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The strange saga of Notre Dame football star Manti Te’o and his fictitious girlfriend, Lennay Kekua, has riveted the nation. In one of the strangest…
Manti Te’o Opens Up on “Katie,” Says Pain of Scandal Was “All Real” [FULL INTERVIEW]
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The lawyer for Ronaiah Tuiasosopo has come out and admitted his client was behind the Manti Te’o girlfriend hoax; is very sorry about creating such a mess; and never intended to cause the football star any pain. Speaking to The New York Daily News , Milton Grimes says Tuiasosopo posed as Lennay Kekua on every phone call with Te’o, detailing the former’s extensive vocal and dramatic training, as well as the fact that Tuiasosopo tried out last year for The Voice . “Come on, Hollywood does it all the time,” Grimes said to those who doubt a man could pull this off. “People can do that.” Grimes, who represented Rodney King when he won a multi-million dollar judgment against Los Angeles, also confirms Tuiasosopo ganked Facebook photos of high school classmate Diane O’Meara to use as Lenny – and never meant anyone any harm. “This wasn’t a prank to make fun,” Grimes told the newspaper. “It was establishing a communication with someone… It was a person with a troubled existence trying to reach out and communicate and have a relationship.” Tuiasosopo is reportedly seeing a mental health professional and wants to tell his side of the story, the attorney said, but he’s trying to adjust the admission to a California law that makes it a crime to create a false identity on the Internet. It went into effect on January 1. “He’s torn by this,” Grimes said. “He didn’t mean for anyone to be hurt. Anything that he has done, he has apologized to those he could apologize to.”
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Ronaiah Tuiasosopo Lawyer Describes Client as Regretful, "Troubled"
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Score another point for Manti Te’o in his battle to prove that he had nothing to do with fooling America into thinking he had a girlfriend. In an interview with People , Alexandra del Pilar – who dated the Notre Dame linebacker for two months in late 2012 – says Te’o often referenced Lennay Kekua and acted every bit like someone who believed she died of leukemia on September 12. “Lennay was often brought up in conversation,” Del Pilar says . “I wanted to know about her, and how they did the long distance. He definitely [loved her].” Del Pilar went on to say she was drawn to Te’o due to his focus on “family.” “That’s what drew us together,” she explained. She also confirmed that Te’o really did receive a phone call in early December from someone claiming to be Kekua, saying she faked her own death. “I was sick to my stomach. I cried,” she says of when Te’o told her what had happened. “Nothing made sense. But since he didn’t understand it either, he told me everything he knew. “I just felt completely sorry for him because he was being accused of things he had no idea about. People were quick to jump on who he is as a person – especially after all the praise they had given him for everything he did at Notre Dame.” In a released snippet of his interview with Katie Couric, Te’o admits to lying about his girlfriend in a pair of discussions with reporters because he had just received the confusing December phone call and had no idea how to react.
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Alexandra del Pilar, Manti Te’o Ex, Backs Linebacker Story
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Manti Te’o has spoken to a reporter for the first time in days and gone on the record: He played no role in Lennay Kekua and duping the public into believing he had a girlfriend who died of cancer. “I wasn’t faking it. I wasn’t part of this,” Te’o told ESPN’s Jeremy Schaap last night in a two-and-a-half hour, off-camera interview. The Notre Dame linebacker and NFL prospect even said he didn’t know for total certainty that Kekua was a fabrication until Wednesday night when Ronaiah Tuiasosopo called him and admitted to the hoax. “Two guys and a girl are responsible for the whole thing,” Te’o said. “According to Ronaiah, Ronaiah’s one.” Among other topics covered in the interview: Te’o admitted to lying to his father about having met Kekua; he never actually did. Yes, he did Skype with Kekua, but described the individual on the other end as being in a “black box,” unseen. Numerous personal meetings were set up and then canceled by Kekua. Te’o does take responsibility for the story spinning out of control, saying he “kind of tailored” it “to have people think that, ‘yeah, he met her before she passed away,’ so that people wouldn’t think that I was some crazy dude.” Te’o received a call from Lenny on December 6, claiming she had faked her own death to avoid drug dealers. He said he responded with anger and, yes, acknowledged her existence in a couple interviews afterward because he didn’t know “what to believe.” “All I knew for sure in my head was that she died on September 12.” Following the interview, Te’o showed Schaap Twitter direct messages from Tuiasosopo that were comprised of an apology for orchestrating the scheme.
