The Tuohy Family Earned Approximately $700K From 'The Blind Side': Source (Exclusive)

Michael Oher filed a petition Monday alleging he has received “nothing” from the Oscar-winning film “that would not have existed without him”

The battle behind The Blind Side continues to get ugly.

On Monday, Michael Oher, 37, filed a legal petition claiming that Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy did not legally adopt him but tricked him into making them his conservators before earning millions from what he said was his falsified life story, which was depicted in the Oscar-nominated film starring Sandra Bullock and Tim McGraw.

Oher, who played football at the University of Mississippi and was later drafted by the Baltimore Ravens in 2009 alleges in his petition that each of the four members of the Tuohy family were paid $225,000 for the film plus 2.5% of the film’s proceeds. Yet “Michael received nothing,” said Oher’s petition, for a “story that would not have existed without him.”

The Blind Side made over $300 million at the box office and went on to earn a nomination for best picture at the 2010 Academy Awards, with Bullock taking home the best actress prize.

A source close to the film tells PEOPLE the Tuohys have received approximately $700,000 total in rights, payments and profits, which was intended to be divided between the family members — Sean, Leigh Anne, their two biological children and Oher.

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"The Tuohys have not received millions of dollars from the movie,” says the source. "They have not even received $1 million from the movie.”

Marty Singer, an attorney who is representing the Tuohy family, flatly rejected Oher’s claims.

“When Michael Lewis, a friend of Sean’s since childhood, was approached about turning his book on Mr. Oher and the Tuohys into a movie about their family, his agents negotiated a deal where they received a small advance from the production company and a tiny percentage of net profits. They insisted that any money received be divided equally. And they have made good on that pledge,” said Singer in a statement shared with PEOPLE. 

Singer's statement continued: “The evidence – documented in profit participation checks and studio accounting statements – is clear: over the years, the Tuohys have given Mr. Oher an equal cut of every penny received from The Blind Side.”

At a Wednesday news conference in Memphis, ESPN reports two lawyers for the Tuohy family said that, overall, each member of the family and Oher made about $100,000 from the movie.

"Imagine a pie, divided by five," Steve Farese said, according to the outlet. "We estimate each person received $100,000."

Farese added that Oher's money was first paid to the Tuohys, who then gave Oher his portion. The lawyers said the arrangement allowed Oher to comply with NCAA rules. They added that Oher did not want to change how the money was distributed even when he went on to the NFL.

In his petition, Oher also claims he unknowingly authorized the couple to be his conservators in 2004, “despite the fact that he was over 18 years of age and had no diagnosed physical or psychological disabilities.”

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“Michael trusted the Tuohys and signed where they told him to sign,” the legal filing states. “What he signed, however, and unknown to Michael until after February 2023, were not adoption papers, or the equivalent of adoption papers.”

The conservatorship papers he wound up signing instead gave the Tuohys “total control” over Oher’s ability to sign contracts, the petition alleges. His filing claims the Tuohys have “falsely and publicly represented themselves” as Oher’s adoptive parents and enriched themselves in doing so.

Sean Tuohy told Daily Memphian Monday the conservatorship was unrelated to the movie, claiming it was a way to appease the NCAA, the nonprofit organization that regulates student athletics, when it appeared Oher was likely to play football at the University of Mississippi.

The Tuohy family attorney said in his statement: “In spite of the false allegation in the lawsuit, the Tuohys have always been upfront about how a conservatorship (from which not one penny was received) was established to assist with Mr. Oher’s needs, ranging from getting him health insurance and obtaining a driver’s license to helping with college admissions. Should Mr. Oher wish to terminate the conservatorship, either now or at anytime in the future, the Tuohys will never oppose it in any way.”

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On Monday, Oher said he was “disheartened by the revelation shared in the lawsuit” in a statement shared with PEOPLE, adding that filing the petition marked “a difficult situation for my family and me.” The Tuoys’ lawyer said Tuesday the couple are “heartbroken,” alleging Oher attempted to “shakedown” their family for $15 million prior to the legal petition’s filing on Aug. 14.

Representatives for Oher responded to Singer's statement, telling PEOPLE they stand by Oher's petition. “We try cases in the courtroom based on the facts. We have confidence in our judicial system and in our client Michael Oher. We believe that justice will be served in the courtroom, and we hope to get there quickly.”

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