Feud Splits Family In The Blind Side Film

USA – A retired American football star whose rags-to-riches tale was adapted into an Oscar-winning Hollywood film has alleged the story is built on lies.

In the 2009 movie The Blind Side, Michael Oher, a foster child in Tennessee, is adopted by a wealthy white couple and blooms into a star college athlete.

However, Oher, now 37, alleges in a court filing he was never adopted and was instead tricked into a conservatorship.

He alleges Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy made millions of dollars from his name.

An attorney for the Tuohy family told the BBC the “Hurtful and absurd” claims were part of an effort to shake down the couple.