The Baltimore Ravens had a lot of attention drawn to their franchise in 2009 when the movie "Blind Side" was released based on the life of offensive lineman Michael Oher. 

It was a success as it made $300 million at the box office. However, some new astonishing details have come out nearly a decade and a half later.

Oher was said to have been adopted by the Tuohy family while he was in high school. But the former first-round pick claims in a 14-page petition filed in Shelby County, Tennessee, that Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy never adopted him at all.

It goes on to say that less than three months after Oher turned 18 in 2004, he was coerced into signing a document that made them conservators. This meant that they could conduct business deals in his name.

The Tuohy's would receive millions in royalties for their birth children and themselves while Oher didn't get a single penny. 

"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," the petition says, via ESPN. "Michael Oher discovered this lie to his chagrin and embarrassment in February of 2023, when he learned that the Conservatorship to which he consented on the basis that doing so would make him a member of the Tuohy family, in fact provided him no familial relationship with the Tuohys."

Oher has believed for almost 20 years that the Tuohy family had indeed adopted him until these findings. The petition further states that all financial rewards should be disgorged and paid to Oher.

"Mike’s relationship with the Tuohy family started to decline when he discovered that he was portrayed in the movie as unintelligent,” said Oher's attorney J. Gerard Stranch IV. “Their relationship continued to deteriorate as he learned that he was the only member of the family not receiving royalty checks from the movie, and it was permanently fractured when he realized he wasn’t adopted and a part of the family.”

This is certainly a sticky situation that has only gotten started. 

Ravens get great news to start the week

It’s about time.

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