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Star of ‘The Blind Side’ Says White Family Faked His Adoption for Profit

BLINDSIDED

Michael Oher says he was never adopted at all but, rather, forced into a conservatorship that saw him stripped of any royalties from the blockbuster film.

AJ McDougall 

Breaking News Reporter

Josh Fiallo 

Breaking News Reporter

Michael Oher in uniform at the University of Mississippi smiles between Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy.
The University of Mississippi
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