“Anyone with a modicum of common sense can see that the outlandish claims made by Michael Oher about the Tuohy family are hurtful and absurd,” an attorney for Leigh Anne and Sean Thuoy, Marty ...

Michael Oher wants to redirect the focus of his story In 2023, Oher filed a petition in Shelby County probate court claiming the story, and therefore, the film's narrative, was a lie.

Michael Oher, depicted by his legal name in the movie, just kept playing football. Then a comment to Oher from one of the Tuohy siblings about a big check brought things back to C-01033.

Oher, on the other hand, got nothing that he says “would not have existed without him.” Mark Heim is a reporter for The Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @Mark_Heim.

Per the film, adapted from a novel of the same name by Michael Lewis, Oher lived with the family for a year. That experience helped him boost his grades to play college football.

I’m fine.” Oher’s story was first documented in Michael Lewis’ book, "The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game." (In his book, Lewis shares he is a childhood friend of Sean Tuohy’s).

A crux of Oher’s frustrations seems to lie with how he was depicted in both a book and the Oscar-nominated 2009 film, in which actress Sandra Bullock won Best Actress for playing Leigh Anne.

Now, Michael is focused on rediscovering who he is without the influence of the Tuohys or the film. “I want to be the person I was before ‘The Blind Side,’ personality-wise,” he said.