Ex-NFL player, depicted in 'The Blind Side', says conned with adoption promise

Michael Oher, the former NFL player made famous in the 2009 movie "The Blind Side," has filed a lawsuit in which he claims that he was tricked into relinquishing his decision-making powers to the family that took him in, so that they could make millions of dollars off his life story. He alleges that he thought he had been legally adopted, but was only under a conservatorship.

Aug 16, 2023 - 04:30
Ex-NFL player, depicted in 'The Blind Side', says conned with adoption promise
Michael Oher, the former NFL player made famous in the 2009 movie "The Blind Side," has filed a lawsuit in which he claims that he was tricked into relinquishing his decision-making powers to the family that took him in, so that they could make millions of dollars off his life story. He alleges that he thought he had been legally adopted, but was only under a conservatorship.