This situation looks like a lot of gray to me. There appears to be a lot of dynamics. Oher was already a big-time player before he started living with them, they clearly did this conservatorship to get to him to Ole Miss without NCAA issues, even from his prior accounts they helped him a good deal and a lot of money was made here from that story that seemingly did not reach his pockets.
If I had to guess presently, I would think both parties are mostly telling the truth. Oher did not get much cash from the movie, certainly almost none from the fame that the family made off of him down the line while the family likely did not get a great Hollywood deal and probably went out of their way to help him back in those days.
The family used a lot of semantics that were not totally true but also contained elements of truth. I am sure that they helped Oher with a lot of cash and support through the HS, college and maybe even early pro years. They did not actually want to adopt him either and bring him fully into the family fold forever (which I would he holds some resentment over, especially considering how they have phrased it all of these years).
For years now, its been known that he did not like The Blind Side characterization of him, which I do not blame him for as I would not care for it either. At least it does not appear that any of his pro money went to the family, that there was not continued exploitation in any way. This looks like a rough one.
If I had to guess presently, I would think both parties are mostly telling the truth. Oher did not get much cash from the movie, certainly almost none from the fame that the family made off of him down the line while the family likely did not get a great Hollywood deal and probably went out of their way to help him back in those days.
The family used a lot of semantics that were not totally true but also contained elements of truth. I am sure that they helped Oher with a lot of cash and support through the HS, college and maybe even early pro years. They did not actually want to adopt him either and bring him fully into the family fold forever (which I would he holds some resentment over, especially considering how they have phrased it all of these years).
For years now, its been known that he did not like The Blind Side characterization of him, which I do not blame him for as I would not care for it either. At least it does not appear that any of his pro money went to the family, that there was not continued exploitation in any way. This looks like a rough one.
