Manti Te'o's girlfriend who died... (1 Viewer)

[RUSF18]

Brett McMurphy ‏@McMurphyESPNNotre Dame statement: "Notre Dame coaches informed Dec 26 by Manti Te’o & parents Manti had been victim of what appears to be a hoax"

 

[Limp Ditka]

Aside from the only thing I have to add is that Manti is not nearly as devout LDS as he makes it seem. He came to BYU on a recruiting trip and was eventually turned away, as he and his posse got drunk and the driver got pulled over for a DUI. BYU, with the Honor Code, did not want a piece of him. This is per the BYU football team doctor.

Yet Jim McMahon went there.

 

[JZilla]

Think he'll slip to the third? Fourth? Vikings have a history of playing teh gays.

It's the purple

 

[Jewell]

If this is true, I am really confused as to why he would do this?

on the DL

I thought he was an LB.

 

[TobiasFunke]

This is not a good story.

Not good as in inaccurate? I noticed that they hadn't talked to the principals yet, which bothered me a little. But if it's accurate, it's effin dynamite.

For him.

No, unless the fake dead girl really was his beard. Then, like Tobias said, he can come out and be in the public eye forever, which is always good for a couple of bucks.

Why not use a real life alive girl as a bird and go with the "I'm saving myself for marriage" excuse?Seems safer.

Yeah. But my guess is that if you're Manti Te'o and you're gay, you don't really sit down and plot this out with a PR team. You're already paranoid about people finding out, no reason to bring others into the fray. An idea presents itself that you don't have to share with anyone you don't trust, and you make a mistake and run with it.

 

[GDogg]

Pete Thamel ‏@SIPeteThamelND releases statement that says Te'o was a victim of a hoax: "a sad and very cruel deception to entertain its perpetrators." Pete Thamel ‏@SIPeteThamelND: "Lennay Kekua apparently ingratiated herself with Manti and then conspired with others to lead him to believe she had tragically died.

 

[Buck Bradcanon]

Wow.

 

[Sarnoff]

Notre Dame Football · 352,285 like this4 minutes ago · 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

 

[Good Posting Judge]

So many Duke hoops fans will be heartbroken.

First Soriano signs with the Nats, and now this.

They gotta be pissed about D'antoni as well.

At least Manchester united is at the top of the table.

 

[FlapJacks]

Pete Thamel ‏@SIPeteThamelND releases statement that says Te'o was a victim of a hoax: "a sad and very cruel deception to entertain its perpetrators." Pete Thamel ‏@SIPeteThamelND: "Lennay Kekua apparently ingratiated herself with Manti and then conspired with others to lead him to believe she had tragically died.

oofsomebody from the PR dept is getting ####-canned for such a lame response

 

[Dinsy Ejotuz]

ND: "Lennay Kekua apparently ingratiated herself with Manti and then conspired with others to lead him to believe she had tragically died.

Except there is no such person, right?

 

[Sarnoff]

RT @damonlindelof: Someone just dropped a coffee mug that says "Kekua" on the bottom.

 

[Don Quixote]

How can someone be tricked into having a girlfriend who did not exist?

 

[Good Posting Judge]

RT @damonlindelof: Someone just dropped a coffee mug that says "Kekua" on the bottom.

 

[Sarnoff]

Jonathan Gold@TheCoolSub Now I'm starting to wonder if Notre Dame is really a dame at all.

 

[Limp Ditka]

Jonathan Gold@TheCoolSub Now I'm starting to wonder if Notre Dame is really a dame at all.

 

[krista4]

Jonathan Gold@TheCoolSub Now I'm starting to wonder if Notre Dame is really a dame at all.

 

[PlasmaDogPlasma]

So now ND is claiming they learned about the hoax on Dec. 26th, but they were still letting the media repeat the story in January?

 

[Sarnoff]

Tommy Deas@tommydeas I have been unable to find birth records for a Johnny Football, and no one is registered at Texas A&M under that name

 

[dgreen]

How can someone be tricked into having a girlfriend who did not exist?

Yeah, I don't get it.

 

[Idiot Boxer]

I'm going to wait until more facts come out and we get a clearer picture of who was deceiving whom, but this certainly explains some of his lackluster play and media participation vs. Alabama.

 

[Jewell]

How can someone be tricked into having a girlfriend who did not exist?

It usually starts in chat rooms.

 

[dgreen]

I'm going to wait until more facts come out and we get a clearer picture of who was deceiving whom

Boooooor-ing!

 

[Premier]

@celebrityhottub: To be fair, what was Notre Dame supposed to do when they saw her grave lying empty three days later?Jesus twitter is amazing right now.

 

[pantherclub]

I'm going to wait until more facts come out and we get a clearer picture of who was deceiving whom, but this certainly explains some of his lackluster play and media participation vs. Alabama.

What more facts do you need?

 

[TobiasFunke]

This may be Twitter's finest hour. The fact that there's no real tragedy or loss makes it much easier to crack jokes.

 

[RUSF18]

So now ND is claiming they learned about the hoax on Dec. 26th, but they were still letting the media repeat the story in January?

@BobbyBigWheelNotre Dame knew about the hoax but didn't say anything? I never thought Catholics would cover something up like this

 

[Limp Ditka]

@celebrityhottub: To be fair, what was Notre Dame supposed to do when they saw her grave lying empty three days later?Jesus twitter is amazing right now.

 

[strykerpks]

I'm going to wait until more facts come out and we get a clearer picture of who was deceiving whom, but this certainly explains some of his lackluster play and media participation vs. Alabama.

