The author of the book the Bullock film was based on, weighs in... Michael Lewis told the WaPo 20th paid $250k for the rights, split between Lewis and the family, but Oher started turning down the checks written to him, and Lewis suspected the money was being put in a trust fund for Oher... *and* Oher reportedly signed away his rights to 20th, who never paid him, and ultimately dropped the film (Warners released it later)... https://variety.com/2023/film/news/the-blind-side-author-michael-oher-allegations-defends-tuohy-family-1235698812/ (link) B
Moi, Aug 17th: Maybe Oher is forgetful (football can do that to a guy)... TMZ says he was aware of the conservatorship in 2011, when he was interviewed for a biography... https://www.tmz.com/2023/08/17/michael-oher-conservatorship-tuohy-book-the-blind-side/ <https://www.tmz.com/2023/08/17/michael-oher-conservatorship-tuohy-book-the-blind-side/?adid=social-tws&s=09&fbclid=IwAR3zFNee9SjjvmPHdJUUSMudNjeHwDx3mp-DkDDJtFDX4M0bo-ni0K1FRUY> (link) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/6392c1b5-3c2b-41af-9681-b826e388f843n%40googlegroups.com.
