Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy are calling Michael Oher91裸聊视频檚 claims that they enriched themselves at his expense 91裸聊视频渙utlandish,91裸聊视频� 91裸聊视频渉urtful and absurd91裸聊视频� and part of a 91裸聊视频渟hakedown91裸聊视频� by the former NFL offensive tackle, whose relationship with the family was the inspiration for the movie 91裸聊视频淭he Blind Side.91裸聊视频�
In the statement first issued Tuesday by attorney Martin Singer to TMZ.com and later obtained by The Associated Press, Singer said the Tuohys are heartbroken and accused Oher of threatening to plant a negative story about them unless they paid him $15 million.
Singer said the Tuohys hope Oher regrets his recent decisions and that they can reconcile.
91裸聊视频淚n the meantime, however, they will not hesitate to defend their good names, stand up to this shakedown and defeat this offensive lawsuit,91裸聊视频� the statement says.
Oher filed a a conservatorship initiated by the Tuohys in 2004 91裸聊视频� months after he turned 18.
91裸聊视频淥her discovered this lie to his chagrin and embarrassment in February of 2023, when he learned that the Conservatorship to which he consented on the basis that doing so would make him a member of the Tuohy family, in fact provided him no familial relationship with the Tuohys,91裸聊视频� according to his petition.
He moved in with the Tuohys just before his senior year of high school and later attended Sean Tuohy91裸聊视频檚 alma mater, Mississippi. Oher asks for a full accounting of his assets considering his life story produced millions of dollars and he says he received nothing.
Oher, , also asks in the petition that the Tuohys be sanctioned and required to pay both compensatory and punitive damages determined by the court.
The Tuohy family statement says the idea that they sought to profit off Oher is 91裸聊视频渘ot only offensive, it is transparently ridiculous.91裸聊视频� The statement notes the Tuohys are worth 91裸聊视频渉undreds of millions of dollars91裸聊视频� and the notion they would 91裸聊视频渃onnive to withhold a few thousand dollars91裸聊视频� defies belief.
91裸聊视频淭hey have consistently treated him like a son and one of their three children,91裸聊视频� Singer said in the statement. 91裸聊视频淗is response was to threaten them, including saying that he would plant a negative story about them in the press unless they paid him $15 million.91裸聊视频�
The statement says agents negotiated a small advance from the production company for the Oscar-nominated movie 91裸聊视频淭he Blind Side,91裸聊视频� which was based on the book written by Sean Tuohy91裸聊视频檚 friend Michael Lewis. That included 91裸聊视频渁 tiny percentage of net profits91裸聊视频� divided equally with the Tuohys making 91裸聊视频済ood on that pledge.91裸聊视频�
Singer notes evidence exists in profit participation checks and studio accounting statements for the movie that won for her portrayal of Leigh Anne Tuohy.
When Oher refused to cash what the statement calls 91裸聊视频渟mall profit checks91裸聊视频� as part of his 91裸聊视频渟hakedown effort,91裸聊视频� the statement says the Tuohys deposited Oher91裸聊视频檚 share into a trust account set up for his son.
The Tuohys insist they received 91裸聊视频渘ot one penny91裸聊视频� as Oher91裸聊视频檚 conservators and set it up only to help him with health insurance, a driver91裸聊视频檚 license and being admitted to college. The statement says the Tuohys will not oppose Oher91裸聊视频檚 wish to end their conservatorship.
Singer said in the statement that Oher has tried this 91裸聊视频渟everal times before91裸聊视频� only to have attorneys stop representing him once they learned the truth. The statement called this a 91裸聊视频渃ynical attempt91裸聊视频� as part of Oher91裸聊视频檚 latest book tour.
Oher was the 23rd overall pick in the 2009 draft out of Mississippi, and he spent his first five seasons with the Baltimore Ravens where he won a Super Bowl. He played 110 games over eight NFL seasons, including 2014 when he started 11 games for the Tennessee Titans. Oher finished his career with two years in Carolina.
He last played in 2016 and was
