Former OL Oher Blindsided: Suing Tuohy's Claiming They Never Adopted Him

[SoTier]

16 hours ago, soflabillsfan1 said:

A simple adult adoption that required getting both his crackhead Mom and runaway Dad to show up in court.  Good luck with that.  You also kept referring to the "family friend" lawyer. That guy is Jimmy Sexton.  One of the most powerful, respected agents in all of sports.  Oher is going to come out looking bad in this but it doesn't matter.

 

Try Googling "adult adoption in Tennessee".   All that's required is for the biological parents to be notified.  They don't need to agree to it nor do they have to be present in court.  FYI, according to Touhey, Oher's mother was, in fact, in court.

 

In one of the articles cited in this thread, Sexton was identified as a close family friend of Touhey as well as the lawyer who set up the conservatorship.  His status and reputation doesn't exempt his actions from scrutiny in regards to the ethics of his being involved in giving his friend financial control of someone who became his client.

[Bray Wyatt]

12 minutes ago, SoTier said:

 

Try Googling "adult adoption in Tennessee".   All that's required is for the biological parents to be notified.  They don't need to agree to it nor do they have to be present in court.  FYI, according to Touhey, Oher's mother was, in fact, in court.

 

In one of the articles cited in this thread, Sexton was identified as a close family friend of Touhey as well as the lawyer who set up the conservatorship.  His status and reputation doesn't exempt his actions from scrutiny in regards to the ethics of his being involved in giving his friend financial control of someone who became his client.

 

Dont/Cant adoptions take a long time? If he wanted to go to Ole Miss the conservatorship may have been the fastest way to get around that

[Einstein]

(Edit: I see someone posted this yesterday, but I just saw it)

It is starting to unravel.

 

Turns out that Oher wrote in his book (from 2011!) that he knew about the conservatorship. In the book, he wrote:

"Since I was already over the age of eighteen and considered an adult by the state of Tennessee, Sean and Leigh Anne would be named as my 'legal conservators,'" 

 

Edited August 17, 2023 by Einstein

[Doc]

31 minutes ago, SoTier said:

Try Googling "adult adoption in Tennessee".   All that's required is for the biological parents to be notified.  They don't need to agree to it nor do they have to be present in court.  FYI, according to Touhey, Oher's mother was, in fact, in court.

 

In one of the articles cited in this thread, Sexton was identified as a close family friend of Touhey as well as the lawyer who set up the conservatorship.  His status and reputation doesn't exempt his actions from scrutiny in regards to the ethics of his being involved in giving his friend financial control of someone who became his client.

 

Being adopted is neither here nor there.  And the conservatorship, which he knew about from the beginning, was probably the best thing for him.  Now he's on his own.

Edited August 17, 2023 by Doc

[Bray Wyatt]

2 hours ago, Doc said:

 

Being adopted is neither here nor there.  And the conservatorship, which he knew about from the beginning, was probably the best thing for him.  Now he's on his own.

 

Also if its true that he has an 80 IQ, it is prob best that he had someone to look over his finances

[Doc]

31 minutes ago, Bray Wyatt said:

Also if its true that he has an 80 IQ, it is prob best that he had someone to look over his finances

 

It's really sad.  He's the one who will come out looking like an ####### in the end.

[DrDawkinstein]

 

[Rico]

What a maroon.

 

I remember some fans wanted him here, glad we never drafted him.

[boyst]

26 minutes ago, DrDawkinstein said:

 

It's a weird ass story but nothing is more disturbing than the comments on Twitter. 🤮

[DrDawkinstein]

8 minutes ago, boyst said:

It's a weird ass story but nothing is more disturbing than the comments on Twitter. 🤮

 

Luckily, without a twitter account, I cant see the comments

 

[boyst]

3 hours ago, DrDawkinstein said:

 

Luckily, without a twitter account, I cant see the comments

 

 I need to figure out why I see them 🤮

[C.Biscuit97]

Wait, Sandra Bullock didn’t teach him how to block? Nothing is real man. 😞

[stuvian]

On 8/14/2023 at 5:00 PM, teef said:

there's never any money in being a stunt penis.

what about a stunted penis? Asking for friend 

[stuvian]

On 8/15/2023 at 11:00 AM, jwhit34 said:

Blindside II - Can they get Jack Nicholson to play the father and channel his best Col. Jessup when he takes the stand in the civil suit trial? Sandra Bullock can play Leann again, I am thinking Charles Barkley as Michael Oher. 

 

Blindside II is going straight to Court TV with Amber Heard as Leann Tuohy

[stuvian]

On 8/15/2023 at 6:02 PM, unbillievable said:

 

A star athlete who was flunking out of school.

 

Articles say OHER tested with a 80 IQ.

Forest Gump had a 75IQ.

 

The narrative is that he was not motivated and the tests were biased...

 

https://www.biography.com/movies-tv/the-blind-side-true-story-michael-oher

Forrest Gump had a good agent and got better residuals for his life story

On 8/15/2023 at 6:23 PM, AlCowlingsTaxiService said:

… and pretty hot 

Where's Jake Fromme's Mom these days?

[stuvian]

The conservatorship was the best available alternative to a sham "adoption" by an alumni for a prospect to join an NCAA program. The NCAA would not have accepted Oher's "adoption" at age 18 in any case. What I don't understand is why the conservatorship would extend past his time as a collegiate athlete. 

 

It doesn't sound like Oher's lawyer has done his homework on the income streams stemming from the "Blind Side". He is assuming the Tuohy's wealth came from the story and film as opposed to their franchise businesses. He wants a "full accounting" of what they earned from the "Blind Side" which is an admission that he has no clue. 

 

His lawyer sounds like a race based shakedown artist. And if Oher is dumb enough to follow his advice, he will be publicly shamed and outed as a fool.

 

This is beginning to remind me of Mike Tyson going to Don King's camp after Cus D'Amato died.

[Doc]

9 hours ago, stuvian said:

The conservatorship was the best available alternative to a sham "adoption" by an alumni for a prospect to join an NCAA program. The NCAA would not have accepted Oher's "adoption" at age 18 in any case. What I don't understand is why the conservatorship would extend past his time as a collegiate athlete. 

 

It doesn't sound like Oher's lawyer has done his homework on the income streams stemming from the "Blind Side". He is assuming the Tuohy's wealth came from the story and film as opposed to their franchise businesses. He wants a "full accounting" of what they earned from the "Blind Side" which is an admission that he has no clue. 

 

His lawyer sounds like a race based shakedown artist. And if Oher is dumb enough to follow his advice, he will be publicly shamed and outed as a fool.

 

This is beginning to remind me of Mike Tyson going to Don King's camp after Cus D'Amato died.

 

Because Oher's not too bright in the head.  Was probably the best thing for him.  Now he's on his own.

[hondo in seattle]

From Hugh Freeze, Oher's high school football coach at Briarcrest:

 

“I know this: If Michael called Sean right now and said let’s work this thing out, Sean and Leigh Anne would be there in a hurry to hug his neck and tell him he’s loved." 

 

 

 

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[syhuang]

'Blind Side' Producers Defend the Film, Reveal Actual Profit Made by Tuohys and Michael Oher

 

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In a lengthy statement sent to PEOPLE on Thursday afternoon, Alcon Entertainment co-founders and co-CEOs Broderick Johnson and Andrew Kosove defended the film’s authenticity and clarified that Oher, now 37, and the four members of the Tuohy family were collectively paid approximately $767,000 in payments delivered through their talent agency for The Blind Side.

[CoudyBills]

The posters here are so predictable.