Deadspin Says Manti Te'o's Girlfriend Was a Hoax

[Allen Koholic]

http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/8875990/lawyer-ronaiah-tuiasosopo-was-voice-talking-manti-teo

The woman whose picture was used to create Manti Te'o's fake girlfriend has been identified, but the voice of the woman who had hours of late-night phone calls with the Notre Dame star linebacker has remained silent. Turns out that's because it reportedly was a man.

The lawyer for the man who has been identified as behind the hoax, Ronaiah Tuiasosopo, told the New York Daily News that his client disguised his voice and assumed the identity of Lennay Kekua to try to develop a relationship with Te'o.

My life is now genuinely so much better that I know this.

 

[ibeeballin]

Manti just needs to come out of the closet now.

 

[cyptomcat]

http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/8875990/lawyer-ronaiah-tuiasosopo-was-voice-talking-manti-teo



My life is now genuinely so much better that I know this.

Reportedly they talked for more than 1000 hours overall.

 

[GEETEELEE]

Reportedly they talked for more than 1000 hours overall.

I think I need to go take a shower, now.

 

[cyptomcat]

I think I need to go take a shower, now.

Shower? Yeah right. We all know what you are going to be doing in the shower. :cool:

 

[Diseqc]

I'm hoping it was a kids in the hall type female voice.

 

[ee8384]

Best offensive strategy would be to run right at him so you'd be in his blind spot.

 

[cyptomcat]

Today show interview with the girl:
http://www.wptv.com/dpp/news/nation...ennay-kekua-manti-teos-girlfriend-hoax-speaks

 

[cyptomcat]

Voicemails:
http://www.tmz.com/2013/01/24/manti-teo-voicemails-katie-couric-lennay-kekua/

 

[gtzulu]

1000 hours? I haven't even talked to my real girlfriend that much.

 

[beej67]

Not sure I buy all of this, but apparently the whole Leukemia story is quite often used by Samoans to dupe other Samoans.

http://www.theatlantic.com/entertai...he-samoan-roots-of-the-manti-teo-hoax/272486/

 

[ThisIsAtlanta]

Good ol' Samoans. Fall for the leukemia thing every time!

 

[beej67]

That's what that guy said, and apparently he's some kind of academic that researches immigrant Samoans.

*shrug*

 

[AE 87]

1000 hours? I haven't even talked to my real girlfriend that much.

Trying to bring back the 90's? (talk to the hand)

 

[TechFan85]

Not sure I buy all of this, but apparently the whole Leukemia story is quite often used by Samoans to dupe other Samoans.

http://www.theatlantic.com/entertai...he-samoan-roots-of-the-manti-teo-hoax/272486/

Much like the crack epidimic in the mid 90s, this is destroying the Samoan community.

 

[gtzulu]

Voicemails:
http://www.katiecouric.com/features...from-manti-teos-girlfriend-a-katie-exclusive/

Dead link. So was it really a dude putting on a feminine voice? If so...

People should make sure the Tissuepopo guy doesn't kill himself. I hate when that happens and the suicider gets made out as the victim.

 

[cyptomcat]

Dead link. So was it really a dude putting on a feminine voice? If so...

People should make sure the Tissuepopo guy doesn't kill himself. I hate when that happens and the suicider gets made out as the victim.

here you go:

http://www.tmz.com/2013/01/24/manti-teo-voicemails-katie-couric-lennay-kekua/

 

[gtzulu]

here you go:

http://www.tmz.com/2013/01/24/manti-teo-voicemails-katie-couric-lennay-kekua/

Not a bad girl voice though, to be honest. I might fall for it in a "blind" test.

Lenny Kekua needs to be put on suicide watch, seriously. How can this be anything but ultimate embarrassment?

Manti Te'o's girlfriend:

 

[KG01]

Lenny Kekua needs to be put on suicide watch, seriously. How can this be anything but ultimate embarrassment?

Wait, what?

Kidding aside, I know what you meant. If I were Manti I'd be villifying this Tissuepopo () dude. Make him the embarrassed one. He's got the forum to do it. Grant all kinds of interviews and trash that dude.

 

[rduck]

Manti Te'o's girlfriend:

[/QUOTE]

"Boats n hoax" will get'em every time