Manti Te'o part of conspiracy to fake "fake" girlfriend's death?

[DUNCANownsKOBE]

http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18cex4j82z6ifjpg/original.jpg
:lmao:lmao:lmao

Is ESPN still seriously pretending that Te'o was the victim here? Phone records in microsoft excel? Why the fuck couldn't he send actual phone records from AT&T so we know they're authentic.

[manufan10]

http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18cex4j82z6ifjpg/original.jpg

:lmao :lmao :lmao

[TFloss32]

The voice Manti was speaking with on the phone for hours at a time...is a dude.

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

[JMarkJohns]

I'm telling you. Only thing left is for Te'o to come out.

Manti's life seemed like a remake of Brian's Song for a while, then it turned all conspiracy crazy Oliver Stone on us. But now it's like White Chicks.

[Sisk]

It blows my mind how poorly he has handled this after the hoax coming out (pun intended). Assuming he has PR people - the BEST move they could come up with to tell Couric was "PUT YOURSELF IN MY SHOES"....... Wow.

[JMarkJohns]

"Here's this girl who I've committed myself too"

Really? Just Friday you admitted to tailoring the extent/significance of your relationship to the media reports.

Now you're again committed to this "girl" whom you never saw, never met, never visited in her multiple hospital stays?

South Park needs to redo their "closet" episode to include Manti.

[Sisk]

From an ESPN comment on this new story.


What if I told you two men spent hours on the phone at night and then deceived the nation to hide the true nature of their relationship?

Not a Dame - The Manti Te'o Story

ESPN 30for30

[benefactor]

^:lol

[coyotes_geek]

It blows my mind how poorly he has handled this after the hoax coming out (pun intended). Assuming he has PR people - the BEST move they could come up with to tell Couric was "PUT YOURSELF IN MY SHOES"....... Wow.

Proof positive that it's all still part of the "look at me, I'm a victim" act. If he was both smart and not an attention whore, all he had to do was give a 30 second press conference to say "I was duped, I'm horribly embarrassed and I'm never going to talk about this ever again" and then go into hiding until the draft combine.

[JMarkJohns]

Voicemails: http://m.deadspin.com/5978713/listen-to-manti-teos-voicemails-from-lennay-kekuaronaiah-tuiasosopo

Creepy

[JudynTX]

Voicemails: http://m.deadspin.com/5978713/listen-to-manti-teos-voicemails-from-lennay-kekuaronaiah-tuiasosopo

Creepy

Even I could tell that was a guy disguising his voice to be a girl. Come on now!
Yeah, those theories of him being gay are really making sense now.

[TFloss32]

Voicemails: http://m.deadspin.com/5978713/listen-to-manti-teos-voicemails-from-lennay-kekuaronaiah-tuiasosopo

Creepy

I can't access the file at work but my first thought is Te'o and his buddies have had a week to make fake phone records and voicemails.

[JudynTX]

How could they alter the date and time?

[DesignatedT]

Yeah, they've had weeks to make fake voicemails and such. Show his official phone records before I believe this crap. Not some spreadsheet that anybody can make showing phone calls.

[JudynTX]

Yeah, they've had weeks to make fake voicemails and such. Show his official phone records before I believe this crap. Not some spreadsheet that anybody can make showing phone calls.

Are you saying they are getting help from ESPN? :lol

[Sisk]

Here's where I am at this point (subject to change, as it has several times already):Tuiasosopo = Nuts
Te'o = A little dumb, or at least naive
Last week, it was "Tuiasosopo = Huh?" and "Te'o = Gay."

[DesignatedT]

Couric saw what are reported to be Te'o's phone records, and claims there were "dozens of calls, some hours long, to one phone number." ESPN's spreadsheet had indicated "more than 1,000" calls over a four-month span.


According to ESPN’s Jeremy Schaap, who acquired a spreadsheet of Manti Te’o's phone records from a source,


Just sayin..... Why not make the official phone records public....

[JamStone]

okay, back on the gay theory bandwagon...

hours upon hours of phone conversations, sometimes talking on the phone through the night with a guy disguising his voice as a girl. ummm yeah.

[manufan10]

okay, back on the gay theory bandwagon...

hours upon hours of phone conversations, sometimes talking on the phone through the night with a guy disguising his voice as a girl. ummm yeah.

I'm joining the gay theory bandwagon. It seems legit right now.

[JMarkJohns]

okay, back on the gay theory bandwagon...

hours upon hours of phone conversations, sometimes talking on the phone through the night with a guy disguising his voice as a girl. ummm yeah.

Not sure how Manti thinks this deflects attention.

[JMarkJohns]

I thought Manti was gay before it was cool.

[manufan10]

yYrl4MazjyQ

[Sisk]

http://tech.woot.com/ product description of the XOOM tablet:


Somewhere in Indiana

Always ask your internet girlfriend for a timestamped photo.

