The former N.F.L.
The petition, filed in Shelby County in Tennessee, claims that when he thought he was being adopted, the Tuohys urged him to sign a conservatorship in which he relinquished his ability to enter into contracts.
The lawsuit also claims that Oher, who started living with the Tuohys at age 16, unknowingly signed away the rights to his life story to 20th Century Fox in 2007.
Oher’s lawyer, J. Gerard Stranch IV, declined to comment beyond what was stated in the lawsuit.
For “The Blind Side,” the hit film that starred Sandra Bullock as Leigh Anne Tuohy, Tim McGraw as Sean Tuohy and Quinton Aaron as Oher, the Tuohys negotiated a contract of $225,000 plus 2.5 percent of future “defined net proceeds” for themselves and their biological children, the lawsuit said.
Persons:
Michael Oher, ”, Leigh Anne Tuohy, Sean Tuohy, Oher, J, Gerard Stranch IV, Sandra Bullock, Tim McGraw, Quinton Aaron
Organizations:
Century Fox
Locations:
Tennessee, Shelby County