Oher wrote in his own book that it was a conservatorship back in 2011. The tuoys (or however you fucking spell it) are worth tens of millions of dollars. When the dad sold off some of his fast food franchises it was a sale for 200 million.

You think they took Oher, who was broke, busted family life, not doing well in school (0.6 GPA) etc and thought "man, I bet if we pay everything for this kid and let him live with us for years I bet he'll make the NFL and we'll get even more loaded!"

Seems doubtful, considering their family attorney has said that Oher has threatened to plant a negative story if they didn't give him 15 million. I couldn't tell you what the real story is, but to assume he didn't know it was a conservatorship when he explicitly wrote about that in 2011 (he was "shocked" in Feb 2023 about it) seems unlikely.

Imo I bet Oher blew through his NFL money and became irrelevant, so now he's drumming this up in the hopes of being in the spotlight for a bit and hopefully make some more cash

This post was edited by RunNaked on Aug 19 2023 09:18pm

Yeah not really shocking.. thet saw that huge boy on the streets and saw dollar signs

Ded

I dont think we'll ever know the whole truth until court is finished.

You do have to wonder why he waited so long. Possibly broke and trying to cash in?

Also the family said they couldn't adopt him and only do a conservatorship, but the state law would have allowed them to adopt.

Will be entertaining if we get another trial like depp heard if it's televised.

Sounds a bit fishy tbh

Story just doesn't add up the way Oher portrays it.

I'd have never guessed there was a way to effectively monetize black ppl after slavery was abolished

I should adopt a bunch of black kids and hope one turns into a pro athlete

Implying the family had ill intentions from the very beginning is hard to believe. I could see where it might have gotten messy by the time the movie was made and started generating a ton of success. After all, the move turned into an instant classic.

What was their relationship like by the time he went pro and they decided to make a movie about them? If it turned sour, and the Touys had a conservatorship still, I could see where they could setup the deal to receive most of the proceeds. But again, hard to believe. It’s also hard to believe the conservatorship was still in effect by the time he made it to the pros, or was he really that low IQ?

Damn. Fuck the Tuoeys bro

If they're 6ft 9" at 15 there's a pretty good chance they will.