‘The Blind Side’ Brother Sean ‘SJ’ Tuohy Jr. on Michael Oher’s Claims

Sean “SJ” Tuohy Jr. tried to shed gentle on his household’s dynamic with Michael Oher, suggesting that the soccer participant who impressed The Blind Side knew about Leigh Anne Tuohy and Sean Tuohy being his conservators earlier than this yr.

“I want to preface this by saying I loved Mike at 16, I love [Michael] now at 37, and I’ll love him at 67,” SJ started throughout an look on Barstool Radio on Monday, August 14. “If he says he learned that in February, I find that hard to believe. [I went back to] our family group texts … to see what things have been said. And there’s things back in 2020, 2021 [that] were like, you know, ‘If you guys give me this much, then I won’t go public with things.’ And so I don’t know if that’s true. I think everyone learned in the past year about the conservatorship stuff because of Britney Spears so maybe that’s the case.”

Earlier on Monday, ESPN reported that Oher is taking authorized motion towards Leigh Anne and Sean, alleging that they by no means legally adopted him and as a substitute satisfied him to signal a doc giving them authorized authority to make enterprise choices for him in 2004. Us Weekly has obtained the 14-page petition, wherein Oher is searching for a share of the income — which he alleges are within the thousands and thousands — comprised of the 2009 film.

Both dad Sean and little brother SJ denied making thousands and thousands off of The Blind Side, with Sean telling The Daily Memphian on Monday that “everybody in the family got an equal share” of $14,000 when The Blind Side creator Michael Lewis wrote the ebook that might go on to encourage the movie. SJ estimated that he’s obtained a further $60,000 to $70,000 “over the course of the last four or five years” after the film continued to earn a living.

“Man, if I had $2 million in my bank account, it would be in my email signature and say, ‘Signed, SJ Tuohy, multi-millionaire,’” SJ advised the Barstool hosts. “I get it, why he’s mad. I completely understand. It stinks that it’ll play out on a very public stage. … You will never hear me say anything bad about Michael Oher in any capacity other than I’m upset that he feels the way that he does. I think some of the things that were mentioned in the probate or book or whatever I don’t necessarily agree with and or remember happening like that.”

Oher started dwelling with the Tuohy household in highschool after years within the foster care system. When requested when the connection between his household and Oher began to deteriorate, SJ claimed there wasn’t “one moment,” however issues modified when Oher “stopped playing” soccer after a number of seasons within the NFL, and “everything kind of fell down.”

“I don’t know the exact time — that’d be a question for him. There obviously is a time because you can go back and look at social media posts from 2015, 2016, [and] 2017 and everything’s fine and dandy,” SJ stated. “I think it builds up over time for him. And it’s hard.”

Acknowledging that The Blind Side “made a lot of money,” SJ stated he hopes Oher “gets everything that’s entitled to him legally,” however doesn’t “think it’s going to come in the form of the ESPN story.”

“Obviously, he’s the star of it. There is no story without him. He is the star of everything he’s done in his life,” SJ stated earlier than mentioning the SAG-AFTRA strike. “The same thing these writers and actors are pissed about now — it’s not crazy different. He wants more royalties. … Hollywood is going to screw people.”

SJ went on to say that he final noticed Oher in 2021 and was texting him “throughout the year, but not in the last couple of months, which makes sense now.” SJ concluded that he was “accusatory” of his dad and mom “to some extent” when Oher first made his claims, however now believes “everything is documented” in relation to the Tuohy household’s funds.

Oher briefly addressed the lawsuit because it made headlines on Monday, sharing in a press release to The New York Post: “I am disheartened by the revelation shared in the lawsuit today. This is a difficult situation for my family and me. I want to ask everyone to please respect our privacy at this time. For now, I will let the lawsuit speak for itself and will offer no further comment.”