‘The Blind Side’ Brother Sean ‘SJ’ Tuohy Jr. on Michael Oher’s Claims

Sean “SJ” Tuohy Jr. tried to make clear his household’s dynamic with Michael Oher, suggesting that the soccer participant who impressed The Blind Side knew about Leigh Anne Tuohy and Sean Tuohy being his conservators earlier than this yr.

“I need to preface this by saying I cherished Mike at 16, I really like [Michael] now at 37, and I’ll love him at 67,” SJ started throughout an look on Barstool Radio on Monday, August 14. “If he says he realized that in February, I discover that tough to imagine. [I went back to] our household group texts … to see what issues have been stated. And there’s issues again in 2020, 2021 [that] had been like, you realize, ‘In the event you guys give me this a lot, then I gained’t go public with issues.’ And so I don’t know if that’s true. I feel everybody realized up to now yr in regards to the conservatorship stuff due to Britney Spears so perhaps that’s the case.”

Earlier on Monday, ESPN reported that Oher is taking authorized motion towards Leigh Anne and Sean, alleging that they by no means legally adopted him and as a substitute satisfied him to signal a doc giving them authorized authority to make enterprise choices for him in 2004. Us Weekly has obtained the 14-page petition, during which Oher is looking for a share of the earnings — which he alleges are within the tens of millions — made out of the 2009 film.

Each dad Sean and little brother SJ denied making tens of millions off of The Blind Aspect, with Sean telling The Day by day Memphian on Monday that “all people within the household acquired an equal share” of $14,000 when The Blind Aspect creator Michael Lewis wrote the ebook that may go on to encourage the movie. SJ estimated that he’s obtained a further $60,000 to $70,000 “over the course of the final 4 or 5 years” after the film continued to make money.

“Man, if I had $2 million in my checking account, it will be in my e mail signature and say, ‘Signed, SJ Tuohy, multi-millionaire,’” SJ informed the Barstool hosts. “I get it, why he’s mad. I fully perceive. It stinks that it’ll play out on a really public stage. … You’ll by no means hear me say something unhealthy about Michael Oher in any capability aside from I’m upset that he feels the best way that he does. I feel a few of the issues that had been talked about within the probate or ebook or no matter I don’t essentially agree with and or keep in mind taking place like that.”

Oher started dwelling with the Tuohy household in highschool after years within the foster care system. When requested when the connection between his household and Oher began to deteriorate, SJ claimed there wasn’t “one second,” however issues modified when Oher “stopped taking part in” soccer after a number of seasons within the NFL, and “all the pieces form of fell down.”

“I don’t know the precise time — that’d be a query for him. There clearly is a time as a result of you’ll be able to return and have a look at social media posts from 2015, 2016, [and] 2017 and all the pieces’s high quality and dandy,” SJ stated. “I feel it builds up over time for him. And it’s arduous.”

Acknowledging that The Blind Aspect “made some huge cash,” SJ stated he hopes Oher “will get all the pieces that’s entitled to him legally,” however doesn’t “suppose it’s going to return within the type of the ESPN story.”

“Clearly, he’s the star of it. There isn’t a story with out him. He’s the star of all the pieces he’s finished in his life,” SJ stated earlier than citing the SAG-AFTRA strike. “The identical factor these writers and actors are pissed about now — it’s not loopy totally different. He needs extra royalties. … Hollywood goes to screw individuals.”

SJ went on to say that he final noticed Oher in 2021 and was texting him “all year long, however not within the final couple of months, which is smart now.” SJ concluded that he was “accusatory” of his dad and mom “to some extent” when Oher first made his claims, however now believes “all the pieces is documented” relating to the Tuohy household’s funds.

Oher briefly addressed the lawsuit because it made headlines on Monday, sharing in a press release to The New York Put up: “I’m disheartened by the revelation shared within the lawsuit at present. This can be a troublesome state of affairs for my household and me. I need to ask everybody to please respect our privateness at the moment. For now, I’ll let the lawsuit communicate for itself and can provide no additional remark.”