The Blind Aspect household lawyer responds to Michael Oher’s allegations, calling them “offensive” and “ridiculous”
Michael Oher was the topic of The Blind Aspect, a film which adopted a homeless and traumatized Black teenager who turns into an All-American soccer participant and first-round NFL draft decide with the assistance of his caring adoptive dad and mom performed by Sandra Bullock and Tim McGraw. Nevertheless, Michael Oher made some critical allegations in opposition to The Blind Aspect household yesterday, saying that they deceived him about being adopted and disadvantaged him of earnings from the film. The household has now responded to the allegations by their lawyer, Marty Singer.
Marty Singer mentioned that the “outlandish claims” made by Michael Oher about Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy are “hurtful and absurd,” and the concept that the household “have ever sought to revenue off Mr. Oher is just not solely offensive, it’s transparently ridiculous.” Singer additionally mentioned that Oher has “tried to run this play a number of instances earlier than – however it appears that evidently quite a few different legal professionals stopped representing him as soon as they noticed the proof and discovered the reality. Sadly, Mr. Oher has lastly discovered a prepared enabler and filed this ludicrous lawsuit as a cynical try to drum up consideration in the course of his newest e-book tour.“
The lawyer added that the Tuohy’s have by no means stored any cash earned from The Blind Aspect from Michael Oher and have all the time divided it equally among the many household. “Through the years, the Tuohys have given Mr. Oher an equal minimize of each penny obtained from The Blind Aspect,” reads the rebuttal. “Even lately, when Mr. Oher began to threaten them about what he would do except they paid him an eight-figure windfall, and, as a part of that shakedown effort refused to money the small revenue checks from the Tuohys, they nonetheless deposited Mr. Oher’s equal share right into a belief account they arrange for his son.“
You possibly can learn Martin Singer’s full assertion relating to The Blind Aspect allegations under:
“Anybody with a modicum of frequent sense can see that the outlandish claims made by Michael Oher in regards to the Tuohy household are hurtful and absurd. The concept that the Tuohys have ever sought to revenue off Mr. Oher is just not solely offensive, it’s transparently ridiculous. By way of onerous work and luck, Sean and Leigh Anne have made a rare amount of cash within the restaurant enterprise. The notion {that a} couple value tons of of tens of millions of {dollars} would connive to withhold just a few thousand {dollars} in revenue participation funds from anybody – not to mention from somebody they cherished as a son – defies perception.
In actuality, the Tuohys opened their house to Mr. Oher, provided him construction, assist and, most of all, unconditional love. They’ve persistently handled him like a son and one in all their three youngsters. His response was to threaten them, together with saying that he would plant a adverse story about them within the press except they paid him $15 million.
When Michael Lewis, a buddy of Sean’s since childhood, was approached about turning his e-book on Mr. Oher and the Tuohys right into a film about their household, his brokers negotiated a deal the place they obtained a small advance from the manufacturing firm and a tiny proportion of web earnings. They insisted that any cash obtained be divided equally. And so they have made good on that pledge.
The proof – documented in revenue participation checks and studio accounting statements – is obvious: through the years, the Tuohys have given Mr. Oher an equal minimize of each penny obtained from The Blind Aspect. Even lately, when Mr. Oher began to threaten them about what he would do except they paid him an eight-figure windfall, and, as a part of that shakedown effort refused to money the small revenue checks from the Tuohys, they nonetheless deposited Mr. Oher’s equal share right into a belief account they arrange for his son.
Moreover, despite the false allegation within the lawsuit, the Tuohys have all the time been upfront about how a conservatorship (from which not one penny was obtained) was established to help with Mr. Oher’s wants, starting from getting him medical insurance and acquiring a driver’s license to serving to with faculty admissions. Ought to Mr. Oher want to terminate the conservatorship, both now or at anytime sooner or later, the Tuohys won’t ever oppose it in any method.
Unbeknownst to the general public, Mr. Oher has truly tried to run this play a number of instances earlier than – however it appears that evidently quite a few different legal professionals stopped representing him as soon as they noticed the proof and discovered the reality. Sadly, Mr. Oher has lastly discovered a prepared enabler and filed this ludicrous lawsuit as a cynical try to drum up consideration in the course of his newest e-book tour.
The Tuohys will all the time care deeply for Mr. Oher. They’re heartbroken over these occasions. They desperately hope that he involves remorse his latest selections, makes completely different selections sooner or later and that they sometime could be reconciled with him. Within the meantime, nonetheless, they won’t hesitate to defend their good names, stand as much as this shakedown and defeat this offensive lawsuit.”
~ Martin Singer, lawyer for Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy.
We doubtless haven’t heard the final of those Blind Aspect allegations, which sadly look to be getting considerably ugly.