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Posted: 2023-11-17T22:40:10Z | Updated: 2023-11-17T23:29:34Z

As Michael Oher s legal battle regarding the blockbuster movie The Blind Side intensifies, more people from the former NFL players past are casting doubt on the Hollywood portrayal of his life story.

A new CNN documentary, Blindsided , looks into the perceived inaccuracies in the 2009 film, which earned Sandra Bullock an Academy Award . Among those interviewed by CNN were Ohers foster brothers Nate and Quwanda Hale, who said the level of financial hardship that the athlete experienced was greatly exaggerated for the film and that his home life prior to being taken in by Leigh Anne and Sean Tuohy was vastly different from the way it was depicted on-screen.

The two men took particular issue with a scene in The Blind Side in which Oher (played by Quinton Aaron) is settling into his new bedroom at the Tuohy home, telling Leigh Anne Tuohy (Bullock) that hed never had a bed of his own.

Part of the restrictions to being in foster homes, you had to have your own space, Nate Hale said, according to People . You didnt necessarily have to have your own room, but even though [Quwanda and I] were biological brothers, you still had to have your own beds.

Added Quwanda Hale: That video is depicting something that didnt occur.