Michael Oher Alleges Tuohy Family Never Adopted Him & 'Got Nothing' for 'The Blind Side'

Depending on who you ask, "The Blind Side" is one of the best football movies of all time. It's not number one for me, but it's certainly in the top five.

If you're unfamiliar with the story, it shows how a teenager who grew up in poverty, Michael Oher, was brought in by a wealthy family in Tennessee who eventually "adopted" him, gave him a home, access to an academic tutor, and put him into football where he became a budding star.

Unfortunately, the movie wasn't 100% factual.

Earlier this week, Oher filed a 14-page petition in Shelby County, Tennessee, alleging Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy never adopted him.

According to a report from Michael A. Fletcher of ESPN

, "The petition says the couple tricked him into signing a document making them his conservators, which gave them legal authority to make business deals in his name.

"The petition further alleges that the Tuohys used their power as conservators to strike a deal that paid them and their two birth children millions of dollars in royalties from an Oscar-winning film that earned more than $300 million, while Oher got nothing for a story 'that would not have existed without him.' In the years since, the Tuohys have continued calling the 37-year-old Oher their adopted son and have used that assertion to promote their foundation as well as Leigh Anne Tuohy's work as an author and motivational speaker."

Oher played eight seasons in the NFL, spending the final two of his career with the Carolina Panthers.

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