I don't get how this lasted for so long......Why wouldn't anyone who knew the girl come forward? This story reminds me of the kid who faked his recruitment to D1 schools and held that press conference at his high school.

haha. BB has been planning this **** for years.

This is fantastic journalism by Deadspin

idk, but probably not. wouldnt the family think this is super weird and not allow it?

ND knew that this was a hoax on Dec. 26th? Sitting on it and not getting out in front of the story is really dumb.

This.

Did his imaginery GF wear a Livestrong wristband

The most decorated defensive player of all time!

Well I guess we know why Brian Kelly interviewed with the Eagles now.

ahhahahahahahahahaha

this gif is amazing

what are they trying to do

So ND knew about this like 3 weeks ago and that press release was the best they could do!??

If Belichick crafted this chick from thin air then he is simply too good.

Love how they fail to mention Manti had a role in all this getting out of hand.

whoever has the next pick in the LOL Sports Moments draft is getting a steal

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Not sure why people are mad at Te'o. Tim Tebow spent every year of his career in a relationship with a made-up person who died tragically.

Time to guess some odds!

my initial thoughts after reading article -

chances he and this guy are in on the hoax: -800
chances it's a cover up for being gay: evens

Notre Dame gonna come out and say the team found out about it an hour before kick off and that's why they played so bad.

Pollsters gonna revote, ND #1 ldo.

good point

Yea nvm tuma is right. The pictures are of a real girl that exists who claims she doesn't know Teo and never met him and her pictures were stolen and used in this hoax. So it wouldn't be possible for him to not be in on it if he actually met her.

no idea

that's why it's so good

yup

looking at it like this, te'o is a complete sociopath

Subject : LENNAY KEKUA

FROM THE HOSPITAL BED OF LENNAY KEKUA
PALO ALTO HOSPITAL (PA)
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

TRANSFER OF (<33333333) RELATIONSHIP STATUS, ACQUISITION OF GIRLFRIEND OF LOVE.

MANTI TE'O, I AM LENNAY KEKUA, I AM CAR ACCIDENT SURVIVOR AND POTENTIAL LEUKEMIA VICTIM. DURING AN AUDITING OF MY LIFE, I DISCOVERED I AM LACKING IN RELATIONSHIP PER RECORDS ISSUED BY MY KEKUA FAMILY AND HOSPITAL. MY LEUKEMIA HAS ARRIVED ON THE 4TH OF AUGUST 2012 IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

AND NOBODY HAS ISSUED ME RELATIONSHIP PAPERS, I WILL DIE, SINCE 1990 I HAVE NO BOYFRIEND. MY RELATIONSHIP STANDING HAS NO BENEFICIARY AND ANY INVESTIGATION INTO MY RELATIONSHIP STANDING WILL PROVE AS WELL THAT I MUST ACQUIRE MONEY TO LIVE AGAINST LEUKEMIA. I AM CONTACTING YOU TO BE YOUR GIRLFRIEND TO SURVIVE AGAINST THE LIKELIHOOD THAT I MAY NOT SURVIVE BECAUSE OF THE LEUKEMIA.

I NEED YOUR STRONG ASSURANCE THAT YOU WILL NEVER, NEVER CHEAT ME AS SOON AS MY HEART HITS YOUR ACCOUNT. WITH MY INFLUENCE AND THE POSITION OF MY HOSPITAL BED WE CAN TRANSFER MY HEART TO ANY FOREIGNER'S RELIABLE HANDS WHICH YOU CAN PROVIDE ASSURANCE THAT THIS HEART WILL BE INTACT PENDING OUR PHYSICAL ARRIVAL IN YOUR COUNTRY FOR RELATIONSHIP. THE HOSPITAL OFFICIAL WILL PROVIDE ALL DOCUMENTS OF TRANSACTION IMMEDIATELY FOR YOU TO RECEIVE THIS HEART LEAVING NO TRACE TO ANY PLACE AND TO BUILD CONFIDENCE.

ON THE CONCLUSION OF THIS TRANSACTION YOU WILL BE ENTITLED TO 1 (ONE) GIRLFRIEND AS GRATIFICATION WHILE 1 (ONE) HEART WILL BE HELD AND PHONE NUMBER WILL BE ISSUED FOR TELEPHONE CALLS TO BE MADE DURING THE NIGHT FOR CONVERSATIONS. TELEPHONE BILLS WILL BE YOUR RESPONSIBILITY.

SO ON THE INDICATION OF YOUR WILLINGNESS I WANT YOU TO FORWARD ME YOUR: FULL NAME: SEX: COMPANY: IF ANY FULL CONTACT ADDRESS: PHONE: CELL: FAX: STATE: ZIP CODE: COUNTRY: OCCUPATION: $10,000 (TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS USD) PER MONTH FOR RENTAL FEE OF HEART. ALL INFORMATION WILL BE SENT TO YOU ON THE ACCEPTANCE TO CHAMPION THIS RELATIONSHIP WITH ME

THANKS
YOURS TRULY
LENNAY KEKUA

lol at that ND statement. They should've kept their mouth shut if that's the best they can do. I'm trying to construct a plausible scenario in which Manti Te'o didn't know what was going on, but I'm failing.

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