Manti Te'o GF Dying Was A Hoax

[Bengals78]

Originally Posted by Giantsfan1080

Is this true?

God I hope so

[Mufasa]

Originally Posted by Giantsfan1080

Is this true?

Ha! I hope so

[OSUGiants17]

Even if this wasn't a girlfriend, but just a friend of his, the way he talks about "her" they must have been important to him. So why did he never even attempt to visit her in the hospital or her family after her death to give his condolences. The girl you claim to love is dying and you don't want to see her face one last time?

[Giantsfan1080]

Originally Posted by Bengals78

God I hope so

We need D-Unit on that one.

[Shane P. Hallam]

Originally Posted by Bengals78

do you know something no one else does?

No, he has been proven in deadspin article to have obtained some of the pictures and according to Reagan was the woman's "cousin". He obviously has a major role in this no matter what.

[Cigaro]

Originally Posted by Scott Wright

Remember the name "Ronaiah Tuiasosopo", you are going to be hearing it a lot.

Off course. Deadspin names him as a co-conspirator alongside Te'o, and others are hypothesizing that he's Te'o's lover.

[Brent]

Originally Posted by vidae

Brent being drunk on Skype is great. I wasn't there when he fell asleep, but I bet that was great too.

it was mostly Kal's voice that let me sleep

[Giantsfan1080]

Originally Posted by OSUGiants17

Even if this wasn't a girlfriend, but just a friend of his, the way he talks about "her" they must have been important to him. So why did he never even attempt to visit her in the hospital or her family after her death to give his condolences. The girl you claim to love is dying and you don't want to see her face one last time?

Or even for the first time?

[Shane P. Hallam]

Originally Posted by Brent

it was mostly Kal's voice that let me sleep

Not Crickett's?

[Scott Wright]

Originally Posted by Cigaro

Off course. Deadspin names him as a co-conspirator alongside Te'o, and others are hypothesizing that he's Te'o's lover.

He has also introduced others to a "Lennay Kekua".

From Pro Football Talk:

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com...ry/rumor-mill/

Just when it seems like the Manti Te’o story can get no stranger, it does.

On Wednesday night, Cardinals fullback Reagan Mauia (a/k/a “The Juggernaut . . . Bitch“) said that the fake dead girlfriend of Te’o is real. Specifically, Mauia says he met Kekua in 2011.

“This was before her and Manti,” Mauia said Wednesday evening, via ESPN.com. “I don’t think Manti was even in the picture, but she and I became good friends. We would talk off and on, just checking up on each other kind of thing. I am close to her family. When she was going through the loss of her father, I was — I offered a comforting shoulder and just someone to bounce her emotions off. That was just from meeting her in Samoa.”

Mauia said he was introduced to Kekua by Ronaiah Tuiasosopo, the man whom the original report regarding the hoax suggests had a role in the creation of the phony persona. Mauia believes Kekua’s mother operates her Twitter account, and Mauia disagreed with the suggestion that Kekua doesn’t exist.

“No, she is real,” Mauia said.

And now we’ll wait for the story to find a way to get even weirder.

As for why they would do this, I really don't want to speculate. They are obviously disturbed individuals and sometimes there is no rhyme or reason to crazy. Or perhaps they were waiting for Te'o to sign his first NFL contract before trying to extort him? Who knows.

[OSUGiants17]

Originally Posted by Scott Wright

I'm not sure if people are appreciating how elaborate this thing appears to be.

It looks like there was actually a woman pretending to be this person he thought was his girlfriend. She met others, talking with Te'o on the phone for hours at a time (which others have corroborated), etc. This wasn't just a silly little prank that would have been obvious. They fooled not only Te'o but many others as well. They went to great lengths.

My bottom line is that I have no reason to not believe Te'o and if when all the facts come out he is found to be complicit then I'll eat crow.

You have no reason to not believe me. Would I ever lie to you Scott?

[metafour]

Originally Posted by boknows34

If Te'o was getting hoaxed then what exactly was the incentive for the hoaxers to do this and drag out such an elaborate scam for 3 years when there was no money involved? Everybody knows 99.999% of all Internet scams are there to fleece their victims financially.

