Cliff Notes:
Original Deadspin.com story
Quote:
Originally Posted by Cliffs of Deadspin original article
- Lenny Kekua is not a real person
- The photographs identified as Kekua are pictures from the facebook of a California woman who is completely unrelated.
- Nov. 28, 2009: Te'o and Kekua meet after Stanford's 45-38 victory over Notre Dame in Palo Alto.
- Brian Te'o (Manti's father)"Every once in a while, she would travel to Hawaii, and that happened to be the time Manti was home, so he would meet with her there."
- Early 2012: Te'o and Kekua become a couple. They talk on the phone nightly.
- Some time in 2012: Kekua has a car accident somewhere in California that leaves her "on the brink of death"
- Sept. 10, 2012: Kekua is released from the hospital; Manti's father, Brian, congratulates her "via telephone"
- Sept. 12, 2012 (morning): Te'o is informed of his grandmother's passing (Sports Illustrated).
- Sept. 12, 2012 (afternoon): Te'o is informed of Kekua's passing by her older brother, Koa
- It was around this time that Te'o's Heisman campaign began in earnest, aided in part by the South Bend Tribune. He appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated's Oct. 1 issue, above the headline, "The Full Manti."
Notre Dame Press Conference
Quote:
Originally Posted by Notre Dame
- Manti Te'o was the victim of a "very elaborate, very sophisticated hoax with a certain cruelty at its core."
- The school had known about the hoax Dec. 26.
- Swarbrick said that he met with Te'o on Dec. 27 and 28 to discuss the hoax, then presented the issue to other Notre Dame officials. Te'o answered questions from those officials, as well.
- Notre Dame commissioned a private investigation of the matter. The findings of that investigation indicated that a number of individuals were involved in the fraud, and that online chatter among them proved their collusion in perpetrating it. On Jan. 5, he presented the findings of the investigation to the Te'o family and allowed the family to further pursue the matter. Swarbrick said he believed the Te'os planned to release the story next week.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Empire Man
roses are red
clovers are green
Kekua is dead
without having been
domes are not gold
Lennay had no pigment
Manti was bold
or he fapped to a figment
rosebuds are red
in the pink cheeks of Te'o
god help this thread
if Manti is gayo
Twitter:
-Random dude from California does some digging on twitter and find out apparently people knew Lenney was fake and were talking about it openly online.
-@LennayKay account is reactivated, and promises details at 12:00pst 1/17:
http://i.imgur.com/TW6eQ.png
- Then posts this:
https://twitter.com/LennayKay/status/291991188607758336
Manti Te'o interview
Here is a link with the interview where he speaks about getting letters after she died, with an update.
Ronaiah Tuiasosopo
With more and more investigations, Ronaiah Tuiasosopo continues to be brought up, and
evidence is mounting that he is centrally involved.
Leading Theories
1. Manti Te'o and Rohaiah Tuiasosopo are gay and this was a cover up used by them.
2. Manti Te'o was the victim of a "catfishing" and had no idea his girlfriend was a hoax, but likely embellished the details of their relationship in the media to get attention.