Michael Oher received $138K in 'The Blind Side' proceeds from Tuohy family, documents show

by Jason Munz

Michael Oher with the Titans

The dispute between Michael Oher and the Tuohy family − whose story was the subject of the Oscar-winning film "The Blind Side" − took another turn Wednesday.

The Tuohys' lawyers filed a court-ordered financial accounting that reveals Oher received $138,311.01 from the family since 2007. That figure represents approximately one-third of the net profit the Tuohys received off the success of the movie.

The sworn document filed in Shelby County Probate Court lists 10 separate payments the Tuohys made to Oher, beginning with a $22,500 installment on June 8, 2007. The filing shows Oher received his last check from the family in April 2023.

Oher, the former Briarcrest Christian and Ole Miss star and NFL offensive lineman, filed a petition in August to end the Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy's conservatorship. Included in that filing, Oher alleged the family made millions off the movie while he didn't receive anything. The Tuohys, through their attorneys, Randy Fishman and Steven Farese Sr., pushed back against that claim.

Tax forms included in the court document show the Tuohy family made more than $432,000 in proceeds related to "The Blind Side" between 2007 and 2021.

“The Tuohys did not control any of Mr. Oher’s finances,” Farese said in August. “Mr. Oher picked his own agent. Mr. Oher signed his own contract, negotiated it through his agents. They don’t need his money. They’ve never needed his money.”

Oher has until Nov. 28 to make any objections to the document.

The central theme of Oher’s petition is the conservatorship and the fact that the Tuohys never adopted him, as he and many others were led to believe.

“Where other parents of Michael’s classmates saw Michael simply as a nice kid in need, Conservators Sean Tuohy and Leigh Anne Tuohy saw something else: a gullible young man whose athletic talent could be exploited for their own benefit,” the petition said.

Shelby County Probate Court Judge Kathleen Gomes officially ended the conservatorship agreement between Oher and the Tuohys.

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Michael Oher received $138K in 'The Blind Side' proceeds from Tuohy family, documents show

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