Michael Oher, Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy.Photo:Roy Rochlin/Getty; John Shearer/Getty
Roy Rochlin/Getty; John Shearer/Getty
The legal dispute continues betweenMichael Oherand his former co-conservators,Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy.
However, Oher’s attorneys are petitioning the Court to “strike” the filing and “order” the Tuohys to “produce and file forthwith the complete and honest accounting” of the payments distributed to him.
Michael Oher #74 of the Ole Miss Rebels stands with his family during senior ceremonies prior to a game against the Mississippi State Bulldogs at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium.Matthew Sharpe/Getty
Matthew Sharpe/Getty
Oher’s filing argues that the Tuohys failed to “reveal the fact that the former co-conservators arrogated unto themselves the right to divide the money fromThe Blind Sideas they chose, and they unfairly chose to keep 80% for themselves and their two children.”
The petition claims, “Without Mr. Oher, there would have been no movie. The Tuohy had it backwards: 80% of the proceeds should have gone to Petitioner and 20% to the Tuohy family”
In 2010, Sean and Leigh Anne wroteIn a Heartbeat: Sharing the Power of Cheerful Giving.In 2015, Leigh Anne authoredTurn Around: Reach Out, Give Back, and Get Moving.
Michael Oher #73 of the Carolina Panthers celebrates with his family after the NFC Championship Game against the Arizona Cardinals at Bank Of America Stadium.Scott Cunningham/Getty
Scott Cunningham/Getty
Tuesday’s filing accuses the Tuohys of “fabricating the phony story that they are the adoptive parents" of Oher and “expounding on this lie while raking in approximately $8 million from gullible audiences around the nation.”
Additionally, the petition asks that Sean account for the $2.5 million he “took from” Oher in 2011. “This $2.5 million was supposedly taken to be invested for Mr. Oher, but the former co-conservators took the $2.5 million without permission from this court,” the filing alleges.
According to the petition, the Tuohys opened a checking account at Independent Bank with that money for Oher, with both Sean and Leigh Anne’s names on the account.
The filing alleges that “Leigh Anne Tuohy regularly wrote checks, including to herself and to ‘cash,’ and “should be required to fully account for every time they spent from that account."
Oher’s petition alleges that the Tuohy’s accounting “fails to include millions of dollars of income” the family “have received for their misuse of Mr. Oher’s NIL" and called the former co-conservators submission of earnings “grossly inadequate” due to multiple “mathematical errors, ambiguities, and confusing references."
Attorneys for Oher are asking the court to review the Tuohys' accounting submissions and argue that the “intentional and flagrant discrepancies and omissions” from the Tuohys filing “warrants” the court to grant Oher a “prejudgment interest” on all of the property “not properly accounted for” as well as “attorneys fees as result of the former co-conservators failure to provide a full accounting.”
Oher signed a conservatorship agreement in 2004 when he was 18 years old that granted the Tuohy’s control of his finances. At the time, he was living with the family and playing high school football.
Baltimore Ravens #23 draft pick Michael Oher poses for a photograph with his family at Radio City Music Hall for the 2009 NFL Draft on April 25, 2009 in New York City.Jeff Zelevansky/Getty
Jeff Zelevansky/Getty
The former Baltimore Ravens player claimed that all four members of the family were paid $225,000 for the film plus 2.5% of the film’s proceeds. He later learned that he was the only member of the family not receiving royalty checks from the film, his attorney J. Gerard Stranch IV told ESPN.
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The Tuohys have denied that claim, along with Alcon Entertainment, which producedThe Blind Side. In a statement shared with PEOPLE, they said Oher and the four members of the Tuohy family were collectively paid approximately $767,000 in payments delivered through their talent agency forThe Blind Side.
In September, Oher’s petition to terminate his conservatorship with the couple was granted.
The 2009 movie made $330 million at the box office and has continued to make money in the years since.
source: people.com
