The legal filing claims that the movie paid the Tuohys and their two children $225,000 each, plus 2.5% of the film’s “defined net proceeds.”
The document also alleges that while the deal allowed the Tuohys to profit from the movie, a separate contract purportedly signed by Oher appears to “give away” the life rights to his story “without any payment whatsoever.”
However, Oher alleges that he doesn’t know “whether the signature was forged,” adding that he at “no time ever willingly or knowingly signed this document,” nor was an explanation provided to him.
Oher, now 37, also alleges in the petition that the Tuohys used their power as conservators to strike a deal that paid them and their children millions of dollars in royalties, while the former Tennessee Titans player didn’t receive anything for a story “that would not have existed without him.”
His legal petition is asking the court to end the Tuohys’ conservatorship, which was filed by attorney Debra Branan at the time, and to issue an injunction to stop them from using his name and likeness. The filing is also seeking a full accounting of the money the Tuohys earned using Oher’s name and to have the couple pay him his fair share of profits, as well as unspecified compensatory and punitive damages.
E! News has reached out to reps for Oher and the Tuohys for comment and have not heard back.
