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The Blind Side, a Michael Lewis book that became he basis for an Oscar-winning film, grossed $309million. Oher alleges in the suit, the conservatorship enabled the Tuohy family to strike a deal wherein they - inclusive of their two children - would receive royalties from the heartwarming movie, specifically $225,000 each in addition to 2.5% of the 'defined net proceeds.'

According to my interpretation of the article, it was 2.5% of the NET proceeds. I am not a lawyer or CPA but my assumption is that net figure is after the cost to produce, distribute, promote, and the money paid to the actors. Let's say the net was $100M then they made $2.5M plus $225,000 for their kids and themselves ($225K x 4 = $900K).

I think he should get something but he made a lot of money because of them as well. I assume they paid the private high school he attended? In the movie, he had a private tutor and she had an apartment so if that were true, that costs them some $$.

Was is it a crappy way to handle it? Sure

Does he deserve some of the movie money? Sure

In the grand scheme of things (and assuming my "net" definition and figure is close to correct), I just don't think like we are talking about a lot of $$.

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Posted by MDTiger 13

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Member since Nov 2010

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Posted on 8/14/23 at 5:38 pm to captainahab

A lot of y’all didn’t read the article and are using only your knowledge from a movie you watched 15 years ago.

Clearly states he was already a well-established Allstate lineman that was already attending the school. The Tuoghy’s weren’t paying his tuition. Yes he was bouncing around from house to house, but looks like they saw dollar signs in the kid and took him in permanently.

They then steered him to sign with their home team and convinced an 18-year-old from a broken home with no concept of law or finances that a conservatorship is essentially an adoption of someone 18 or older, which was a complete lie.

They cut him a little money from the movie, but sounds like they forgot to tell him about the royalties they were getting. While they had an established entertainment agent, his cut of the movie was negotiated by their family friend lawyer, who also set up the conservatorship.

All extremely shady. I’m sorry if the guy who grew up with a drug addict mother and extremely messed up life didn’t turn into a nice person, but if this article is true, he deserves to rake them over the coals. Taking in a kid for two years, just to have him sign with your alma mater doesn’t make you entitled to millions of his money, which, even if the royalties were split five ways, it would’ve been millions for him. Sounds like he was OK with that deal, because he thought he was a part of the family, when really they saw him as the help

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Posted by mikelbr

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Posted on 8/15/23 at 5:57 am to captainahab

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According to my interpretation of the article, it was 2.5% of the NET proceeds. I am not a lawyer or CPA but my assumption is that net figure is after the cost to produce, distribute, promote, and the money paid to the actors. Let's say the net was $100M then they made $2.5M plus $225,000 for their kids and themselves ($225K x 4 = $900K).

Hell I don't know. I just saw several articles that have specified the Tuohys made millions off the Movie.
ESPN article about the Lawsuit

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The petition further alleges that the Tuohys used their power as conservators to strike a deal that paid them and their two birth children millions of dollars in royalties from an Oscar-winning film that earned more than $300 million, while Oher got nothing for a story "that would not have existed without him.

This post was edited on 8/15/23 at 6:03 am

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