Thank you for your views. Here is my response.
If I have an update? Because TMZ posts their side which uses vague *** words like “a very small advance” and ESPN reported 225K per family member, or because the Tuohys say “a very small percentage” which is accurate per ESPN which stated 2.5% and that is small. What isn’t small is the gross revenue to what that percent is valued in dollars for.
Let's suppose high end that's $225K X 5 + 2.5% of the $300M the movie made ($7.5M which would also be split five ways). Oher made $1.75M off of that in total. He's asking for like $15M now + a detailed review of all the earnings from the movie.
And maybe you are right and an 18 year old is obligated to the paper he signed whether it be a conservatorship or a contract that completely waived any of his right to financial gain from the movie that was about him.
According to the ESPN article (not TMZ), Oher (when he was an NFL player) signed away his right for financial gain. So this was not through any part of the conservatorship. This was tied to a decision Oher allegedly made on his own. However, this is what I think is fishy. Why would he do that and why would his agent (who was a friend of the Tuohys) advise him to do that? And what is 20th Century Fox's role in this?
What you can’t defend is the fact that as the adults they accepted conservatorship of him, which they admit was to help him with certain aspects of life, but failed him dearly when it came to financial matters that just so happened to hurt him but help them.
This is a big "depends". I am not in your situation where I've adopted anyone (God bless you, btw), but I would assume there are some nuances between adoption and a conservatorship when it comes to an 18-year old (as opposed to a minor). I assumed they did that so that there were things they could do for him (help with finances) while perhaps not wanting him to be a full member of the family which sounds like a dick move, but I can sort of understand.
If you don’t see an issue with that happening with the assistance of an attorney that just so happened to be a family friend of theirs who was most likely paid by the Tuohys(I’m assuming here as the kid was probably broke AF when he signed contracts) then good on ya.
Again, the contract re: him signing this away was done when he was in the NFL. The conservatorship was signed when he was 18. I DO have an issue with why he did this. And I question if his agent was representing his best interests here.
Another thing, if they had to fight this fight and prove these accusations wrong multiple times as they say then documentation of proof of those payments are at their fingertips and they could have easily squashed this today but didn’t.
Fair point. One interesting thing I see with this, however, is figuring out what is truly fair for Oher. The dad sold the rights of the book (and I guess the movie). You could argue that Oher and the family should split all that 50-50 (as opposed to 80-20 because the mom, dad, and 2 sons get an equal share). Legally speaking, I'm not sure how that works for a book. But it's not like the Tuohys are making money off of Oher's football contract or sponsorships.
Again, I have proof of several instance of my nieces and nephews mom texting them that they will be losers and we steal from them and use them for money etc etc. I have documents in my email that contradicts that type of slander and could easily show it in a 3 minute search, find and forward……….if they have that documentation as they say it clearly would have been done today.
Fair point - I am interested to see what evidence they present.
But you are nothing if you aren’t white wayne so please continue on!
I laid out a smart, logical argument for why I think Oher's claim seems shaky. Are you calling that "white of me"? That sounds racist. Jeez dude, it's 2023.