FAQ: Sorting out the biggest claims in 'Blind Side' controversy

Retired NFL star Michael Oher and the family that helped lift him out of homelessness as a teenager exchanged heated public volleys this week, with Oher accusing Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy of earning millions off his story and the family accusing him of an attempted "shakedown."

The legal truth is yet to be hashed out in a Tennessee probate court, but both sides have laid out evidence about what happened between Oher and the Tuohys, not just in court petitions and news releases this week but in their books and media appearances dating to 2010.

ESPN reviewed publicly available information from both sides and consulted experts in adoption law, among other topics, to compile what is known about…