This is an odd denial. They admit that they referred to him as adopted even though he was conserved, they admit to conserving him to subvert NCAA recruiting rules to get him into Mississippi, and they admit that they (the Tuohys - husband wife and two kids) got $385K out of the Blind Side deal while Oher only got $45K. And they can not deny that their business benefited tremendously from all the publicity.
What they deny is that they ever adopted Oher, which is consistent with what Oher is charging. They imply that they told the newly turned 18 yo they were conserving him at the time - maybe they did (though maybe they didn’t) but likely even if he would not have understood what it meant, especially when after that they referred to it as adoption. Sent from Gmail Mobile On Thu, 14 Sep 2023 at 7:28 PM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV < [email protected]> wrote: > Tuohys file official response, "vehemently deny[ing]" Oher's claims... > > https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/38401602/tuohys-deny-allegations-response-michael-oher-petition > (link) > B > > PGage, to Melissa P, Aug 24th: > > I think that background is relevant Melissa, thanks for sharing it. It’s > too easy to dismiss the Tuohys as nothing but arch racists, but Melissa’s > background, the film and book, and now these new revelations are consistent > in hi lighting the condescension and exploitation at work here. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/48bc854b-99ba-4bfc-82b7-c360097c4f79n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/48bc854b-99ba-4bfc-82b7-c360097c4f79n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYL4U-gAnnbHBQntDhpPb7E0QgxYGdU72w3DxvQwsmoq6g%40mail.gmail.com.
