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She was guardian and supposed adopted mother of the football player Michael Oher. Their story was featured in the 2006 book The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game and its 2009 feature film adaptation The Blind Side. [1] In the film, Tuohy was portrayed by Sandra Bullock, who won an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award for her performance.
Roy Rochlin/Getty Images While Michael Oher — the inspiration behind the film The Blind Side — deals with his drama with the Tuohys, his wife, Tiffany Roy, is his biggest support system. Oher ...
Michael Oher is speaking out about his former foster family, the Tuohys, in his first interview since filing a lawsuit against them last year and dissolving his conservatorship. The NFL star’s ...
Oher was born in Memphis, Tenn., on May 28, 1986, to Denise Oher and Michael Jerome Williams. He was one of 12 children and bounced between foster homes from the age of 7.
Michael Jerome Oher (/ ɔː r /; né Williams Jr.; [1] born May 28, 1986) is an American former professional football tackle who played in the National Football League (NFL) for eight seasons.
Tuohy married his wife, Leigh Anne, in 1982 and the couple have two children together. They have one son, Sean Jr., who played guard for the Loyola Greyhounds . They reportedly adopted former NFL player Michael Oher when he was 17. [ 17 ]
He also claimed that the Tuohys and their two children made millions off the “The Blind Side” while he earned nothing. In their filing on Sept. 14, the Tuohys addressed Oher’s claims one by one.
Michael Oher previously addressed his conservatorship with the Tuohy family in his own 2011 memoir, I Beat The Odds: From Homelessness, to The Blind Side, and Beyond. A passage from the book has ...