Earlier this week, former NFL player Michael Oher dropped a bombshell accusation against the Tuohy family, saying that they didn’t actually adopt him. Michael has claimed that Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy became millionaires after “tricking” him into letting them be his conservators, which in turn, had him giving up his authority to make business deals.
In the petition, Michael wants the court to terminate the conservatorship and issue an injunction prohibiting The Tuohys from using his name and likeness.
He is also seeking a “fair share of profits” plus “unspecified compensatory and punitive damages.” Now, a source is revealing just how much money the family made from the film, and it’s not as much as you think it is. Keep reading to find out more… According to a source, via People, the family only earned $700,000 from the movie adaptation.
They said that the family “received approximately $700,000 total in rights, payments and profits, which was intended to be divided between the family members,” including Michael. “The Tuohys have not received millions of dollars from the movie,” the insider added. “They have not even received $1 million from the movie.” “When Michael Lewis, a friend of Sean’s since childhood, was approached about turning his book on Mr.
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