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Manti Te’o Speaks Out, Denies Involvement in Girlfriend Hoax
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According to a new report, Alexandra del Pilar dated Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te’o for a couple months toward the end of last year. And get this: she actually exists! TMZ has uncovered evidence, in the form of anonymous quotes; Twitter posts; and, most damning of all, photos, that make it appear as if Te’o struck up a relationship with del Pilar – a 21-year old student at St. Mary’s College in Indiana – some time in mid-November. Why is this significant? According to the Manti Te’o girlfriend story, Lennay Kekua – who we now know never existed – passed away on September 12. Therefore, the fact that he reportedly got involved with del Pilar just a few weeks later – and recently split with her – doesn’t speak well to the star’s credibility, lending credence to the theory that Te’o was in on the giant death hoax. Earlier today, an insider told ESPN that she was told by Ronaiah Tuiasosopo that he set Te’o up and the athlete played no role in the scheme. What side are you on? Do you think Te’o was the victim of a Catfish hoax? Yes, the poor guy! No, he was in on it! View Poll »
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Alexandra del Pilar: Actual Ex-Girlfriend of Manti Te’o!
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With Manti Te’o expected to speak later today and address the girlfriend hoax that has left a country baffled, let’s turn our attention for a moment over to Ronaiah Tuiasosopo . A 22-year old whose relatives include a pair of former NFL players, Tuiasosopo played high school football in California and is reportedly a huge fan of USC. Many believe he has either been working with Te’o on this cover-up or he’s the “Catfish” behind the scam and has been posing as Lennay Kekua for years in order to punish Te’o for choosing Notre Dame over USC. The original Deadspin article that broke this hoax lists Tuiasosopo as the individual who obtained the photo that was believed to be Lennay, the one associated with her Twitter and Facebook accounts (above). TMZ, meanwhile, has posted a long article that details the story of a Notre Dame fan who thought she was interacting online for weeks with Lennay’s sister – but when she arranged to meet the sibling at a football game, Tuiasosopo showed up instead. Ronaiah “made it seem as if he was a member of Kekua’s family,” the TMZ report reads, with that site’s source providing it with the phone number she was given to call Lennay’s sister. It is registered to a man named Titus Tuiasosopo, Ronaiah’s dad. Tuiasosopo has not spoken about his alleged connection to the hoax yet, but the question at this point doesn’t seem to be whether or not he was involved. Merely whether or not he was working with or against Manti Te’o.
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Ronaiah Tuiasosopo: Behind the Manti Te’o Girlfriend Hoax?
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Manti Te’o: Notre Dame Star’s Dead Girlfriend a Hoax? [VIDEO]
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Information continues to spill out and new details will undoubtedly develop in the coming days, but this much we know is true: There was never any Manti Te’o girlfriend . Whether this Notre Dame linebacker was in on the most startling death hoax ever perpetuated, or whether he really was a victim , remains to be determined. But Lennay Kekua never existed. Manti Te’o Speaks on Girlfriend Yesterday, in a surreal press conference, Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick said the university has hired a private company to look into this mess. But now someone else with knowledge of these scams has vowed to get involved. “I am working on finding out more about this @MTeo_5 #Catfish story. I have been in contact with the woman involved and will get the truth,” Tweeted Nev Schulman last night, the producer of MTV’s Catfish: The TV Show . That dock-series assists folks who are in online relationships, helping them learn whether their partner is actually the individual described in his/her virtual profile. The concept evolved from a 2010 film that was based on Schulman’s own experiences in this area. Yes, “cat fishing” is now a known term, used to refer to people who create phony identities on the Internet and use them to deceive. Do you think it applies here? Do you think Te’o was a victim in this hoax? Yes, the poor guy! No, he was in on it! View Poll »
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Manti Te’o Girlfriend Hoax to Be Investiged by Catfish Producer
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