OT: Manti Te’o’s Dead Girlfriend, The Most Heartbreaking And Inspirational Story Of The College Foot

[Whitey23]

Manti Te’o’s Dead Girlfriend, The Most Heartbreaking And Inspirational Story Of The College Football Season, Is A Hoax

http://deadspin.com/5976517/manti-t...tory-of-the-college-football-season-is-a-hoax

 

[Etancuse]

http://deadspin.com/5976517/manti-t...tory-of-the-college-football-season-is-a-hoax


This is like something out of a movie.

 

[Ward]

http://deadspin.com/5976517/manti-t...tory-of-the-college-football-season-is-a-hoax

Wow that is unbelievable, I wonder how much backlash there will be

Between this, the tragic death of the kid taping practice, and then the rumors of the Notre Dame players sexually assaulting a girl and her soon after committing suicide, why don't they get more bad publicity but instead made out to be this great cinderella story again?

 

[dasher]

the fallout will be brutal.

 

[NKR1978]

This is a pretty crazy story. Deadspin is at its best when it exposes how pathetic the sports media can be in propagating myths.


http://deadspin.com/5975416/manti-t...printed-a-picture-of-his-son-missing-a-tackle

 

[NailstheCusefan12]

Just an absolutely absurd story. There's really no way for Manti to explain this and sound like a sane person. Been a rough couple weeks for him.

 

[CuseTroop]

That is out of control...

 

[Orange&Blue44]

That's seriously messed up.Oh Lord

 

[jekelish]

I think the only thing that can adequately sum that up is:

Holy .

 

[steve deberg]

Is it just me, or was that a really unnecessarily detailed article?

For those who don't want to decipher, here's what the article alleges:

Manti's deceased girlfriend, his source of inspiration all season, never existed.

He and a buddy from back home made her up and maintained a fake online relationship for a year.

Combine interviews should be fun.

 

[NailstheCusefan12]

Is it just me, or was that a really unnecessarily detailed article?

For those who don't want to decipher, here's what the article alleges:

Manti's deceased girlfriend, his source of inspiration all season, never existed.

He and a buddy from back home made her up and maintained a fake online relationship for a year.

Combine interviews should be fun.

I think the details are necessary. Being any less detailed in a story this damning would be dangerous for the writers. It makes up for the lack of research in all the other articles written about this topic.

 

[priestp]

I think the word "hoax" should be changed to "LIE" if this in fact true.

 

[TheSpaz]

Just read this, that is truly crazy and messed up!

 

[priestp]

If this is true, this is more like a big fat "LIE" and not a "hoax". Let's not try to soft peddle.

 

[steve deberg]

I think the details are necessary. Being any less detailed in a story this damning would be dangerous for the writers. It makes up for the lack of research in all the other articles written about this topic.

Absolutely. To make an accusation like this you need to present all the evidence.

Just didn't find the piece very reader friendly.

Getting back on topic... this is going to be very interesting to watch unfold.

 

[Whitey23]

ND to issue a statement shortly per Bruce Feldman.

 

[The General]

That is bizarre

 

[NKR1978]

You have to be a bit of a sociopath to perpetuate something like this don't you?

 

[NailstheCusefan12]

For anyone that doesn't want to read the whole thing (from Deadspin):

"There was no Lennay Kekua. Lennay Kekua did not meet Manti Te'o after the Stanford game in 2009. Lennay Kekua did not attend Stanford. Lennay Kekua never visited Manti Te'o in Hawaii. Lennay Kekua was not in a car accident. Lennay Kekua did not talk to Manti Te'o every night on the telephone. She was not diagnosed with cancer, did not spend time in the hospital, did not engage in a lengthy battle with leukemia. She never had a bone marrow transplant. She was not released from the hospital on Sept. 10, nor did Brian Te'o congratulate her for this over the telephone. She did not insist that Manti Te'o play in the Michigan State or Michigan games, and did not request he send white flowers to her funeral. Her favorite color was not white. Her brother, Koa, did not inform Manti Te'o that she was dead. Koa did not exist. Her funeral did not take place in Carson, Calif., and her casket was not closed at 9 a.m. exactly. She was not laid to rest. Lennay Kekua's last words to Manti Te'o were not "I love you." A friend of Ronaiah Tuiasosopo told us he was "80 percent sure" that Manti Te'o was "in on it," and that the two perpetrated Lennay Kekua's death with publicity in mind."

 

[NailstheCusefan12]

Notre Dame Statement: Manti Te’o

On Dec. 26, Notre Dame coaches were informed by Manti Te’o and his parents that Manti had been the victim of what appears to be a hoax in which someone using the fictitious name Lennay Kekua apparently ingratiated herself with Manti and then conspired with others to lead him to believe she had tragically died of leukemia. The University immediately initiated an investigation to assist Manti and his family in discovering the motive for and nature of this hoax. While the proper authorities will continue to investigate this troubling matter, this appears to be, at a minimum, a sad and very cruel deception to entertain its perpetrators.

Dennis Brown
University Spokesman | Assistant Vice President

 

[Whitey23]

Sounds like BS from ND

 

[CusefanATL]

wow

 

[OrangeOnions]

If true, he's got issues.

Looks like someone's got some splaining to do.

 

[NailstheCusefan12]

This is only going to get weirder.

 

[rrlbees]

Yikes, if that is true, I'm glad he didn't win the heisman.

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