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Take away Sandy's Oscar and give it to its rightful winner, Gabourey Sidibe :sistrens:

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2 minutes ago, feelslikeadream said:

Take away Sandy's Oscar and give it to its rightful winner, Gabourey Sidibe :sistrens:

The rightful winner

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Oh wow! Further taints that awful movie The Blind Side even more. 

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Retired NFL star Michael Oher, whose supposed adoption out of grinding poverty by a wealthy, white family was immortalized in the 2009 movie "The Blind Side," petitioned a Tennessee court Monday with allegations that a central element of the story was a lie concocted by the family to enrich itself at his expense.

 

The 14-page petition, filed in Shelby County, Tennessee, probate court, alleges that Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy, who took Oher into their home as a high school student, never adopted him. Instead, less than three months after Oher turned 18 in 2004, the petition says, the couple tricked him into signing a document making them his conservators.

 

The petition further alleges that the Tuohys used their power as conservators to strike a deal that paid them and their two birth children millions of dollars in royalties from an Oscar-winning film that earned more than $300 million, while Oher got nothing for a story "that would not have existed without him." In the years since, the Tuohys have continued calling the 37-year-old Oher their adopted son and have used that assertion to promote their foundation as well as Leigh Anne Tuohy's work as an author and motivational speaker.

 

"The lie of Michael's adoption is one upon which Co-Conservators Leigh Anne Tuohy and Sean Tuohy have enriched themselves at the expense of their Ward, the undersigned Michael Oher," the legal filing says. "Michael Oher discovered this lie to his chagrin and embarrassment in February of 2023, when he learned that the Conservatorship to which he consented on the basis that doing so would make him a member of the Tuohy family, in fact provided him no familial relationship with the Tuohys."

 

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The Blind Side 2 coming. Sandy coming for her 2nd Oscar.

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Did he seriously juat remembered to say that? It's been 2 decades 

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Just now, Johnny Jacobs said:

Did he seriously juat remembered to say that? It's been 2 decades 

Maybe he found out the money aspect now....

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7 minutes ago, feelslikeadream said:

Take away Sandy's Oscar and give it to its rightful winner, Gabourey Sidibe :sistrens:

Are you kidding me?! 
 

Gabourey’s performance in Precious was devastating, beautiful, inspiring, and profound. She deserved an Oscar right alongside Monique that year. Wow. I forgot who Sandra won against that year. That’s just egregious. Precious is one of the most moving films I’ve ever watched. Really stays with you after.

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4 minutes ago, LittleStarmen said:

Maybe he found out the money aspect now....

How? It doesn't make any sense. Anyway if it's true he should sue their asses off

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1 minute ago, Johnny Jacobs said:

How? It doesn't make any sense. Anyway if it's true he should sue their asses off

His money ran out and discovered others got paid much more than him and thats why they still have money... 

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well so was Sandy's Oscar win :clap3:

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This movie always gave white savior. I wish Sandra won her Oscar for something else.

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All About Steve actress doesn't deserve that oscar

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The petition further alleges that the Tuohys used their power as conservators to strike a deal that paid them and their two birth children millions of dollars in royalties from an Oscar-winning film that earned more than $300 million, while Oher got nothing for a story "that would not have existed without him."

 

 

Oh they're EVIL evil :deadbanana4:

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The Blandside just got interesting.

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Crazy :rip: 

 

Why is Sandra always wrapped up in these controversial wins with white savior pieces? Crash, this movie… :deadbanana2:

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3 minutes ago, Gui Blackout said:

The petition further alleges that the Tuohys used their power as conservators to strike a deal that paid them and their two birth children millions of dollars in royalties from an Oscar-winning film that earned more than $300 million, while Oher got nothing for a story "that would not have existed without him."

 

 

Oh they're EVIL evil :deadbanana4:

Prison.

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36 minutes ago, Jaded. said:

Are you kidding me?! 
 

Gabourey’s performance in Precious was devastating, beautiful, inspiring, and profound. She deserved an Oscar right alongside Monique that year. Wow. I forgot who Sandra won against that year. That’s just egregious. Precious is one of the most moving films I’ve ever watched. Really stays with you after.

Sandra’s win was a sympathy award wbk 

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Y'all making this about the Oscars :deadbanana4: this sounds awful

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… wtf. I get conservatorship for the elderly and/or mentally ill but this is another instance where someone has been taken advantage of. The whole system needs to be re-evaluated

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That white evangelical savior complex movie on steroids has always rubbed me the wrong way. 
 

It was always overdone and portrayed him much more dumber than he actually was 

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