Hey hey, boys, look who's got another email from his girlfriend! Jealous? Of course you are. With my Motorola XOOM 10.1" 32GB 4G LTE Tablet I can get emails from her any time on the go! Even when we're on the team bus headed back from the game.

Well, no, I don't get to see her a whole lot. We live far apart, and I'm busy with school and football. You know how it goes. Luckily I still get texts and stuff from her to power me through and motivate me to be the best. Pictures? Yeah, she sent me a picture once. I've got it saved here. But we're not superficial like that, so I don't need to, y'know, see her. Our relationship is more than that. Whenever I call and her friend Ronaiah answers before handing the phone to her, it's a deep connection that you dummies wouldn't understand.

[DesignatedT]

yYrl4MazjyQ

:lol

[JMarkJohns]

He may not be "gay", but he's far from straight. Faaaaaaaaaaaaaar from it.

[JMarkJohns]

http://d3j5vwomefv46c.cloudfront.net/photos/large/722129926.gif?key=450340&Expires=1359078538&Key-Pair-Id=APKAIYVGSUJFNRFZBBTA&Signature=SSd5qeXDpm6usA9KfMITYHgO29QIuUV7qMIjLW27 pDxVX3WjGx4V9twrLS9ollXU1NmUtZ~BNRyXKzUh-BqcQxlPG1tiVXjSQ4e9LxsGgs7hfmpJPSGKg5wvGMKFwlttxiC XMKCzl7HV7m2GsMJONwyzrHtNYM-o8o99GEMjy8M_

Like the line from the movie Body of Lies, "had you simply said 'no', I would have believed you."

[TFloss32]

Who watched the interview? One of my questions concerns that Diane O'Meara chick. Are we supposed to believe she was willingly giving out pictures of herself to a guy (Tuiasosopo) who she hadn't talked to since high school and deemed "weird"? The media has seemingly dismissed this chick as part of the equation.

[ColinB]

https://twitpic.com/show/large/bxxr0m

[The Reckoning]

he's gay

[JudynTX]

https://twitpic.com/show/large/bxxr0m

Yeah, he thought that was convincing. :lmao

[JudynTX]

Well.................

Report: Female Tuiasosopo Cousin Involved In Te’o Hoax


http://deadspin.com/5978925/report-female-tuiasosopo-cousin-involved-in-teo-hoax?tag=manti-te.o

[coyotes_geek]

He's just setting up for the sex tape release.

[DUNCANownsKOBE]

Tuiasosopo is definitely gay, there's not even a question about it, which makes it more likely Te'o is gay.

[Riddler]

https://twitpic.com/show/large/bxxr0m
Chick in the audience is fine as fuck tbh.

[JamStone]

Who watched the interview? One of my questions concerns that Diane O'Meara chick. Are we supposed to believe she was willingly giving out pictures of herself to a guy (Tuiasosopo) who she hadn't talked to since high school and deemed "weird"? The media has seemingly dismissed this chick as part of the equation.

I think she sent Tuiasosopo one picture. And from what I recall from the deadspin article, he called her out of the blue and told her that one of his sick friends found her cute and he asked her to send him a picture with a sign saying something like SMK or whatever. And she did it. I'm guessing the rest of the pictures, Tuiasosopo just stole directly from her facebook page, which means she didn't just willingly gave them to him.

[Sisk]

Chick in the audience is fine as fuck tbh.

Yes she is.

[NFO]

Well.................

Report: Female Tuiasosopo Cousin Involved In Te’o Hoax


http://deadspin.com/5978925/report-female-tuiasosopo-cousin-involved-in-teo-hoax?tag=manti-te.o

There is only one way t find out for sure, and Te'o can't answer that question with a 100% positive answer that it was in fact a female.

[SpursRock20]

https://twitpic.com/show/large/bxxr0m

One thing is for sure, he is a virgin.

[TFloss32]

I think she sent Tuiasosopo one picture. And from what I recall from the deadspin article, he called her out of the blue and told her that one of his sick friends found her cute and he asked her to send him a picture with a sign saying something like SMK or whatever. And she did it. I'm guessing the rest of the pictures, Tuiasosopo just stole directly from her facebook page, which means she didn't just willingly gave them to him.

I just found it odd that a girl would give a picture of herself to a guy who she hadn't talked to in years no matter what the circumstances are. She eventually complied with Tuiasosopo's request despite admitting he came across as weird.

