Alcon Entertainment, the film company that produced the hit 2009 film, 'The Blind Side,' is defending its film and the Tuohy family.
, is defending its film and the Tuohy family against charges that they defrauded former NFL player Michael Oher of an untold amount of money in proceeds from the film.
Broderick Johnson and Andrew Kosove, the co-heads of Alcon, are defending the movie, calling accusations that they fabricated the story the film is based upon are “mischaracterizations and uninformed opinions.” The pair also released financial records to prove their point, the“The deal that was made by Fox for the Tuohys’ and Michael Oher’s life rights was consistent with the marketplace at that time for the rights of relatively unknown individuals.
The movie, based on the book of the same name, follows the story of football player Michael Oher, a disadvantaged youth who became a star high school football player, and the family that took him in and gave him a stable home as he ventured into college football, and then the NFL. Baltimore Ravens #23 draft pick Michael Oher poses for a photograph with his family at Radio City Music Hall for the 2009 NFL Draft on April 25, 2009, in New York City
The heartwarming tale earned star Sandra Bullock an Oscar for her role as Leigh Anne Tuohy and became a surprise hit, earning more than $300 million.the Tuohy family, claiming they lied about having adopted him into their family and have been stealing money from him for over a decade.
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