Amid shocking accusations that the Tuohys, the family depicted in 2009's The Blind Side tricked Michael Oher into a conservatorship – and did not adopt him, as portrayed in the movie – many have turned on Sandra Bullock... and her Oscar.
The Oscar-winning actress starred in the movie as Leigh Anne Tuohy, who along with her husband Sean are being accused by Michael, today 37, of tricking him into a conservatorship months after he turned 18 and profiting hundreds of thousands of dollars off of his story, money he says he never received.
Sandra won her first and only Oscar for her portrayal of Leigh Anne, and as talk swirls on X (formerly known as Twitter) or her Oscar being revoked, Quinton Aaron, who starred as Michael, is coming to her defense.
Speaking with TMZ, he declared: "To make a statement like that doesn't make any sense."
The actor added: "Sandra Bullock didn't have anything to do with the real story that we're reading as of right now."
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Further praising Sandra – who herself is mourning the passing of her partner Bryan Randall – Quinton said: "She gave a brilliant performance," maintaining: "And that shouldn't be tarnished for something that had nothing to do with her."
© GettyHe also noted that while he has not interacted with the Tuohy family since the film's release, he was unsuspecting of any questionable behavior from them at the time.
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"I got a good sense from all of them," he said, adding: "They were real cool to me."
© Getty ImagesEarlier this week, Michael made a petition to a Tennessee court requesting his conservatorship to be dissolved, to bar the Tuohys from using his name and likeness in the future, as well as for the compensation of all the profits he was thereby owed.
The legal filing stated: "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."
© GettyIt continued: "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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© Getty Images"Since at least August of 2004, Conservators have allowed Michael, specifically, and the public, generally, to believe that Conservators adopted Michael and have used that untruth to gain financial advantages for themselves and the foundations which they own or which they exercise control."
The Tuohys have since denied the allegations in a statement from their lawyers, and in turn accused Michael – who for years they have referred to as their adoptive son – of demanding $15 million from them in a "shakedown effort."
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