August 16, 2023, 3:55 PMMichael Oher #74 of the Ole Miss Rebels stands with his family during senior ceremonies prior to a game against the Mississippi State Bulldogs at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium, Nov. 28, 2008 in Oxford, Miss.
BRAD MIELKE: Michael, this is like a foundational story for anyone who knows football. What’s happened here? FLETCHER: There's a huge difference. If you're adopted, you become a family member. And at the time, Michael was a few months over 18 years old when these papers were signed, but he would have been a sibling to his brother and sister, the Touhys’, you know, natural born children. And more crucially, in this case, he would have retained his rights to negotiate contracts for himself. His parents would not have had that power.
So Michael had this in back of his mind, but at the same time, he's launching his NFL career, so he didn't pursue it fully. Well at some point he hired a lawyer, and they were able to dig out the details ¬– so his lawyer says ¬– the details of the contract that the family had with the movie company. And that was the aha moment – like hold on, they've been telling me that they haven't gotten any money, but it says here in black and white that they did. They get 2.
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