‘Says a lot about the dean’s list at Ole Miss’: The Blind Side author jokes about Michael Oher’s college grades in resurfaced clip from Google interview – as ex-NFL star claims Tuohy family ripped him off over hit movie earnings

A video that has surfaced shows “Blind Side” author Michael Lewis joking about former NFL star Michael Oher’s numbers.

It comes after Oher, 37, claimed in a lawsuit that the entire Blind Side movie based on Lewis’s 2006 book is based on a lie, shocking fans with claims he’s not really Sean and Leigh’s adopted son Anne Touhy as the film portrays.

The retired athlete alleges in the lawsuit that he was tricked into signing a document that made the wealthy Tuohys his conservators — not his adoptive parents — allowing them to profit from his name. The family denies the allegations.

In the September 2007 resurfaced interview, Lewis joked about Oher’s grades when he was a student at Ole Miss.

“Google him now, he’s on the deans list at Ole Miss, which says a lot about the deans list at Ole Miss,” Lewis told the audience, who burst into laughter.

Oher, 37, claimed in a lawsuit that the entire Blind Side movie based on Lewis’s 2006 book is based on a lie

Michael seeks “a complete accounting” of the money the family has earned thanks to him. suggested Bullock talking to Quinton Aaron who played Oher

Lewis then criticized Ole Miss for not academically engaging their student-athletes.

“There are schools like Ole Miss, and Ole Miss isn’t even the best example, they seem to exist mainly to support a football team. And then they take these kids, many of whom are from the underclass—poor black kids from ghettos all over America—and let them into the school.”

Adding: “And then they make them a job within the school — and the job isn’t designed to get an education or even interact with the school outside of the football team.”

Other claims in the lawsuit, filed earlier this week in a Tennessee court, that the Touhys and their children received royalties from the heartwarming 2009 film starring Sandra Bullock, specifically $225,000 each in addition to 2.5 percent of the ‘defined net return’.

Oher claimed he didn’t receive a dime from the film detailing his triumph from homelessness to draft choice — nor a separate deal signing the rights to his life rights to 20th Century FOX.

However, lawyers for the Tuohy family have hit back, claiming that Oher received $100,000 in profits from “The Blind Side,” just like any other member of his adopted family.

Attorneys Randy Fishman and Steven Farese Sr. addressed the media on Wednesday, claiming that “a fairly simple (accounting) process” would negate Oher’s claims.

The lawyers said he received $100,000 in advance from the production company for “The Blind Side,” while the Tuohys received the same amount.

Oher’s uplifting story and life with the Tuohys was made into a movie

In the film, Bullock played Leigh Anne Tuohy and adopted Oher. He then went on to star in high school, college football, and was drafted to the first round of the NFL

Michael Oher (left), whose story from homelessness to the NFL inspired the blockbuster “The Blind Side,” is pictured with Leigh Anne Tuohy

Randy Fishman, left, and Steve Farese Sr., right, two members of the legal team representing the Tuohy family

The new claim comes after Oher, 37, claimed he was tricked into signing a document that made the Tuohys his custodians — not his adoptive parents — allowing them to benefit from his name.

The retired athlete claimed that the entire film, starring Sandra Bullock, is based on a lie, shocking fans with claims that he is not really the adopted son of Sean and Leigh Anne Touhy as the film portrays.

On Wednesday, Fishman said, “Michael got every dime, every dime he had.”

Farese added, “They don’t need his money. They never needed his money. Mr. Tuohy sold his company for $220 million.”

Martin Singer, an attorney for the Tuohys, said earnings share controls and studio accounting statements support their claims.

When Oher refused to cash the checks, the Tuohys deposited Oher’s share in a trust account, a statement said.

In 2004, 18-year-old Oher signed a petition making them his custodians, meaning they could legally conduct business interests on his behalf.

Oher claims in the lawsuit that the conservatory allowed the Tuohy family to make a deal whereby they — including their two children — would receive royalties from the heartwarming film, specifically $225,000 each in addition to 2.5 percent of the “defined net income.” revenue’.

Oher claimed he didn’t receive a dime from the film detailing his triumph from homelessness to draft choice — nor a separate deal signing the rights to his life rights to 20th Century FOX.

Oher’s alleged adoptive parents, who were popularized by the critically acclaimed 2009 film, have responded to his filing of a legal petition against the family.

Sean Tuohy responded to Oher’s allegations, saying the family was “devastated” by the allegations, adding, “We will continue to love Michael,” according to the Daily Memphian.