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Sunday, September 7, 2025

Michael Oher lawyers: Tuohy family's accounting of 'Blind Side ... - Commercial Appeal

Michael Oher's legal team is calling out Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy for their claims that the former football player received all the money he was entitled to as a result of the success of "The Blind Side."

On Tuesday, Oher's lawyers filed an objection to the Tuohys' court-ordered financial accounting, which was filed on Nov. 8 in Shelby Country Probate Court. The accounting shows Oher has received $138,311.01 from the Tuohy family since 2007. That figure represents approximately one-third of the net profit the Tuohys received off the success of the movie, according to the financial documents provided by the family.

Oher's attorneys wrote "... these documents are contradictory, confusing, false in material ways and wholly inadequate ...," in court documents obtained by The Commercial Appeal. It is "replete with mathematical errors, ambiguities and confusing references which make it grossly inadequate," they wrote.

They have requested the court strike the Tuohys' account filing and order them to file a "complete and honest accounting."

Also, on Wednesday, Memphis-based attorney Randy Fishman a member of the Tuohys' legal representation told Shelby County Probate Judge Kathleen Gomes that his clients will no longer refer to Oher as their adopted son and that all references to the former Briarcrest, Ole Miss and NFL star offensive lineman being their adopted son will be removed from their websites. This move comes in response to a request made by Oher on Nov. 14.

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