Michael Oher, the former footballer whose story, retold by journalist Michael Lewis, inspired the film, is suing his adoptive Tuhoy family, alleging he was cheated on about the adoption. Some TV commentators and fans asked the actress to refuse the Oscar, received for her role as a foster mother. Others defend this, most notably Quentin Aaron, the actor who played Oher.
Actress Sandra Bullock2010 Academy Award for Blind areawas at the center of controversy after Michael Oher, the former NFL player who inspired the film that won her the award, accused the film of being the result of a lie.
Lawsuit by Michael Oher against the Tuhoy family
Many fans even asked the diva to return the statuette she won in 2010 thanks to the role of Lee Ann Tuhoy, the woman who, along with her husband, took Oher into their home when he was still a homeless boy, and who was taken by the former player. to the court, stating that he was never adopted, but instead forced to sign documents depriving him of legal powers and using his name to enrich himself at his expense. “Michael Oher discovered the lie in February 2023 when he learned that the ‘guardianship’ he had signed, which he believed would make him a member of the Tuohy family, did not in fact offer him any family relationship,” court documents say. . …’Former player appeared before the court. “Now Bullock must return the Oscar: she knows full well she doesn’t deserve it,” the actress was criticized by sports reporter Brandon Walker on X, while other fans of the 59-year-old star Miss Congeniality they rushed to his defense: “He just got a job. What is his fault?” – objected Quentin Aaron, who played Oher in the film. Just a few days ago, the actress lost her 57-year-old boyfriend Brian Randall, a former model and photographer. He has had ALS for three years.
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Blind area
Blind area was adapted from journalist Michael Lewis’s 2006 book of the same name, which tells the story of Oher, one of 13 children of a drug addict mother, and his path to football success after he enters Tuhoy’s house. He, in turn, denied the accusations, saying that they were “devastated” by the fact that they were taken to court: “It is shocking to think that we could speculate on our children. But we love Michael now at 37 as we did when he was 37. was 16 years old,” they claimed, stating that they earned nothing from the film other than half of what they paid Lewis, “and that amount was divided equally among all members of the family.”
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