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The Tuohy household says it is doled out $138K to Michael Oher from income it obtained from “The Blind Side” … and it is now claiming it is received the receipts to show it.
Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy shared photos of the alleged funds inside new courtroom paperwork filed in Tennessee this week … insisting they present Oher obtained cash from them in 10 separate installments.
The Tuohys stated within the docs the funds started in June 2007 — roughly two years earlier than the blockbuster film about Oher’s life was launched within the U.S. — and most lately resulted in April.
The funds to Oher, in response to the docs, ranged from $117 all the way in which to $31,500 … and represented an agreed upon cut up of the money the Tuohys received from the “Blind Side” film and the e book that got here out simply earlier than the hit flick.
“By agreement between the family members including Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy, their children SJ and Collins as well as Michael Oher, the book and movie proceeds were to be split five ways,” the Tuohys’ attorneys wrote in courtroom paperwork.
“These funds represent funds paid to Mr. Tuohy and the portion paid over to Mr. Oher.”
As we beforehand reported, Oher had accused the Tuohys of basically tricking him right into a conservatorship … earlier than screwing him out of a ton of money within the “Blind Side” deal that they negotiated — which precipitated this week’s courtroom filings from the Tuohys.
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‘Blind Side’ Inspo Michael Oher Says Tuohys Never Adopted Him, It Was Conservatorship
In the meantime, the Tuohys have persistently maintained they did nothing mistaken … accusing Oher of really making an attempt to shake them down for $15 million, earlier than willingly ending the conservatorship in September.
“The Tuohy’s have never received any money as conservators on behalf of Michael Oher,” the Tuohys’ attorneys wrote on this week’s courtroom paperwork, “and further never had control over any funds or any dealings on behalf of Mr. Oher during the entire term of the conservatorship.”
“In fact,” they continued, “the Tuohy’s spent tens of thousands of dollars of their own money to support Mr. Oher during his high school and college years.”
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