Michael Oher is filing a lawsuit against the Tuohy family, and many aren't sure what to make of the situation nearly 15 years since "The Blind Side" was released.
Domonique Foxworth, a sports media personality and former teammate of Oher, spoke on “The Dan Le Batard Show” on Tuesday, August 15 and reacted to the fact of Oher accusing the Tuohy family of tricking him into signing a conservatorship.
Foxworth, who with Oher on the Baltimore Ravens in 2009 when the “The Blind Side” film was released, acknowledged that these are still just accusations and the truth is still unclear, but he could see how Oher’s side could be true.
“It's an interesting story to look back on because I could see how this can happen,” Foxworth said. “You're a young kid, and this family has to the best of your knowledge looked out for you up to this point, and they asked you to sign some papers because we're going to make you an official member of our family. Apparently, that's what Michael believes happened.”
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Foxworth, who played in the defensive secondary during his six years in the NFL, admitted that he wasn’t the closest of friends with Oher given that his ex-teammate was on the offensive line. He described Oher as "low key" and "soft-spoken."
But he noticed enough to see that Oher still did have a relationship with the Tuohys, at least during the immediate aftermath of the film.
“The Tuohy family was around often and he did have them involved in his affairs,” Foxworth said. “I remember doing charity events with Michael when they would show up so at that point, they were still in his life in some way.”
Foxworth also said that Oher would “welcome them into the facility from time to time.”
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Oher is filing a lawsuit against the Tuohys, alleging they tricked him into signing away his name and legal authority and then earned millions of dollars from his name and likeness from the release of the film.
The film showed Oher signing some papers soon after he turned 18, but Oher believed they were adoption papers. Had he been legally adopted, he would have been able to retain the authority to his finances.
The lawsuit says Oher only learned about this in February of this year.
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