The couple accused by retired NFL star Michael Oher of cheating him out of proceeds from the blockbuster movie “The Blind Side” actually paid Oher more than $138,000 in profits made from the movie, according to a sworn document their lawyers filed in a Tennessee court on Wednesday.
The financial accounting, which had been ordered by a Shelby County probate court judge, said that Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy paid $138,311.01 to Oher in 10 separate installments between June 2007 and April 2023. The payments represent Oher’s share of the profits made from the movie and the book that preceded it, according to a statement accompanying the accounting document filed by the Tuohys’ lawyers.
“By agreement between the family members including Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy, their children SJ and Collins as well as Michael Oher, the book and movie proceeds were to be split five ways,” the statement said.
Far from cheating Oher, the Tuohys’ lawyers said in the statement, the couple “spent tens of thousands of dollars of their own money to support Mr. Oher during his high school and college years.
Oher’s attorneys did not respond to ESPN’s request for comment about the filing. The order that required the accounting said that Oher has until Nov. 28 to file any objections to the document.