These things dont matter, duh...

Whats more realistic? That an NFL-bound Mormon football player attending a devout Catholic school would go to great lengths to hide his homosexuality, or that some 'evil' master-scammers would spend literally years, and hours at a time conning an NCAA athlete for what appears to be no profit.

[Brodeur]

I'm still alarmed that Reagan Mauia is a real person.

[Shane P. Hallam]

Originally Posted by Brodeur

I'm still alarmed that Reagan Mauia is a real person.

And he breaks through walls

[Cigaro]

Originally Posted by Scott Wright

He has also introduced others to a "Lennay Kekua".

From Pro Football Talk:



As for why they would do this, I really don't want to speculate. They are obviously disturbed individuals and sometimes there is no rhyme or reason to crazy. Or perhaps they were waiting for Te'o to sign his first NFL contract before trying to extort him? Who knows.

So which side are you taking? You earlier expressed faith in Notre Dame's investigation, which concluded that no Kekua ever existed, and was rather invented by someone else, but not Ronaiah Tuiasosopo. You're currently expressing faith in statements by Reagan Mauia, who is claiming to have met this Kekua via Ronaiah Tuiasosopo. All the while Te'o is claiming to have met Kekua as well at the Stanford game, yet somehow he did not realize that the random photo of the only account he could communicate with her by was not whomever he met.

So we've got the school saying she doesn't exist, a random Samoan football player she does, and Te'o having no memory what the "love of his life" actually looks like. Seems to me someone is clearly trying to cover things up.

[OSUGiants17]

Originally Posted by Shane P. Hallam

And he breaks through walls

There were holes in the wall. His ability to run through walls is about as real as Te'o's girlfriend

[TACKLE]

Originally Posted by kennyb

thing is...

Notre Dame guy said that Teo said he NEVER MET HER. So he at least misled people. Maybe he lied because he "didn't want to admit he's a geek with women and has little experience." Well, as a super Mormon, that's kind of assumed.

How's this...your "girlfriend" of 3 years is dying in the hospital from a car accident, no now it's cancer...and you STILL DON'T VISIT HER? She's going to die and you're never going to meet her! Why not visit? No? He never did.

As for "this was an elaborate hoax"...the guy who set it up (read Deadspin), is Teo's FRIEND, Tuiassosopo, or however you spell that name. It isn't debateable that they are long time "friends". So he got some woman to talk with him on the phone for hours and hours,...to what end? For 3 years...and teo never insisted on seeing her. Or visited her in the hospital. Did she con him out of money? What? What's the motive for 3 years?

Put that together with "verified" long term phone convo's....yeah long term phone convo's with HIS FRIEND, Tuiassoppo, who is probably his '***' friend. Did anyone hear the voice on the other end of the line other than Teo?

And the fake photos of his "girlfriend" are from a girl who is friends with Tuiassopoo...and SHE says she NEVER MET TEO. She was clueless as to this thing. So there was no "meeting" b/c if he did, he'd know right away "Hey, this is not the girl from the pics". Also notre dame spokesman says TEO never met her.

This whole thing started as a way to answer questions of why he wasn't chasing any females at Notre Dame. Star linebacker of the football team, good looking guy, lots of women around....and no interest from our super hero football star.....So after 3 years of this game to answer questions of "hey teo, why not go out with some of these shapely co-eds chasing you around?"..."Can't guys, I have this HOT GIRLFRIEND in Cali!"."...he decides, "you know what? I need some publicity for the Heisman, I'll have her die and you know I'll be the hero bravely battling the death of my one true love (who I've never even met)".

Otherwise you'd have to believe that he never visits her in the hospital, never sees her grave site. It's utterly ludicrous.

This might be the most logical take I've heard thus far.

[Monomach]

Originally Posted by Giantsfan1080

Is this true?

A google search of that brings up nothing but people talking in comments sections for this story, so I'm going with no.

[Brent]

Originally Posted by Shane P. Hallam

Not Crickett's?

