Yep. If you read the article, as Sgt. Largent noted, Oher only found out about this in February of this year.
The movie, much like Green Book, seemed a little distasteful in the whole "saviour" aspect of it all. Not my cup of tea. But Hollywood-types fall for that sort of thing. I never bought Oher as being as dumb and hopeless as that movie portrayed him to be. They had the man unable to learn how to block from a football coach, but Sandra Bullock was able to teach him. The Black people in this movie were represented as: giant idiot football player, gangsters back in his home neighbourhood, crackhead mother, and incompetent NCAA investigator.
The truth probably lies closer to the seedy reality of the underbelly of football recruiting in the south. Family funnels football player to their alma mater; Hugh Freeze launches his career off of Oher; family financially benefits off of association with player; author of the book that became the movie, Michael Lewis, was a school friend of the Father of the family holding the conservatorship.
This story needs a neutral unaffiliated documentary; just the straight goods.
Seems to be several sides to this story.
TUOHY FAMILY
OHER ATTEMPTED $15 MILLION SHAKEDOWN
... Before Blasting Us In Court Docs!!!
Singer -- in a lengthy statement to TMZ Sports -- said Oher came to the Tuohys prior to filing his 14-page petition in Shelby County, Tenn. ... and threatened them, saying if they didn't pony up an eight-figure check, he'd "plant a negative story about them in the press."
Singer denied all of the allegations in Oher's court filing ... explaining that Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy absolutely did not trick the former NFL star into getting into a conservatorship when he was 18 years old as he had claimed.
The conservatorship "was established to assist with Mr. Oher’s needs, ranging from getting him health insurance and obtaining a driver’s license to helping with college admissions," Singer said. "Should Mr. Oher wish to terminate the conservatorship, either now or at anytime in the future, the Tuohys will never oppose it in any way."
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The Tuohy family says before Michael Oher made "outlandish," "hurtful" and "absurd" claims about them in court on Monday ... he actually tried to shake them down for $15 MILLION.
www.tmz.com
It is TMZ, so who knows. But very much seems like this story isn’t clear cut.