Sean Tuohy defends his family against accusations and “insults”. Patriarch Tuohy, played by Tim McGraw in the 2009 film The blind sidehe spoke to explain his version after former NFL player Michael Oher filed legal documents alleging the family lied about adopting him as a teenager.

This is what the now 37-year-old Michael claims Sean and his wife Leigh Anne Tuohy (played by Sandra Bullock on screen) “falsely advised” her to sign a document in 2004 making them her guardiansgiving them the legal authority to complete the work on his behalf, after he turns 18, according to the petition published on August 14. The athlete accuses the Tuohys of “getting rich” and profiting from a “lie” by bringing the story of his life to the big screen.

Sean reacted to the August 14 presentation, telling the outlet The Daily Memphian that his family is “devastated” by the allegations. “It is an unpleasant thought that we would make money with any of our children”, He said. “But we love michael at 37 like we love him at 16″.

Michael Oher, the athlete who inspired Sandra Bullock in ‘The Blind Side’, has denounced his adoption as a hoax

The blind side raised $300 million, and Michael’s paperwork shows that he paid the Tuohys and their sons, Sean Jr., for the film. and Collins $225,000 each, plus 2.5% of “defined net earnings” from the sports film. However, Sean told the paper: “We don’t make money with the film”.

Tuohy, a sports commentator by profession, later clarified that he was the author of the book The blind side, Michael Lewis, “gave us half his share.” “Everyone in the family got an equal share, including Michael. It was about $14,000 each,” the 63-year-old continued. – They never offered us money, we never asked for money. Sean remarked, “I will say it’s embarrassing that people think I’d want to make money off of any of my kids.”

As for Michael’s custody claim, Sean said The Daily Memphian that the legal settlement was reportedly intended to satisfy the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)in which Michael played football while at the University of Mississippi, Ole Miss.

“They said the only way Michael can go to Ole Miss is if he’s actually part of the family,” Sean said. “I sat Michael down and said, ‘If you’re planning to go to Ole Miss, or even thinking about going to Ole Miss, we think you need to be part of the family. That would be legal.” We contacted lawyers who told us that we could not adopt persons older than 18 years; the only thing we could do was have custody“. He added that he would be willing to end the conservatorship if Michael wanted to.