[JamStone]

From the initial deadspin article.

http://deadspin.com/5976517/manti-teos-dead-girlfriend-the-most-heartbreaking-and-inspirational-story-of-the-college-football-season-is-a-hoax


That photo hadn't appeared on the internet—at least, not to Reba's knowledge. She had taken it in December 2012 and sent it directly to an old high school acquaintance. The two hadn't talked since graduation, but the classmate, whom Reba remembered fondly, contacted her on Facebook with a somewhat convoluted request: His cousin had been in a serious car accident, and he had seen her photos before and thought she was pretty. Would she be so kind as to take a picture of herself holding up a sign reading "MSMK," to put in a slideshow to support the cousin's recovery? (He didn't explain what MSMK meant, and Reba still doesn't know.) Baffled but trusting, Reba made the sign and sent along the photo.

While odd, it certainly seems plausible. Plausible, which is more than what can be said about a lot of the other so-called "facts" in the story. The article also says all the other pictures--all but this one picture--were stolen directly from her facebook page.

[JMarkJohns]

Tuiasosopo is getting paid to take the fall. The money is what he wanted all along with the resurrection call in December, I bet.

In 10 years he'll write a book or do the interview circuit discussing the gay ruse.

I'm certain of it. Nothing else makes sense.

[2centsworth]

Tuiasosopo tried to protect his boyfriend with the fake girlfriend story and is now trying to protect his boyfriend by taking the fall.

One of the gayest stories ever.

[DUNCANownsKOBE]

15_Y3_eRfOU

[symple19]

Tuiasosopo tried to protect his boyfriend with the fake girlfriend story and is now trying to protect his boyfriend by taking the fall.

One of the gayest stories ever.

this

[The Reckoning]

lol brokeback dome

[symple19]

^ :lol

[manufan10]

One of the lingering questions regarding the question-plentiful Manti Te’o imbroglio arises from the decision to delay disclosing the fake dead girlfriend story long enough to be scooped by Deadspin.
A league source tells PFT that the reason, as these reasons often do, arises from dollars and cents.
Te’o's camp, per the source, was attempting aggressively to nail down marketing deals before the story broke, with among other things major shoe and apparel companies. There was reluctance to proceed, given Te’o's struggles in the BCS national title game and the uncertainty as to whether he’ll be playing for a high-profile team or a franchise that is an NFL afterthought.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/29/teo-tried-to-do-marketing-deals-before-fake-dead-girlfriend-story-came-out/

I wonder if he knew the story was going to break and was trying to cash in before it happened, or what. Very interesting.

[leemajors]

Here we have a young man that fell deeply, romantically in love. I asked him straight up, "Was this a romantic relationship with you?" And he says yes. I said, "Are you then therefore gay?" And he said, "When you put it that way, yes." And then he caught himself and said, "I am confused."



http://deadspin.com/5980172/ronaiah-tuiasosopo-tells-dr-phil-that-he-had-romantic-feelings-for-manti-teo

[JMarkJohns]

Tui getting paid by Te'o, no doubt, to cover this all up.

The early December call was an extortion plot. Why not earn money to take the fall for a weird, but not illegal ruse, make money, become infamous and a gay celebrity.

Tuiasosopo basically confirms my theory that the death was a no-questions asked escape route.

Te'o has already lied about meeting Lennay at the Stsnford game, to his parents about the two "meeting" in Hawaii, and to the media post December phone call about the initial death stories.

He's clearly a liar. Not a stretch to deduce he was in on it for similar reasons as Tuiasosopo.

[symple19]

Tuiasosopo admits to being gay, or "confused" on Dr. Phil :lmao

Manti is mega gay, no question

Jmark's theory makes sense to me

http://www.usatoday.com/story/gameon/2013/01/30/dr-phil-ronaiah-tuiasosopo-confused-sexual-identity/1876995/

[symple19]

Leemajors already got it.. my bad

[JMarkJohns]

They both might be confused, and they may not have made things physical, but both were clearly intrigued with each other.

I'm convinced they each were in on it, as the original story had a seldom mentioned detail that Manti had promoted some of Tui's music through social media. I think this was a cover up for a forbidden infatuation/fascination for two religious types.

[Darth_Pelican]

Tuiasosopo: Te'o not involved

Updated: January 30, 2013, 1:19 PM ET
ESPN.com news services
Tuiasosopo: Teo not involved

Updated: January 30, 2013, 1:19 PM ET

In an interview with Dr. Phil McGraw that will air Thursday, Ronaiah Tuiasosopo says the voice of Manti Te'o (http://espn.go.com/college-football/player/_/id/517633/manti-teo)'s "girlfriend," Lennay Kekua, was his and that the star Notre Dame linebacker had no role in the hoax.
“ Here we have a young man that fell deeply, romantically in love. I asked him straight up, 'Was this a romantic relationship with you?' And he says yes. I said, 'Are you then therefore gay?' And he said, 'When you put it that way, yes.' And then he caught himself and said 'I am confused.'
” -- Dr. Phil McGraw, on Ronaiah Tuiasosopo



