Jason Whitlock has once again eviscerated Michael Oher as the tragic dispute between him and the Tuohy family continues.
Oher claims he was duped and defrauded by the Tuohy family for financial gain – despite Sean and Leigh Anne selling some of their businesses for over $200 million before Oher came into their jobs.
Prior to his introduction to the Tuohys, Oher bounced back and forth between homelessness, foster care, and living with his crack cocaine addiction. Oher’s father was killed when he was in high school.
On X Wednesday night, Whitlock tried to convey some misplaced resentment on Oher’s behalf, aimed directly at the Tuohys.
“Your father never takes responsibility for you,” he said wrote from Oher. “Your mother never tells you she loves you, repeatedly abandons you for crack cocaine, and leaves you homeless. But the really bad people are the rich white people who didn’t negotiate a good movie deal for you. Only in America.’
BlazeTV journalist Jason Whitlock has once again ripped Michael Oher for filing the legal petition
Oher (center) filed a legal petition against Sean (left) and Leigh Anne Tuohy (right) on Monday.
Whitlock continued his efforts to dismantle Oher’s claims to his BlazeTV show Fearless with Jason Whitlock On Wednesday evening, he simultaneously shreds football reporter Mike Florio.
The latter expressed on Twitter earlier Wednesday that the Tuohys’ “affection” for Oher was not as advertised.
“It’s hard to reconcile the Tuohy family’s supposed affection for Michael Oher with the blistering statement they authorized their attorney to make on their behalf,” says Florio. wrote.
These comments wrong-footed Whitlock, who even suggested that if the racial roles were reversed, the media response and the burden of proof would differ wildly.
“This is the mindset promoted when you put on racial lenses to evaluate everything,” he said.
Because everyone knows that if a black rich couple took in a homeless white boy and made the sacrifices the Tuohys made, Michael Florio wouldn’t be tweeting any of this crap. No one would believe Michael Oher if his name was Michael Weinstein.”
Oher, 37, filed a legal petition in a Tennessee court on Monday accusing the Tuohys of deliberately misleading him to profit from his rags-to-riches story, which centered on them.
Sean Tuohy said the family — including Oher — received an equal amount — $14,000 — from the 2009 film. This, of course, contradicts Oher’s claims.
The longtime national columnist didn’t hold back while discussing Oher and Mike Florio
Oher is seen with Leigh Anne and Sean Tuohy after the NFC title match in January 2016
Indeed, the Tuohy family sold several franchises for $200 million, while Oher – who played eight seasons in the NFL – earned $34.5 million after being hired with the 23rd pick in the 2009 NFL Draft.
According to family attorney Marty Singer, who gave a statement to Dailymail.com on Tuesday, Oher demanded $15 million from Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy before filing the petition to end the family’s conservatory – and the alleged financial control – over him.
Both Oher and the Tuohy family were immortalized in the Academy Award-nominated 2009 film, which was critically acclaimed for its feel-good nature and idealized principles of family and the state of human decency.
In 2004, when he was 18 years old, Oher and his birth mother signed the paperwork that made the Tuohys his conservators — in other words, they could legally act in business interests on his behalf. In his 2011 bestseller I beat the oddsOher described his version of how it came about.
“They explained to me that it means something like ‘adoptive parents,’ but that the laws are written to take my age into account.”
He was drafted by the Baltimore Ravens with the 23rd overall pick in the 2009 NFL Draft
Oher joined Marshall Ramsey Now you’re talking to Michael Ramsey Monday morning, to promote his latest book; When you stand with your back against the wallwhich adds another layer of curiosity regarding the timing of the submission.
The 37-year-old has expressed his dissatisfaction on several occasions The blind side film and its depiction of him – and even suggests it influence on his football career.
On Tuesday, Oher asked the public to respect the privacy of both himself and his family during the legal battle.
“I am disheartened by the revelation shared today in the court case,” Oher said People. com in a statement. “This is a difficult situation for my family and me. I would like to ask everyone to respect our privacy at this time. For now I will let the lawsuit speak for itself and I will not comment further.’