The former NFL star's attorneys alleged he “has been kept in the dark” about his portion of the proceeds made from 'The Blind Side.'
at age 18 in 2004. He alleged in the filing he learned just six months ago that the Tuohys had become his conservators rather than his adoptive parents, as depicted in"The Blind Side."
"The Blind Side" made more than $309 million at the box office, according to Box Office Mojo, and a source close to the film told NBC News the Tuohys received about $700,000 to be evenly split among the family. "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.' They explained to me that it means pretty much the exact same thing as 'adoptive parents,' but that the laws were just written in a way that took my age into account," Oher wrote in the book. "Honestly, I didn’t care what it was called.
A representative for Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy declined to comment on the filing. But in a previous statement, their attorney Marty Singer said the couple"will never oppose" terminating the conservatorship and that they"have given Mr. Oher an equal cut of every penny received from 'The Blind Side.'", rather than adoption in 2004.
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