Michael Oher: NFL player who inspired Oscar-winning movie The Blind Side sues family who took him in | US News
A former NFL player who inspired the Oscar-winning film The Blind Side has begun legal action over papers he signed nearly 20 years ago.
Michael Oher, 37, filed a petition in a Tennessee court accusing Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy of lying to him when he signed papers making them his conservators – which he thought would also make them his adoptive parents.
He wants the agreement terminated and compensation based on the millions earned off his name and story.
Oher played eight…