Michael Oher, whose life was depicted in "The Blind Side," says he was never fully adopted by the family that took him in.
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00:00Former NFL player Michael Orr, the subject of The Blind Side, says in a new lawsuit that he was
00:05never adopted, tricked into a conservatorship, and didn't see any of the film's money.
00:10According to a court filing against Sean and Leigh-Anne Toohey, Orr claims the popular movie
00:14and book about his adoption was based on a lie. The couple reportedly had him sign
00:18conservatorship papers when he turned 18, which he believed made him a member of their family.
00:23Instead, Orr's lawyers claim the documents only gave the couple the rights to make
00:27business deals in his name. Orr also says he was paid nothing for the film,
00:31while the Toohey's negotiated a deal that made them and their two biological children $225,000
00:37each plus 2.5% of the film's proceeds. This is because Orr reportedly signed a
00:42contract that gave 20th Century Fox Studios the rights to his life story with no compensation.
00:48Orr says he has never liked the film as he believed it made people think he was unintelligent
00:52and hurt his football career. Sean Toohey responded to the allegations,
00:56saying Orr got an equal share of the movie's profits,
00:58and that it's upsetting to think they would make money off of any of their children.