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Members of the Tuohy family are speaking out after former NFL offensive lineman Michael Oher alleged that they earned millions from pushing a false narrative that they adopted him, the inspiration behind the 2009 Sandra Bullock film The Blind Side. Oher, 37, petitioned a Tennessee judge on stanley cup Monday saying that he had never been adopted by the family, and instead was under a conservatorship. He alleged in court documents that the family convinced him to sign documents agreeing to the conservatorship in 2004 by claiming it was for all intents and purposes, an adoption. That signature allowed the Tuohys to reap millions of dollars off the 2009 film, he alleged, while he received nothing. But Tuohy family patriarch Sean Tuohy mdash; who was portrayed by Tim McGraw in the blockbuster hit mdash; said Monday that Oher s allegations aren t true. We didn t make any money off the movie, he told the Daily Memphian. Well, Michael Lewis [the author of the book that inspired the movie] gave us half of his share. Everybody in the family got an equal share, including Michael. It was about $14,000, each. Michael Oher of the Ole Miss Rebe stanley cup ls stands with his family during senior ceremonies prior to a game against the Mississippi State Bulldogs at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium on November 28, 2008. / Getty Images Sean stanley cup Tuohy said that he learned abou Ujcs Biden brings laughs at final Senate swearing-in
LOMA, Colo. - Two people aboard a helicopter-like aircraft were killed when it crashed into a river in western Colorado, but no one on the ground was injured, authorities said Sunday.The gyroplane went into the Colorado River shortly after 6 p.m. Saturday, the Mesa County Sheriff s Department said. It had taken off from Grand Junction Regional Airport earlier in the day, CBS News affiliate KREX reported.The sheriff s depa af1 rtment said both victims were adults. Their names weren t immediately released. Autopsies were performed Sunday but officials said the reports had not been completed. The sheriff s department said no one else was on board.Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Allen Kenitzer said the aircraft was a Xenon gyroplane. Gyroplanes look like helicopters but are powered by propellers. Air flow created by the aircraft s forward motion spins the rotors, which provide lift. The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating.Witness Ron Jenkins said he and another man were fishing on the bank of the Colorado River when the gyroplane crashed nearby.It began to fishtail and sparks were flying from it before it crashed nose-first in shallow water, he told the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel.Jenkins said he and the other angler hurried t air force 1 o their boat, went downriver to the gyroplane and then waded to it. They were able to remo af1 ve one victim by cutting a seat belt, he said. The sheriff s department