Nearly 15 years after The Blind Side earned Sandra Bullock her first Oscar, along with being a Best Picture contender, its subjects, Michael Oher and the Touhy family, entered into a public disagreement earlier this year. In August, the NFL football player claimed he was never adopted and exploited by the couple who took him in, and filed a legal filing detailing his allegations. The latest development in the conflict has Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy removing Oher references from their marketing materials.
In a Wednesday hearing, which Michael Oher was in attendance for, the Touhys' lawyer Randy Fishman announced that references to the NFL footballer’s name is set to now be removed from the couple’s websites and public speaking advertisement materials. Per the Associated Press, the change will be made “immediately.” This comes following Oher asked the judge to ban the Tuohy family from using his name, image and likeness in regards to their business and public image.
