking for a breakdown of the movie earnings is reasonable if he was promised proceeds and depending on what contracts were signed of course they should be honored. Now do they owe him money for their story of helping a young man or will he owe them money for sales of his book that tells his story of adversity, hard to say. I do hope that a family problem can be resolved within the family and that it is fair to all.
Michael never had learning problems in real life. That was just a movie fiction.
He didn’t have “Learning issues “. He was placed in a situation without structure. Once he adapted he excelled. He made the Dean’s list FFS.
@@karinaz8756 so he did have learning issues in that he required structure he didn't have and once the correct learning method for him was found he adapted. OK.
Of course the father finds this “upsetting” he’s upset he got caught!
These people were rotten rich before him.
Get that " DIRTY" family and the no good aunt debbie, and her law firm.!!!
The sad thing about these social media platforms is people take one side without even RESEARCHING the other side. Then people come onto these platforms and start making comments about a subject they don’t even have full knowledge about. I would highly recommend doing your research before making claims.
They were in the movie as well. He would not have been where he is if it wasn't for them. Of course he shouldn't have a conservatorship at 37.
That is so sad when someone takes care of you and has going to help you where are you at now so sorry for you as a person that you are going to should be thank that this family 😓 give you?😅
????? Take an English course.
English to you and your Spanish to me so sorry you don't know two language then just one 😁
The Family was already independently rich they didn't need Ohr for money. Our clearly wasted his money from NFL and is now trying to get more money out of the family that gave him a chance at life
Oher's first book COMPLETELY CONTRADICTS what he is saying now. He was too old to be adopted and he understood that. Sounds like a bunch of greedy lawyers got inside his head....and maybe another greedy person? Wonder what they have to benefit from all of this....hmmmmmm.
Sounds fishy,he signed NFL contracts didnt he
has nothing to do w the movie rights or his story-we see this all the time w kid actors or reality kids
@@luckbealady2010Gary Coleman is a good example
@@luckbealady2010 He made a heck of a lot more in his pro football career than he could've ever made from movie royalties.
Has a lot to do with the conservatorship though.
He never said anything when he was playing…….
Because he didn't know mate.
Imagine thinking this is valid point……
Family owner denying it was a conservatorship. They knew it was shady. Think he didn’t want to throw them under the bus but ultimately it’s not right and he is owed money.
because he didn't know.
What an incredibly ungrateful and greedy sod. The Tuohy family might very well have saved his life and this is how he repays THEIR kindness, love and generosity
I’m guessing you only saw the movie?
Omg I am shock!!!
I think they'll be charged with tax evasion before its said and done...like Todd Chrisley😅
So he filed a lawsuit just in time for his book release? Hmmm sounds attention seeking to me
People stole his name and story, for movie rights, and somehow you think he is the issue? ok.
@@luckbealady2010man people are so clueless
@@luckbealady2010 apparently you haven't heard the other side of the story.
Of course they are upset! After they took Michael’s money and keep using his name profiting from him, sure they’re going to keep loving him until the court breaks that contract and he gets the money that he deserves, right there their love for Michael it’s going to end because they’re not going to profit from him anymore!!
Tito Ohertiz : Lets just be clear there was never no adoption
I watch the movie and I saw everything that happened. When you watch the movie you need to read between the lines........ They asked him if he wanted to be part of their in his mind he already was a part of their family. They have conservative papers over. 37 years old that should have ended the day he turned 21 years old. If this actually goes to court then they are just in it for money 🤑 nothing else.
The Touy's book and movie deals are on record. The movie alone paid them 2.5% of the $333 million profit, plus an initial payment of $225,000. Notice how the Touy's claim to have made $40,000 "over the past 4 or 5 years." The movie came out 20 years ago! They made millions! They're only quoting recent streaming payments. Look, the Touy's lied about him not knowing how to play football until Leann taught him the game (he was All State before they ever met), lied to Oher and the Public about the adoption, and lied that he was illiterate. The Touy's are the proven liars, and ALL their comments merit extreme scrutiny and suspicion.
Oher went to them PRIVATELY first, and offered them the chance to make things right OUT OF THE PUBLIC EYE. He asked them for his fair share of the profits from HIS story, and they told him to kick rocks. It's not a shakedown by Oher. It's a moral and likely legal failing on the part of the Touy's.
Facts they need jail time
Unacceptable and he is very lucky that they are still being kind to him
It's not unacceptable idiot and he has every right to be angry!
SJ such a pure heart, wonder if he’ll take Michael’s side
The parents are RIGHTFULLY SCREWED…they gave the illusion a conservatorship…
a conservators manages the person’s estate and finances. The duties of a conservator for a minor include the following:
protecting the estate until the child reaches adulthood…
prudently investing the estate as a reasonable investor would under the circumstances…
maintaining loyalty to the child while administering the estate…
keeping records, including receipts
reporting to the court when needed…
A conservator could become legally liable for mismanaging the estate of the children. Mixing estate and personal assets could become grounds for removal by a court….they breached their fiduciary duty…they did things not “IN THE BEST INTEREST OF MR OHER”…they are screwed…they did it…it’s an easy case to prove…
No they aren't an attorney on the Today show said it's not looking good for him.
Sandra should have said she felt like she was telling her own story.
The holy white savior.
OOOOOhhhh someone is a basketball player cause that was a slam dunk.
I agree. The "white savior" in Hollywood movies is cringe
So her 2 black children who are loved and cared for should have sat in an orphanage and waited for a black mother? You sound stupid. Sometimes when you go to adopt a child, the lawyers will tell you the majority of babies are of brown skin, maybe instead of slamming white woman for adopting black babies you should slam that more black women give up their babies. Just saying, facts are facts.
Greed ruins everything.
They both used each other.
The family took him in and looked after him all the way through college. They never forced anything on him but only encouraged him.
The court might disagree. Michael is also requesting a jury trial. Even if they gave birth to him and raised him from an infancy that doesn’t mean for 19 years after that child becomes an adult they “owe” their parents and that parent can take money belonging to them. All Michael is requesting is to be released from the conservatorship and more importantly an accounting of every penny. As conservators they should be able to PROVE to the court what was done with all money received. That’s their responsibility and the law. If they stole his money they have TROUBLE.