Football star Michael Oher (37), whose career inspired the movie “The Blind SideIt is said that the couple who adopted her when she was a teenager had duped her by promising to adopt her. In fact, her alleged adoptive parents merely assumed guardianship of her and thus enriched themselves with Oher, according to court documents, among which US broadcaster NBC News cited.
Taken by Shawn and Leigh Anne Tuohy and later included in the NFL, the Ohr story born into poverty was released in 2009 as “The”. Blind SideTo the theatres. The film was a box office hit and actress Sandra Bullock won an Oscar for her role as Leigh Anne Tuohy. On the other hand, Ohr was initially critical of the film and the way she was portrayed in it.
According to persistent reports, the football star filed a petition in a Tennessee court on Monday, seeking to terminate the guardianship of Tuhys. According to the application, she unknowingly signed over guardianship in 2004 at age 18 after she thought the couple wanted to adopt her. Among other things, he is said to have inadvertently handed over the rights to his life story. Sean Tuohy told the Daily Memphian newspaper that his family was “devastated” by the allegations.
