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Former NFL player Michael Oher has sparked controversy by claiming he was aced out of receiving profits from The Blind Side, the book and movie based on his life.
But lawyers for the Tuohy family now say that he received $100,000 from the film.
According to the Tennessean newspaper, the Tuohy’s lawyers said on Wednesday that Oher was paid $100,000 from the profits of The Blind Side, the same amount every family member received from the movie that chronicled their lives.
Attorneys Randy Fishman and Steven Farese Sr. said they would present the evidence and bank records showing that the family did not deprive Oher of money from the film.
Fishman added, “Michael got every dime, every dime he had coming.”
Farese also pointed out that the family is independently wealthy apart from any profits from Oher’s story.
“They don’t need his money. They’ve never needed his money. Mr. Tuohy sold his company for $220 million,” Farese noted.
Martin Singer, another Tuohy attorney, claimed that the financial records prove their case and even said that Oher never cashed the checks he was given for the profits from the film.
