- Former NFL star says he was never adopted by Tuohy family
- Lawsuit claims family made millions as conservators
Michael Oher, the former NFL player who was the subject of The Blind Side, has alleged the story at the heart of the popular book and movie was a lie.
The 2009 movie, based on a book by Michael Lewis, tells the story of how Oher, who is Black, grew up in abject poverty before being adopted by a rich white family and eventually making his way to the NFL. But in court documents filed in Tennessee on Monday, Oher claims Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy did not adopt him but deceived him into making them his conservators just after his 18th birthday.
