On Monday, former NFL player Michael Oher, who was popularized by the biopic ‘The Blind Side,’ petitioned a Tennessee court with allegations that a key element of the 2009 film was a lie created by the Tuohy family to profit off his expense.
In the film, Oher is adopted by Tuohy family to protect Oher from living on the streets. Nonetheless, Oher claims he was never adopted by the family. Instead, Oher alleges the Tuohys tricked him into signing a document making them his conservators. This agreement allowed the Tuohys to make business deals and profit off Oher’s name.