{"id":2002376,"date":"2023-08-16T11:55:23","date_gmt":"2023-08-16T15:55:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blind-side-son-on-accusations-from-ex-nfl-star-michael-oher-i-get-it-why-hes-mad\/"},"modified":"2023-08-16T11:58:01","modified_gmt":"2023-08-16T15:58:01","slug":"blind-side-son-on-accusations-from-ex-nfl-star-michael-oher-i-get-it-why-hes-mad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blind-side-son-on-accusations-from-ex-nfl-star-michael-oher-i-get-it-why-hes-mad\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Blind Side&#8217; son understands ex-NFL star&#8217;s anger"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fblind-side-son-on-accusations-from-ex-nfl-star-michael-oher-i-get-it-why-hes-mad%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2002376&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>A Member of \u2062the Tuohy\u200c Family Speaks Out \u2064About Relationship with Michael Oher<\/h2>\n<p>A\u2062 member of the Tuohy family is \u200bspeaking out about the family\u2019s \u2062relationship\u2062 with \u2064former NFL player\u200c Michael\u2062 Oher.<\/p>\n<p>Oher, whose relationship with \u2064the Tennessee family was depicted \u200din \u201cThe Blind Side\u201d book and movie, is suing the\u200d family\u2062 for obtaining\u2064 a \u200cconservatorship over him as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">young adult<\/a>, according\u200b to\u200b the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/08\/15\/everything-to-know-about-michael-ohers-lawsuit-over-the-blind-side\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New\u200c York Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In legal filings,\u200b Oher contends that\u2063 the\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mccarthy-says-gop-will-launch-investigations-into-covid-19-origins-if-bidens-made-millions-from-china-if-republicans-take-back-house\/\" title=\"McCarthy Says GOP Will Launch Investigations Into COVID-19 Origins, If Bidens Made Millions From China If Republicans Take Back House\">family made millions<\/a> of dollars off of his\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tim-tebow-strengthens-bond-with-israel-with-charity-event\/\" title=\"Tim Tebow Strengthens Bond With Israel With Charity Event\">personal story<\/a>, all the while \u2063being\u2063 falsely depicted\u200d as his adoptive parents rather\u200d than his conservators.<\/p>\n<p>The story depicts Oher as a\u2064 ward of the wealthy Tuohy family. The University of \u2062Mississippi \u2062boosters ensured Oher played football for \u200bthe school.<\/p>\n<h3>Tuohy\u200d Family Member Addresses \u2064Oher&#8217;s \u200cSide of the Story<\/h3>\n<p>Sean Tuohy Jr. addressed Oher\u2019s side of the story in an interview\u200d with Barstool Sports on\u200c Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The family member\u2064 appeared sympathetic to Oher\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/former-nfl-player-immortalized-blind-side-drops-bombshell-lie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">arguments<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u201cIf someone made \u2062a \u2063movie \u2062that I thought was about me\u200b and I see it \u2062sold $300M \u2063box office and\u200d I didn\u2019t see anything, I see how that\u200d would upset me\u201d \u2063\u2013<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stoolpresidente?\">@stoolpresidente<\/a> on the Michael Oher\u2064 situation<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BarstoolRadio?\">@BarstoolRadio<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jETjFKHaC0\">pic.twitter.com\/jETjFKHaC0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u200c Barstool Sports\u2063 (@barstoolsports)\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/barstoolsports\/status\/1691181776071204864?\">August 14, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI get it \u2064why he\u2019s mad. I completely understand,\u201d the younger Tuohy said\u200b of the scenario.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt stinks that it\u2019ll play\u200c out on a very public stage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think there was 16 years \u200cof\u2026 people that took positive \u2063things from the movie, now \u2064there\u2019s\u2063 16 years \u200bof people that think \u200cnegative of\u2063 it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A lawyer for \u200dthe Tuohy family\u200d has accused Oher\u2019s attorney \u2064of a $15\u2062 million \u201cshakedown\u201d before suing to end the family\u2019s \u200bconservatorship and\u2062 account for profits they\u2063 made off of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/blind-side-family-responds-allegations-former-nfl-star-michael-oher-upsetting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Blind Side<\/a> book\u2062 and \u200cmovie, \u2063according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/08\/15\/michael-oher-accused-of-15m-shakedown-of-tuohy-family\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver\u200d the years, \u200dthe Tuohys\u2063 have given Mr. Oher an \u2064equal cut\u2064 of every penny received \u2064from \u2018The\u200b Blind \u2064Side,\u2019\u201d Marty Singer said of the family.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven recently, when Mr. Oher started\u2062 to threaten them\u200b about what \u2064he would do\u200b unless they paid him an eight-figure \u2063windfall, and, as part of that shakedown\u2063 effort refused \u200dto cash the small profit checks from the \u200cTuohys, \u200bthey\u2064 still deposited\u2064 Mr. Oher\u2019s equal share\u200d into a trust account they set up for his son.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sean\u200d Tuohy claims that the family\u200d placed Oher under a conservatorship\u2064 to facilitate\u2064 his\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-endorses-former-nfl-player-herschel-walker-in-georgia-senate-race\/\" title=\"Trump Endorses Former NFL Player Herschel Walker In Georgia Senate Race\">college football career<\/a> and ensure his access to \u200dhealth insurance,\u2064 according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/08\/14\/the-blind-side-family-responds-to-michael-ohers-lawsuit-against-them\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New\u2064 York\u200b Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Oher has rejected his depiction as an illiterate and troubled child in \u201cThe Blind\u2064 Side,\u201d arguing that \u200bthe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blind-side-son-on-accusations-from-ex-nfl-star-michael-oher-i-get-it-why-hes-mad\/\" title=\"'Blind Side' son understands ex-NFL star's anger\">false portrayal negatively impacted<\/a> his eight-year <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/heisman-trophy-winner-went-5m-bender-attempted-suicide-cut-nfl-team\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NFL<\/a> \u2063 career.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Last\u200c week, Michael Oher discussed with \u2062me why the portrayal\u2064 of his \u200clife in \u201cThe Blind Side\u201d movie was inaccurate. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SES33vH8s8\">pic.twitter.com\/SES33vH8s8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Damon Amendolara\u200c (@DAonCBS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DAonCBS\/status\/1691180341082382337?\">August 14,\u200b 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Oher\u200c asserts that he didn\u2019t realize the Tuohys hadn\u2019t\u200b legally <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/op-ed-cant-compassion-fatigue-ukrainian-families-torn-apart\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">adopted<\/a> him until\u2062 recently in his \u200dlegal filings, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2023\/08\/14\/michael-oher-tuohy-lawsuit-blind-side\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Axios<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/blind-side-son-accusations-ex-nfl-star-michael-oher-get-mad\/\">&#8216;Blind Side&#8217; Son \u200bon\u2062 Accusations from Ex-NFL Star Michael Oher: &#8216;I Get It, Why He&#8217;s Mad&#8217;<\/a> \u2063appeared first on\u2062 <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The\u2062 Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Tuohy family member is addressing their connection with ex-NFL player Michael Oher. Oher, portrayed in &#8220;The Blind Side&#8221; book and film, is suing the family for gaining legal control over him as a young adult. 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