ESPN.com · Dec 5, 2023
Tuohys respond to Oher injunction request, quote texts in filing
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Michael Oher demanded millions of dollars from the wealthy couple whose story of helping him escape poverty and make it to the NFL was immortalized in "The Blind Side," according to a court filing on behalf of the couple, threatening to publicly call them thieves if they did not pay him money he thought he was owed from the blockbuster movie's profits.
Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy filed documents Monday in their ongoing dispute with Oher in Tennessee's Shelby County Probate Court, quoting text messages in which Oher demanded money from them twice since 2021. In one, he asks for $10 million, before raising his demand to $15 million when the couple refused to pay.
