Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy called Michael Oher’s lawsuit “outlandish” and the latest attempt at a “shakedown” for money in a prepared statement.

Obtained by the Commercial Appeal, the Tuohys – in a statement co-authored by the couple and their legal team – said the idea that the family’s relationship with the former Ole Miss star – which was portrayed in the Oscar-winning movie “The Blind Side” – was motivated by selfishness and greed are “hurtful and absurd.”

“The evidence – documented in profit participation checks and studio accounting statements – is clear: over the years, the Tuohys have given Mr. Oher an equal cut of every penny received from ‘The Blind Side,’ ” the statement states.

The former NFL offensive lineman filed a 14-page petition which states he wasn’t adopted. In fact, less than three months after Oher turned 18 in 2004, the couple tricked him into signing a document making them his conservators.

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The petition alleges the Tuohys used their conservators status to make deals that made the Tuohys – and their birth children – millions in royalties from the movie. Oher, on the other hand, got nothing that he says “would not have existed without him.”

In addition, the Tuohys claim this isn’t the first time Oher has tried to “shakedown” the family for money.

“Unbeknownst to the public, Mr. Oher has actually attempted to run this play several times before – but it seems that numerous other lawyers stopped representing him once they saw the evidence and learned the truth,” the statement said. “Sadly, Mr. Oher has finally found a willing enabler and filed this ludicrous lawsuit as a cynical attempt to drum up attention in the middle of his latest book tour.”

According to the report, the Tuohy said Oher threatened them “about what he would do unless they paid him an eight-figure windfall.”

“Even recently . . . (when Oher) refused to cash the small profit checks from the Tuohys, they still deposited Mr. Oher’s equal share into a trust account they set up for his son,” the family’s statement said.

Check out the full report at the Commercial Appeal.

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