The Blind Side featured a type of unimaginable, only-in-the-movies feel-good tales — besides it was supposedly based mostly on actuality (and a non-fiction e book by Michael Lewis). In the movie, Sandra Bullock performs Leigh Anne Tuohy, whose household helps a younger man from the foster care system named Michael Oher (Quinton Aaron) first discover success at college and on the soccer subject, and later, adopts him and makes him a full-fledged member of his household. Oher went on to a profitable NFL profession, after which his and the Tuohy’s story was informed in The Blind Side e book and film — with Bullock profitable an Oscar for her efficiency within the movie.
But if there may be ever a Blind Side sequel, it seems to be like it will must be in a wholly totally different style — presumably a courtroom drama, as a result of Oher is now petitioning a court docket in Tennessee to finish his relationship with the Tuohys, alleging that regardless of what they claimed they by no means really adopted him, and as an alternative made themselves his conservators. Doing so, he claims, gave them the fitting to make enterprise offers on his behalf, and to maintain the lion’s share of the cash from telling their story for themselves.
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Oher’s petition states:
Since no less than August of 2004, Conservators have allowed Michael, particularly, and the general public, typically, to consider that Conservators adopted Michael and have used that untruth to achieve monetary benefits for themselves and the foundations which they personal or which they train management … All monies made in mentioned method ought to in all conscience and fairness be disgorged and paid over to the mentioned ward, Michael Oher.
According to ESPN, the Tuohys have beforehand insisted the cash they produced from The Blind Side film was cut up “five ways” between the family members.
In Oher’s personal e book, I Beat the Odds, he mentioned that he was informed that coming into right into a conservatorship with the Tuohys was basically the identical as being adopted. Legally, that’s not correct. If the Tuohys did legally undertake Oher, he nonetheless would preserve energy over his personal funds. Being in a conservatorship allegedly gave the Tuohys that energy.
Oher’s lawyer additionally informed ESPN that whereas he was shut with the Tuohys for a few years, their relationship “started to decline when he discovered that he was portrayed in the movie as unintelligent,” and “continued to deteriorate as he learned that he was the only member of the family not receiving royalty checks from the movie.” Oher claims his depiction in The Blind Side as a person who struggled academically clouded some NFL coaches’ opinions of him and what roles he may play on the soccer subject.
Oher’s petition seeks to finish the conservatorship and to cease the Tuohy household from utilizing his title and likeness sooner or later. We’ll see how they reply. Whatever the end result, will probably be awfully arduous to take a look at The Blind Side as a purely inspirational story ever once more.
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