{"id":115343,"date":"2023-12-05T21:37:15","date_gmt":"2023-12-05T21:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/12\/05\/the-blind-side-subject-michael-oher-tried-to-extort-us-tuohy-family-says-national\/"},"modified":"2023-12-05T21:37:15","modified_gmt":"2023-12-05T21:37:15","slug":"the-blind-side-topic-michael-oher-tried-to-extort-us-tuohy-household-says-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/12\/05\/the-blind-side-topic-michael-oher-tried-to-extort-us-tuohy-household-says-national\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018The Blind Side\u2019 topic Michael Oher tried to extort us, Tuohy household says\u00a0 – National"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The actual story behind the film The Blind Side<\/em><\/a> will get increasingly difficult as time passes.<\/p>\n

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On Monday, Sean<\/a> and Leigh Anne Tuohy<\/a> filed a brand new court docket declare alleging former NFL participant Michael Oher<\/a> \u2014 who they took in whereas he was a young person \u2014 tried to extort US$15 million (over CAD$20.3 million) from them.<\/p>\n

Oher, whose life served as inspiration for the e book and movie\u00a0The Blind Side<\/em>, filed a lawsuit in August in opposition to the Tuohy dad and mom that accused them of utilizing a conservatorship<\/a> to achieve management of his funds. He claimed Sean and Leigh Anne have made \u201cmillions\u201d profiting off his identify and story because the Oscar-winning film was launched in 2009.<\/p>\n

Oher requested for his conservatorship to be terminated, in addition to for a full accounting of the cash earned off the usage of his identify and story. He is in search of any cash owed to him, in addition to compensatory and punitive damages decided by the court docket.<\/p>\n

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In their newest authorized submitting, the Tuohys alleged Oher, 37, threatened<\/a> to smash their public picture if they didn’t ship him cash, based on CBS News, who considered the paperwork.<\/p>\n

Sean, 64, and Leigh Anne, 63, supplied the court docket with a number of textual content messages and emails allegedly from Oher that demanded he be despatched US$10 million (about C$13.6 million). He stated if he didn’t obtain the funds, he would out the Tuohys as \u201cthieves\u201d to TMZ or on social media.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf something isn\u2019t resolved this Friday, I\u2019m going to go ahead and tell the world, how I was robbed by my suppose to be [sic] parents,\u201d one alleged textual content message from Oher reads. \u201cThat\u2019s the deadline.\u201d<\/p>\n

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In one other textual content submitted by the Tuohys, Oher modified his demand from $10 million to $15 million \u201cafter taxes.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThink how it will look when this comes out,\u201d Oher wrote in one other alleged message.<\/p>\n

Sean and Leigh Anne\u2019s legal professionals didn’t present the court docket with any of the couple\u2019s responses to Oher\u2019s messages.<\/p>\n

The couple stated Oher solely started demanding cash after his skilled soccer profession got here to an finish and he was \u201cno longer making a significant amount of money.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNeedless to say, the menacing demands were shocking and hurtful to the Tuohys, who had always treated Mr. Oher with kindness and love,\u201d the court docket paperwork learn.<\/p>\n

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The Tuohys requested the court docket to disclaim Oher\u2019s request for a brief injunction within the case. They have additionally maintained that they don’t owe Oher any cash. Oher has not but commented publicly on the Tuohys\u2019 newest authorized submitting.<\/p>\n

His conservatorship was terminated<\/a> in September. Oher continues to be asking for the cash he believes he’s owed.<\/p>\n

The Tuohys stated they established the authorized guardianship when Oher was 18 to assist him get hold of medical health insurance, a driver\u2019s licence and to permit him to be admitted to school. The couple stated the conservatorship allowed Oher to skirt NCAA guidelines that will have impeded his skill to play soccer for the University of Mississippi, the place the Tuohys had been donors.<\/p>\n