Tom Crabtree@TCrabtree83 Guys. Don't jump to conclusions ok. Just like the Lance Armstrong thing where we thought he cheated but he didn't. Then he did.

 

[dgreen]

@CRM_Stephen Manti Te'o wasn't missing tackles in the National Championship, he was hugging his girlfriend.

 

[Good Posting Judge]

Notre Dame Football · 352,285 like this4 minutes ago · 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

Hoaxed by the fake girlfriend that Te'o's dad says came out to visit the family in Hawaii?

 

[Ilov80s]

So, Teo thinks he had a GF. The GF dies and he never follows up at all. He doesn't attend a memorial service or anything? Someone just tells him she died and he says, "oh, that sucks." It doesn't add up.

 

[Joe Summer]

Notre Dame should kick him out of school for that crap.

 

[badmojo1006]

RT @damonlindelof: Someone just dropped a coffee mug that says "Kekua" on the bottom.

 

[Sarnoff]

Mike Motch ‏@MikeMotch And Brent Musberger thought AJ McCarron's girlfriend was unreal...

 

[Idiot Boxer]

I'm going to wait until more facts come out and we get a clearer picture of who was deceiving whom, but this certainly explains some of his lackluster play and media participation vs. Alabama.

What more facts do you need?

Its easier for me to come up with a reason that makes sense (to me) that a random individual or group of individuals would seek out Te'o for an elaborate hoax versus Te'o perpetuating such a hoax upon others. So I'll wait to find out which is true and accept the whichever is the truth.

 

[Bob Sacamano]

So, Teo thinks he had a GF. The GF dies and he never follows up at all. He doesn't attend a memorial service or anything? Someone just tells him she died and he says, "oh, that sucks." It doesn't add up.

Meh. They weren't really that close.

 

[pantherclub]

I'm going to wait until more facts come out and we get a clearer picture of who was deceiving whom, but this certainly explains some of his lackluster play and media participation vs. Alabama.

What more facts do you need?

Its easier for me to come up with a reason that makes sense (to me) that a random individual or group of individuals would seek out Te'o for an elaborate hoax versus Te'o perpetuating such a hoax upon others. So I'll wait to find out which is true and accept the whichever is the truth.

I pray to God you dont actually believe that

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

RT @damonlindelof: Someone just dropped a coffee mug that says "Kekua" on the bottom.

 

[Limp Ditka]

Mike Motch ‏@MikeMotch And Brent Musberger thought AJ McCarron's girlfriend was unreal...

winner!

 

[Joe Summer]

Notre Dame Football · 352,285 like this4 minutes ago · 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

Hoaxed by the fake girlfriend that Te'o's dad says came out to visit the family in Hawaii?

Maybe there was a real girl who went to Hawaii, who called herself Lennay Kekua, and then she disappeared after telling T'eo that she got cancer??:grasping:

 

[Good Posting Judge]

Rembert Browne ‏@rembertlennay kekua tastes like not dead fake honey nut cheerios.

 

[Josie Maran]

RT @damonlindelof: Someone just dropped a coffee mug that says "Kekua" on the bottom.

 

[Good Posting Judge]

I'm going to wait until more facts come out and we get a clearer picture of who was deceiving whom, but this certainly explains some of his lackluster play and media participation vs. Alabama.

What more facts do you need?

Its easier for me to come up with a reason that makes sense (to me) that a random individual or group of individuals would seek out Te'o for an elaborate hoax versus Te'o perpetuating such a hoax upon others. So I'll wait to find out which is true and accept the whichever is the truth.

Wow.

 

[Sarnoff]

Nathaniel Lowenthal ‏@nlowenthal Not to gossip, but I hear Sidd Finch is now dating Lennay Kekua.

 

[Limp Ditka]

I'm going to wait until more facts come out and we get a clearer picture of who was deceiving whom, but this certainly explains some of his lackluster play and media participation vs. Alabama.

What more facts do you need?

Its easier for me to come up with a reason that makes sense (to me) that a random individual or group of individuals would seek out Te'o for an elaborate hoax versus Te'o perpetuating such a hoax upon others. So I'll wait to find out which is true and accept the whichever is the truth.

Wow.

 

[GDogg]

I'm going to wait until more facts come out and we get a clearer picture of who was deceiving whom, but this certainly explains some of his lackluster play and media participation vs. Alabama.

What more facts do you need?

Its easier for me to come up with a reason that makes sense (to me) that a random individual or group of individuals would seek out Te'o for an elaborate hoax versus Te'o perpetuating such a hoax upon others. So I'll wait to find out which is true and accept the whichever is the truth.

How would one get hoaxed into having a fake girlfriend that he never sees and then finds out she dies from leukemia and never follows up with the family, which might have led to him finding out about said hoax?Listen to this interview from him with Jim Rome (starting at the 4 minute mark where he starts talking about her) and tell me he wasn't in on it in some way: Link

 

[Sarnoff]

Rembert Browne ‏@rembertlennay kekua tastes like not dead fake honey nut cheerios.

Actual tears.

 

[loser]

This is better than the Osama bin Laden porn stash thread.

 

[Ilov80s]

So, Teo thinks he had a GF. The GF dies and he never follows up at all. He doesn't attend a memorial service or anything? Someone just tells him she died and he says, "oh, that sucks." It doesn't add up.

Meh. They weren't really that close.

Which is that Teo's new story would indicate. Which still makes him a con artist. If he didn't even care about this girl and wasn't even close to her, why would he drum up sympathy with this story? This is 10 levels of weird.