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Deadspin: Manti Te’o’s Dead Girlfriend Is A Hoax


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My last contribution tonight - that jayrahz account I listed a few posts ago says essentially that he knew about the alias and such in 2008 and cut ties with ronaiah then. He heard the story in December (probably in the award show lead up) and recognized the girls name as ronaiahs fake account. December 4th he started posting that he and his family knew who the real owner of the account was. Tweet still up if you want to check it out. by teos story, Two days later, teo received the call confessing everything.

 

Weird story all around.

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Reistically I'd bet that's the casual banter the investigators found and reference when they talk about the perpetrator joking about it (a few of the links on that account send you to people tweeting jokes about being behind the fake accounts, for those not digging)

 

I think you're right:

 

Mr. Sports Journo@BIGSPORTSWRITER

A lot of these tweets/realizations were mentioned in the original @Deadspin story by @bubbaprog and @jackdickey.

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UPDATE: The two people who is mentioned in the tweet are Reagan Maui'a & Troy Polamalu Yes That Troy Polamalu & its get crazier

 

This was already discussed on pages 19 and 20--- it's likely not real:

 

FWIW:

 

Tyler Burns@burnSTYLEr

@richarddeitsch @MerKenyon Yes, I think @LennayKay was stolen after the handle was released. @LoveMSMK must've been deactivated <30 days ago

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This was already discussed on pages 19 and 20--- it's likely not real:

 

Sorry Dude Just Woke Up & saw the news I should took a look back at the thread My Bad

 

But its going to be a hell of a day for Interviews tomorrow Armstrong, Te'o, Mystery Hoaxer & possible Reagan Maui'a & Troy Polamalu

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Think about... Manti is of the generation that totally grew up in this online culture... These kids gotta be so desensitized to the crap going on... EVEN know they realize scams and hoaxes exists right next to them @ all times! It is like living in NOLA pre-Katrina... They were yanking trees out on people's property the wrong way 6 months prior to the storm... People were wondering where the water was seeping in from on their lawns.. You think? You live in a dry fish bowl surrounded by water! :wallbash: :wallbash:

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Guess it makes sense the Samoan NFL commumity is a tight knit bunch. How's it get crazier ?

 

 

That more people are getting pulled into the soap opera, Reagan Maui'a told ESPN he met her

 

 

Earlier today, Deadspin published a report that Kekua, who the press was told died of leukemia in September, was in fact a fictional person created as part of an elaborate online hoax. Contradicting that report, former Arizona Cardinals fullback Reagan Maui'a has told ESPN that not only is Lennay Kekua a real person, but that he personally met her while doing charity work in Samoa with Troy Polamalu and other Polynesian athletes. Maui'a claims they were introduced by her cousin, Ronaiah Tuiasosopo:

After the initial meeting, Mauia said he met her at an "after-party" for all of the athletes involved in the camp.

"She was tall," he said. "Volleyball-type of physique. She was athletic, tall, beautiful. Long hair. Polynesian. She looked like a model ... "

He said it is his understanding that Kekua's mother is operating her Twitter account. He said he'd never met her mother. When told by a reporter that she apparently might not have existed, Mauia said: "No, she is real."

The report contradicts Notre Dame athletic Director Jack Swarbrick, who told reporters Wednesday night that Kekua is a fictional character created to perpetrate a hoax against star Irish linebacker Manti Te'o.

Tuiasosopo, a former high school football star and current professional musician, was cited by Deadspin as the person behind Lennay Kekua's apparently fictional persona. Tuiasosopo is reportedly a close friend of the Te'o family.

Te'o and members of his family had previously told reporters that the two had met after a game between Notre Dame and Stanford, and that Kekua had visited Hawaii to see Te'o's family. Swarbrick confirmed tonight that those reports were false, saying it was a "purely online relationship."

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To be fair...a friend of mine died 5-6 years ago. His wife kept his Facebook page active and she regularly posts updates of their kids 'to him'. Heck I even post birthday wishes 'to him' every year.

 

 

 

Manti Te'o@MTeo_5

@LennayKay I miss you!

 

did this dude seriously tweet his dead girlfriend a month after she "died"?

 

Irregardless of how this plays out I think its quite obvious our POTUS needs to look at tougher regulations on fake girlfriends... look how it is affecting so many!

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Very bizarre

In hindsight, how does this compare with some of your past relationships?

 

:D

 

"She was tall," he said. "Volleyball-type of physique. She was athletic, tall, beautiful. Long hair. Polynesian. She looked like a model … "

Wow who ever she was, she sounded hot!

She's probably not really dead so there's no reason to refer to her in the past tense.
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