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Michael Oher Reveals the Big Lie of 'The Blind Side'

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Michael Oher Reveals the Big Lie of 'The Blind Side'

Michael Oher Reveals the Big Lie of 'The Blind Side'

Michael Oher , Reveals the Big Lie of , 'The Blind Side'.

NBC reports that former NFL star Michael Oher says he believed that he had been adopted by Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy as a teenager.

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NBC reports that former NFL star Michael Oher says he believed that he had been adopted by Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy as a teenager.

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Oher, whose life inspired the Oscar-winning film 'The Blind Side,' was homeless when he first met the Tuohys.

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Twenty years later, Oher accused the couple of misleading him into signing away his legal rights and forcing him into a conservatorship.

According to Oher, the Tuohys tricked him under the guise that his cooperation would legally make him a member of their family.

NBC reports that a conservatorship is a legal arrangement that places a third party in charge of a person's ability to make decisions for themselves.

NBC reports that a conservatorship is a legal arrangement that places a third party in charge of a person's ability to make decisions for themselves.

On August 14, Oher filed a petition to end the conservatorship after learning that the legal agreement did not make him a legal member of the Tuohy family.

On August 14, Oher filed a petition to end the conservatorship after learning that the legal agreement did not make him a legal member of the Tuohy family.

The lie of Michael’s adoption is one upon which co-conservators Leigh Anne Tuohy and Sean Tuohy have enriched themselves at the expense of their ward, the undersigned Michael Oher, Michael Oher legal petition, via NBC.

The lie of Michael’s adoption is one upon which co-conservators Leigh Anne Tuohy and Sean Tuohy have enriched themselves at the expense of their ward, the undersigned Michael Oher, Michael Oher legal petition, via NBC.

Leigh Anne Tuohy founded the Making It Happen Foundation for underprivileged youth and has encouraged adoption on television and social media for years.

Leigh Anne Tuohy founded the Making It Happen Foundation for underprivileged youth and has encouraged adoption on television and social media for years.

Oher has also been promoting his new book, “When Your Back’s Against the Wall: Fame, Football, and Lessons Learned Through a Lifetime of Adversity.”.

Oher has also been promoting his new book, “When Your Back’s Against the Wall: Fame, Football, and Lessons Learned Through a Lifetime of Adversity.”.

CNN reports that the book focuses on Oher's life before meeting the Tuohy family.

The things I went through and had to do to go through to that point I went through from 3-years-old to 18 when I moved in with the Tuohy family — who I’m grateful for letting me stay my senior year there — but you have to understand... what it took for me to get to that point, Michael Oher, via Mississippi Public Broadcasting


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