The Tuohy household says earlier than Michael Oher made “outlandish,” “hurtful” and “absurd” claims about them in courtroom on Monday … he really tried to shake them down for $15 MILLION.
Marty Singer — the Tuohy household legal professional — stated all of it occurred lately … and, what’s worse, he claimed this isn’t the primary time Oher has carried out this.
Singer — in a prolonged assertion to TMZ Sports — stated Oher got here to the Tuohys previous to submitting his 14-page petition in Shelby County, Tenn. … and threatened them, saying in the event that they did not pony up an eight-figure test, he’d “plant a negative story about them in the press.”
Singer denied all the allegations in Oher’s courtroom submitting … explaining that Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy completely didn’t trick the previous NFL star into getting right into a conservatorship when he was 18 years previous as he had claimed.
The conservatorship “was established to assist with Mr. Oher’s needs, ranging from getting him health insurance and obtaining a driver’s license to helping with college admissions,” Singer stated. “Should Mr. Oher wish to terminate the conservatorship, either now or at anytime in the future, the Tuohys will never oppose it in any way.”
As for Oher’s claims that the Tuohys used the conservatorship to dealer a film cope with Fox behind Oher’s again that netted them thousands and thousands — whereas leaving Oher with nothing — Singer stated that was BS as nicely.
“The notion that a couple worth hundreds of millions of dollars would connive to withhold a few thousand dollars in profit participation payments from anyone — let alone from someone they loved as a son — defies belief,” Singer stated.
Instead, the legal professional claimed Tuesday the Tuohys had “received a small advance from the production company and a tiny percentage of net profits” from “The Blind Side” … cash Singer stated the Tuohys have all the time both shared with Oher or have tried to share with the previous Baltimore Ravens deal with.
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‘Blind Side’ Inspo Michael Oher Says Tuohys Never Adopted Him, It Was Conservatorship
“Over the years, the Tuohys have given Mr. Oher an equal cut of every penny received from ‘The Blind Side,'” Singer stated. “Even recently, when Mr. Oher started to threaten them about what he would do unless they paid him an eight-figure windfall, and, as part of that shakedown effort refused to cash the small profit checks from the Tuohys, they still deposited Mr. Oher’s equal share into a trust account they set up for his son.”
Singer continued, “Unbeknownst to the public, Mr. Oher has actually attempted to run this play several times before – but it seems that numerous other lawyers stopped representing him once they saw the evidence and learned the truth. Sadly, Mr. Oher has finally found a willing enabler and filed this ludicrous lawsuit as a cynical attempt to drum up attention in the middle of his latest book tour.”
Singer added the Tuohys are “heartbroken” over all of it they usually hope to reconcile with Oher quickly … although “they will not hesitate to defend their good names, stand up to this shakedown and defeat this offensive lawsuit.”
We coated all of it within the newest episode of The TMZ Podcast, out there on all podcast platforms.
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