Michael Oher is making new claims against the Tuohy family in recent court documents obtained by ET. The 37-year-old former NFL player and subject of the Oscar-nominated film,, filed a new request to the courts for 19-years-worth of accounting from the Tuohy family, claiming that Leigh Anne Tuohy and her husband, Sean Tuohy, used him for their business and marketing ventures.Oher, who previously played for Old Miss and the Baltimore Ravens while under a conservatorship with the Tuohy family, has filed a motion alleging he hasn't seen any money for the past 19 years from the use of his name, image, and likeness, and “never permitted [the Tuohys] to use his name, likeness, and image in any way.”Oher, who previously accused the Tuohy family of tricking him into signing paperwork to make them his conservators and told him it was a part of the adoption process, alleges that the Tuohys have falsely claimed that he is their adopted son and used him in their marketing and business ventures.
Oher also claims he has made multiple requests to the family to stop using his name, with the most recent allegedly being on Aug.
14. He says they have «ignored» his requests. Oher has asked that this accounting be submitted within 14 days. ET has reached out to the Tuohy family for comment on Oher's latest allegations.
On Monday, Oher made his first public appearance since news of the lawsuit broke at The Ivy Bookstore in Baltimore, Maryland, to promote his memoir, When Your Back's Against the Wall: Fame, Football and Lessons Learned Through a Lifetime of Adversity, which was released on Aug.
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