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re: Oher blindsided, gaslit by Tuohy family; wishes he had gone to Tennessee
Posted on 8/14/23 at 12:24 pm to meansonny
Posted on 8/14/23 at 12:24 pm to meansonny
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The mom wrote the book and used the conservatorship to sell the movie rights.
If anyone had tied to the family had a say, it was her.
No.
Michael Lewis wrote the book.
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Posted on 8/14/23 at 12:25 pm to TrumpedUpVol
Hugh Freeze’s first big off-field challenge at Auburn: staying off of Twitter and out of people’s DMs about this story he is tangentially connected to
Posted on 8/14/23 at 12:25 pm to DMagic
The common denominator here is Hugh Freeze.
Auburn -- what kind of scandals do you expect from Freeze?
Auburn -- what kind of scandals do you expect from Freeze?
Posted on 8/14/23 at 12:25 pm to Henry Jones Jr
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Didn’t Fulmer rat on us to the NCAA
The schools he didn't rat on is a very short list.
Posted on 8/14/23 at 12:26 pm to SidewalkTiger
Went from being homeless to making 34 million in the NFL
I would call that a solid lifestyle change. I don't know what Tennessee could have done for him more then what he did at ole miss
I would call that a solid lifestyle change. I don't know what Tennessee could have done for him more then what he did at ole miss
This post was edited on 8/14/23 at 12:27 pm
Posted on 8/14/23 at 12:26 pm to lsufball19
He apparently also wrote about knowing this information in 2011 so tough to say he’s unaware
Posted on 8/14/23 at 12:28 pm to lsufball19
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SOL on fraud
Haven't practiced in this area, but couldn't you argue that since the "conservatorship" was ongoing and begin from the moment it ended? Of course this could all depend on the state.
Not an area I would like to get into. Seems too murky.
Posted on 8/14/23 at 12:30 pm to lsufball19
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The SOL on fraud, which is essentially what he's alleging, starts to toll when the person defrauded knew or should have known of the fraud. That's going to be a tough road to hoe for something that happened almost 20 years ago, which is when this "conservatorship" was entered into. It's more likely that Oher is SOL even if his claim does have merit than the Tuohys being fricked.
Also, as an aside, the Touhys were already rich before that movie ever came to pass. They made all their money in real estate and taco bell franchises, not from the movie
To my knowledge, the statute of limitations resets every time that the Tuohy's get a check. I may be wrong on that.
My "fricked" comment is if this goes to a civil trial with a jury.
Posted on 8/14/23 at 12:31 pm to TrumpedUpVol
I'll have to go pull the book off my bookshelf and see what it says (I trust it more than the movie), but in the movie when Leigh Anne and her friends are having lunch at the country club, one of them says to her
"Well, I say you make it official and just adopt him."
Her response is "He's going to be eighteen in a few months it doesn't make much sense to legally adopt. "
So taken from that, I was never under the assumption that he was adopted. They were just named his legal guardians/caretakers.
"Well, I say you make it official and just adopt him."
Her response is "He's going to be eighteen in a few months it doesn't make much sense to legally adopt. "
So taken from that, I was never under the assumption that he was adopted. They were just named his legal guardians/caretakers.
Posted on 8/14/23 at 12:31 pm to TrumpedUpVol
Netflix Documentary incoming
Posted on 8/14/23 at 12:31 pm to meansonny
quote:Oher admits he signed the conservatorship himself. He is alleging that he didn’t know what he was signing. Which if the Tuoys come back and say “yes he did. He wanted us to handle any business dealings so he could focus on school and football” then he has no case.
It sounds like Oher's attorney has already verified everything.
The thing that’s not on his side is this is starting 20 years after the events and 14 years after the movie came out. I’m not saying this is what it is, but it smells like a cash grab.
ETA: the Tuoys are shady. Don’t get me wrong. But Michael is high if he thinks he has a case when he has admitted multiple times he signed the document and it was explained to him what it was. And now he’s back tracking
This post was edited on 8/14/23 at 12:33 pm
Posted on 8/14/23 at 12:32 pm to SidewalkTiger
Thanks for the correction.
I didn't read the book (obviously).
Is the tone to Oher the same as the movie?
The Tuohy's sold the rights through the conservatorship
I didn't read the book (obviously).
Is the tone to Oher the same as the movie?
The Tuohy's sold the rights through the conservatorship
Posted on 8/14/23 at 12:33 pm to Henry Jones Jr
This part was interesting to me.
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But Oher's agent, who would receive movie contract and payment notices, is listed as Debra Branan, a close family friend of the Tuohys and the same lawyer who filed the 2004 conservatorship petition, the petition alleges. Branan did not return a call to her law office on Monday.
Posted on 8/14/23 at 12:33 pm to meansonny
probably end up settling this and avoid any bad press
Posted on 8/14/23 at 12:36 pm to meansonny
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I didn't read the book (obviously).
Is the tone to Oher the same as the movie?
The book is much better.
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The Tuohy's sold the rights through the conservatorship
The weird part is there is apparently a document that Oher himself allegedly signed that gave all rights to the movie company.
This post was edited on 8/14/23 at 12:38 pm
Posted on 8/14/23 at 12:36 pm to meansonny
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He is alleging that he didn’t know what he was signing.
This is about as tricky as it comes in contracts. A minor entering into a contract with what I'm assuming were his legal guardians. I'm guessing a couple dozen lawyers are going to be the long term winners.
Posted on 8/14/23 at 12:37 pm to TrumpedUpVol
You thinking he wants to be a vawlferlahf?
Posted on 8/14/23 at 12:38 pm to TrumpedUpVol
Ole Miss is trash, water is wet, deserts are hot...more news at 5:00.
Posted on 8/14/23 at 12:38 pm to Henry Jones Jr
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Oher admits he signed the conservatorship himself.
He also admits that they said it was the same thing as adoption.
Is it? frick no.
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I’m not saying this is what it is, but it smells like a cash grab
So does the conservatorship. That smells like a cash grab as well. And that is the reason to look at legal options to right a wrong (not perceived wrong... but a wrong).
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ETA: the Tuoys are shady. Don’t get me wrong. But Michael is high if he thinks he has a case when he has admitted multiple times he signed the document and it was explained to him what it was. And now he’s back tracking
He was entering his senior year of high school.
And he was handed a paper by a family acting like he was part of their family.
He isn't backtracking. He is shedding light on an occurrence in his youth.
Karma is a bitch. An even bigger one than Leih Anne Tuohy.
Posted on 8/14/23 at 12:39 pm to Henry Jones Jr
Well, having a homeless kid sign documents in his developmental years is probably a bad idea.
Still did the tuohy’s actually make that much money from the movie? I just assumed they made much more from the fame and notoriety afterwards but not exactly much from the movie and ticket sales itself
Still did the tuohy’s actually make that much money from the movie? I just assumed they made much more from the fame and notoriety afterwards but not exactly much from the movie and ticket sales itself
This post was edited on 8/14/23 at 12:40 pm
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