Retired NFL star Michael Oher, whose supposed adoption out of grinding poverty by a wealthy, white family was immortalized in the 2009 movie “The Blind Side,” petitioned a Tennessee court Monday with allegations that a central element of the story was a lie concocted by the family to enrich itself at his expense.

  • DonCronkhonker@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Wow. If all of that is true, that’s pretty scummy. I don’t understand how people can take advantage of someone like that.

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      1 year ago

      Wow yeah complete scum. They essentially conned this kid and the rest of the world. WOW. this is the lowest of slimes.