The first of McGraw's two-part interview with Tuiasosopo will air Thursday on the "Dr. Phil" show. McGraw appeared Wednesday morning on NBC's "Today" show, which aired two clips of the Tuiasosopo interview.
"There were many times when Manti and Lennay have broken up," Tuiasosopo said, "but something would bring them back together, whether it was something going on in his life or Lennay's life or in this case my life."
McGraw said Tuiasosopo told him he fell deeply in love with Te'o and that for Tuiasosopo it was a romantic relationship.
"Here we have a young man that fell deeply, romantically in love," McGraw told NBC. "I asked him straight up, 'Was this a romantic relationship with you?' And he says yes. I said, 'Are you then therefore gay?' And he said, 'When you put it that way, yes.' And then he caught himself and said 'I am confused.' "
McGraw told NBC that Te'o "absolutely, unequivocally" wasn't involved in the hoax.
One theory for the hoax is that Te'o was trying to cover up a homosexual relationship. In her TV interview with Te'o last week, Katie Couric asked him if he was gay.
"No, far from it," he said. "Faaaaarrrr from it."
Tuiasosopo told McGraw that as Te'o became more famous he knew that the online hoax he started more than two years ago was going to blow up.
Tuiasosopo said: "I wanted to end it because after everything I had gone through I finally realized that I just had to move on with my life and had to get ... you know, my real me, Ronaiah ... I just had to start living and let this go."
McGraw said he spent time with Tuiasosopo and his parents.
"Ronaiah had a number of life experiences that damaged this young man in some very serious ways," he said.
As Notre Dame rose to No. 1 in the AP Top 25, sportswriters nationwide recounted the story of the heroic, grieving athlete who persevered on the field after his "girlfriend" was diagnosed with leukemia and died. Te'o and his family provided them with plenty of stories about the relationship, and no one figured out that it was fiction until Deadspin.com broke the story earlier this month.
Te'o, in his interview with Couric, reiterated that he lied about his online girlfriend after the Dec. 6 phone call indicated that she might be alive, while maintaining that he had no part in creating the hoax.
The interview, which aired on Couric's syndicated television show, put Te'o and his parents in front of television cameras for the first time since the incident.
Te'o told a story similar to the one he told in a previous off-camera interview with ESPN's Jeremy Schaap -- namely, that he believed Kekua had died of cancer in September, but he was confused by the Dec. 6 phone call in which she claimed to be alive.
Pressed by Couric to admit that he was in on the deception, Te'o said that he believed Kekua had died of cancer and that he didn't conceal the truth that she didn't exist until December.
"Katie, put yourself in my situation. I, my whole world told me that she died on Sept. 12. Everybody knew that. This girl, who I committed myself to, died on Sept. 12," Te'o said. The Heisman Trophy runner-up said he only learned of the hoax when he received the phone call in December from a woman saying she was Kekua.
"Now I get a phone call on Dec. 6, saying that she's alive, and then I'm going be put on national TV two days later. And to ask me about the same question. You know, what would you do?" Te'o said.
The woman whose photo was used as the "face" of the Twitter account of Te'o's supposed girlfriend said last week that Tuiasosopo confessed and apologized to her. Diane O'Meara told the "Today" show that Tuiasosopo used pictures of her without her knowledge in creating Kekua.
Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.

[The Reckoning]

http://youtu.be/W5ffHd7O3yQ

[manufan10]

A comment at the bottom of the Deadspin article:

"Saddest thing here is that if Manti came out fully he could actually get someone much more attractive and fit, what with being a pretty famous athlete about to go pro. Not quite Brady Quinn level, but at the very least JJ Barea." :lol

[leemajors]

http://youtu.be/W5ffHd7O3yQ

:lmao

at first I was disappointed, was hoping for Kerrigan WHY samples, or maybe set to the MJ song, but this is good

[manufan10]

http://youtu.be/W5ffHd7O3yQ


:lmao :lmao :lmao That was awesome.

[Fabbs]

"Ronaiah had a number of life experiences that damaged this young man in some very serious ways," he said.

If that is accurate i will cut Tuiasosopo all the slack he needs.

[TFloss32]

I'm convinced they each were in on it, as the original story had a seldom mentioned detail that Manti had promoted some of Tui's music through social media. I think this was a cover up for a forbidden infatuation/fascination for two religious types.

I hadn't heard about Te'o pushing Tuiasosopo's music.

Not that it was believable, but didn't Te'o tell Couric he had only met Tuiasosopo twice before all of this went down?

[Fabbs]

"The 22-year-old Tuiasosopo told McGraw he was repeatedly molested, beginning at age 12, by someone who was close to his father, a church pastor and youth minister."

Entirely plausible.

[leemajors]

DUNCANownsKOBE someone brought back Teo's old twitter :lmao

http://feedly.com/k/1229ydH