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When the real Michael Oher got the chance to tell his own story in his 2011 memoir, “I felt like it portrayed me as dumb instead of as a kid who had never had consistent academic instruction and ended up thriving once he got it. Quinton Aaron [the actor who played Oher in the film] did a great job acting the part, but I could not figure out why the director chose to show me as someone who had to be taught the game of football. Whether it was S.J.
Oher's attorney adds that the family then profited from the lie that he had been adopted, intentionally misrepresenting themselves as his “adoptive” parents to the public. "Since at least August of 2004, Conservators have allowed Michael, specifically, and the public, generally, to believe that Conservators adopted Michael and have used that untruth to gain financial advantages for themselves and the foundations which they own or which they exercise control," the petition says.
The petition to dissolve the conservatorship also asks the court to issue an injunction barring the Tuohys from using Oher's name and likeness. Additionally, per , the petition states that “all four members of the Tuohy family were paid $225,000 for the film plus 2.5% of the film’s proceeds,” but Oher got
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