The coverage of the Oher-Tuohy saga is indicative of the state of the corporate media, and its eerie wish to define story subjects by perceived racial tropes. How did Oher just now, at the age of 37, learn that the Tuohys never adopted him?īut asking those questions would require corporate journalists to resist the emotional urge to immediately pick a side in an allegation, and risk missing out on an opportunity to capitalize on racial tensions. Is there proof that the Tuohys misled Oher? Perhaps there was a time when the press would receive a story like this and ask the proper questions: Oher also said he just learned this year that the Tuohy family never legally adopted him. The allegations revealed Oher is now estranged from the Tuohys. The allegations ruined one of America’s favorite feel-good tales: how a young boy stuck in the foster-care system on behalf of his drug-addicted mother landed in the home of a wealthy family who helped famous college football coaches notice him. Oher says he just learned this year the Tuohy family never legally adopted him. He claims the Tuohys swindled him into signing a conservatorship, paving the way for the family to earn millions by telling his life story through the film “The Blind Side,” from which he earned none. Oher, a former NFL offensive lineman, alleges that Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy exploited him for profit. Scathing new ‘Blind Side’ lawsuit docs claim 19-year cover-upĪnd those dynamics alone were enough for the corporate media to declare Oher a victim of the Tuohys upon a petition he filed Monday. Michael Oher could have ended conservatorship anytime after 2011: court docs ‘The Blind Side’ producers fight back against Michael Oher claims, reveal how much Tuohys got paid Michael Oher going after ‘The Blind Side’ contracts in conservatorship saga
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