re: Michael Oher alleges his adoption was a lie, family took all the film proceeds

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But it seemed like they completely skipped over the fact that Oher had been staying with other families a

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Oher claims he did not remember signing, suggesting it was potentially obtained by “forgery” or “trickery.”

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Both producers of the movie, Johnson and Kosove explained in a statement obtained by People Magazine that the family, including Oher, made roughly $767,000 in total payments.

The deal "was consistent with the marketplace at that time for the rights of relatively unknown individuals," the statement detailed. "Therefore, it did not include significant payouts in the event of the film’s success."

"As a result, the notion that the Tuohys were paid millions of dollars by Alcon to the detriment of Michael Oher is false."

… Author Michael Lewis sold his rights to his 2006 book based on Oher, "The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game," and the film was later made.

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Judges have an obligation to impose the “least restrictive means to secure [the] well-being” of the person in the conservatorship, McKenrick said. But the judge’s order imposed a far-reaching “plenary” conservatorship that takes away most of Oher’s legal rights. And while the Tuohys’ petition asked for the arrangement to continue “at least until he reaches the age of 25 or until terminated by order of this court prior to that time,” the judge’s order imposed it indefinitely.

And while the restrictiveness of the conservatorship agreement is jarring, the reality of how it was used appears to be far more limited. Oher was fully in control of his finances and medical decisions, the Tuohy family said, and there were no financial assets in the conservatorship. He signed his own contracts and enlisted his own agents.

“The fact of the matter is that nobody really even thought about it. Nobody ever considered it. The court never sent any notices,” said Randall Fishman, an attorney for the family. He claimed the Tuohys would have voluntarily ended the conservatorship whenever Oher asked, which Fishman said he did not.

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