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The unusual legal agreement behind The Blind Side

By Santul Nerkar
New York Times·
11 mins to read

Michael Oher says Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy used their relationship with him to unfairly profit from his story. They have denied it.

In August 2004, Michael Oher was living with Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy and their two children in Memphis, Tennessee. Oher, who had bounced around several foster homes, was a top prospect to play major college football and seemed headed to the NFL when the Tuohys took him in.

But there were complications. Because the Tuohys were

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