I forgot about him. His voice will undoubtedly haunt my dreams.

[Scott Wright]

Originally Posted by Cigaro

So which side are you taking? You earlier expressed faith in Notre Dame's investigation, which concluded that no Kekua ever existed, and was rather invented by someone else, but not Ronaiah Tuiasosopo. You're currently expressing faith in statements by Reagan Mauia, who is claiming to have met this Kekua via Ronaiah Tuiasosopo. All the while Te'o is claiming to have met Kekua as well at the Stanford game, yet somehow he did not realize that the random photo of the only account he could communicate with her by was not whomever he met.

So we've got the school saying she doesn't exist, a random Samoan football player she does, and Te'o having no memory what the "love of his life" actually looks like. Seems to me someone is clearly trying to cover things up.

That person never existed. Nobody is disputing that at this point.

However, it looks like there was someone going around pretending to be "Lennay Kekua".

[Monomach]

Originally Posted by Scott Wright

You will see.

Te'o isn't the only person they have done this too.

Remember the name "Ronaiah Tuiasosopo", you are going to be hearing it a lot.

We'll be hearing it a lot when Te'o finally comes out as his boyfriend because he can't explain away all of the giant holes in his story...like why he claimed multiple times that he's been with her in person but then claimed via ND that he's never met her.

[Giantsfan1080]

Originally Posted by Scott Wright

That person never existed. Nobody is disputing that at this point.

However, it looks like there was someone going around pretending to be "Lennay Kekua".

Why would he not go to the funeral or at least visit her grave? A 3 year relationship and he has no desire to do that?

[SeanTaylorRIP]

The most disturbing video:

[Cigaro]

Originally Posted by Scott Wright

That person never existed. Nobody is disputing that at this point.

However, it looks like there was someone going around pretending to be "Lennay Kekua".

OK, so if the person physically pretending to be Kekua, the person that Reagan met, and the person that Te'o met at Stanford, exists, how then can the random photo be explained? Whomever said they were Kekua would not be the person in the photo.

[Bob Sanders Dreadlock]

Originally Posted by kennyb

thing is...

Notre Dame guy said that Teo said he NEVER MET HER. So he at least misled people. Maybe he lied because he "didn't want to admit he's a geek with women and has little experience." Well, as a super Mormon, that's kind of assumed.

How's this...your "girlfriend" of 3 years is dying in the hospital from a car accident, no now it's cancer...and you STILL DON'T VISIT HER? She's going to die and you're never going to meet her! Why not visit? No? He never did.

As for "this was an elaborate hoax"...the guy who set it up (read Deadspin), is Teo's FRIEND, Tuiassosopo, or however you spell that name. It isn't debateable that they are long time "friends". So he got some woman to talk with him on the phone for hours and hours,...to what end? For 3 years...and teo never insisted on seeing her. Or visited her in the hospital. Did she con him out of money? What? What's the motive for 3 years?

Put that together with "verified" long term phone convo's....yeah long term phone convo's with HIS FRIEND, Tuiassoppo, who is probably his '***' friend. Did anyone hear the voice on the other end of the line other than Teo?

And the fake photos of his "girlfriend" are from a girl who is friends with Tuiassopoo...and SHE says she NEVER MET TEO. She was clueless as to this thing. So there was no "meeting" b/c if he did, he'd know right away "Hey, this is not the girl from the pics". Also notre dame spokesman says TEO never met her.

This whole thing started as a way to answer questions of why he wasn't chasing any females at Notre Dame. Star linebacker of the football team, good looking guy, lots of women around....and no interest from our super hero football star.....So after 3 years of this game to answer questions of "hey teo, why not go out with some of these shapely co-eds chasing you around?"..."Can't guys, I have this HOT GIRLFRIEND in Cali!"."...he decides, "you know what? I need some publicity for the Heisman, I'll have her die and you know I'll be the hero bravely battling the death of my one true love (who I've never even met)".

Otherwise you'd have to believe that he never visits her in the hospital, never sees her grave site. It's utterly ludicrous.

I like where you are going with this