Sean Tuohy: Last News

Sandra Bullock is having a tough time wrapping her head around the allegations surrounding the IRL family that inspired The Blind Side.

Michael Oher, the inspiration behind, has been estranged from the Tuohys for about a decade now, according to attorneys for the Tuohys.Attorneys Randall Fishman and Steven Farese held a news conference Wednesday in Memphis, Tennessee to speak on behalf of the Tuohys amid Oher's lawsuit claiming in Tennessee court that Leigh Anne Tuohy and Sean Tuohy lied about adopting him and tricked him into making them his conservators shortly after he turned 18.When asked if Oher has been part of the Tuohy family or had any close contact with the Tuohys, Farese said «no.»«He's been estranged probably since for the last 10 years,» Farese added, «and becoming more and more vocal and more and more threatening.»Oher also alleged that the Tuohys used their power as conservators to negotiate a deal with 20th Century Fox that paid them and their biological children — Collins Tuohy and Sean Tuohy Jr. — millions of dollars in royalties from, which earned more than $330 million and starred Sandra Bullock, Quinton Aaron, Jae Head, Tim McGraw, Lily Collins and Kathy Bates.

A source is coming to the Tuohys defense.

“The Blind Side” actor Quinton Aaron is jumping to his co-star Sandra Bullock’s defence amid the legal drama surrounding Michael Oher and the Tuohy family.

— filed legal documents in Tennessee court requesting it terminate a conservatorship after alleging Leigh Anne Tuohy and Sean Tuohy lied about adopting him and tricked him into making them his conservators shortly after he turned 18.Oher, whose story was first documented in Michael Lewis' 2006 bestselling book of the same name, claimed the Tuohys made millions off his name while he never received a dime, after the film — starring Sandra Bullock, Quinton Aaron, Jae Head, Tim McGraw, Lily Collins and Kathy Bates — earned more than $300 million at the box office. The book and film are centered around the Tuohy family taking in Oher and helping transform his life on and off the field.The Tuohys have since responded to the accusations, calling Oher's claims «insulting.» Now that one of the best feel-good stories of all-time is marred with accusations of impropriety, ET takes a look back at how we got here and what comes next.Michael Lewis — the author behind hits like, and many other bestselling books — teases the book on his personal website this way:«When we first meet him, Michael Oher is one of thirteen children by a mother addicted to crack; he does not know his real name, his father, his birthday, or how to read and write.

The Tuohys are speaking out.

Michael Oher is asking for privacy after filing a legal petition aimed at the Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy, whose efforts to adopt him as as teenager were dramatized in the Sandra Bullock-starring feature “The Blind Side”.

Y’all, this is nuts!

Michael Oher's lawsuit against Leigh Anne and Sean Tuohy, the couple's son, Sean Tuohy Jr., who goes by SJ, addressed the situation in an interview with .«I knew it was coming. It was a matter of time,» SJ said of the lawsuit.

Michael Oher's lawsuit against Leigh Anne and Sean Tuohy, the couple's son, Sean Tuohy Jr., who goes by SJ, addressed the situation in an interview with .«I knew it was coming. It was a matter of time,» SJ said of the lawsuit.

Sean is speaking out following the allegations made by Michael Oher claiming he was tricked into signing a conservatorship which the Tuohys used to profit off his name.

The Blind Side, now says that the Tuohy family didn't so much adopt him as exploit him, and using an all-too-familiar tactic for those following celebrity news: a conservatorship. In his petition to end the conservatorship, Tuohy also alleges that the Tuohy family received profits from the Academy Award-winning film, but that he did not.

WHOA.

Michael Oher is making some shocking claims.

Michael Oher is is setting the record straight.

Michael Oher, the longtime NFL lineman who rose to national attention when his life story became the basis for the inspirational movie The Blind Side that won Sandra Bullock an Oscar, has petitioned a court saying the basis for the story was not based in fact.

An inspiring tale. Sandra Bullock and Quinton Aaron starred in the biographical sports film The Blind Side, bringing a true story to life on the big screen.