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Manti Te'o's Dead Girlfriend Did Not Exist - Hoax!

Darth Snow

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Here's a conspiracy for the ages.

http://deadspin.com/5976517/manti-t...source=deadspin_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow

Notre Dame's Manti Te'o, the stories said, played this season under a terrible burden. A Mormon linebacker who led his Catholic school's football program back to glory, Te'o was whipsawed between personal tragedies along the way. In the span of six hours in September, as Sports Illustrated told it, Te'o learned first of the death of his grandmother, Annette Santiago, and then of the death of his girlfriend, Lennay Kekua.

Kekua, 22 years old, had been in a serious car accident in California, and then had been diagnosed with leukemia. SI's Pete Thamel described how Te'o would phone her in her hospital room and stay on the line with her as he slept through the night. "Her relatives told him that at her lowest points, as she fought to emerge from a coma, her breathing rate would increase at the sound of his voice," Thamel wrote.


Upon receiving the news of the two deaths, Te'o went out and led the Fighting Irish to a 20-3 upset of Michigan State, racking up 12 tackles. It was heartbreaking and inspirational. Te'o would appear on ESPN's College GameDay to talk about the letters Kekua had written him during her illness. He would send a heartfelt letter to the parents of a sick child, discussing his experience with disease and grief. The South Bend Tribune wrote an article describing the young couple's fairytale meeting—she, a Stanford student; he, a Notre Dame star—after a football game outside Palo Alto.


Did you enjoy the uplifiting story, the tale of a man who responded to adversity by becoming one of the top players of the game? If so, stop reading.
 
it is weird that someone would actually not believe the story in the first place and then research it.
 
it is weird that someone would actually not believe the story in the first place and then research it.

I didn't believe that BC90 was actually considering divorce so I did some research, tracked down his wife, and asked her. It was news to her, so obviously he was lying.
 
Some reporting that the story is wrong. Her real name isn't Lennay Kakua.
Ya, saw that too. Should be interesting to see how that thread plays out. Could this be something twisted like she existed, but her twitter was this dude's?
 
I didn't believe that BC90 was actually considering divorce so I did some research, tracked down his wife, and asked her. It was news to her, so obviously he was lying.

so why did you sleep with her?
 
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was Lombardi hard on CU for firing Embo? perhaps some twitter taunting is in order.
nope. sadly. However, I have already taunted him for his ND loveydovey nonsense over the last month - He loves to talk about graduation rates.
 
Notre Dame statement

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.
 
WTF? Did he really think nobody would do any research? This kid has some BIG problems.
 
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