Guest rimchair Posted January 18, 2013 Posted January 18, 2013 What is the relationship between Notre Dame star Te'o & Ronaiah Tuiasosopo? I will go out on a limb, they are / were homosexual lovers helping one another out. "Deadspin's story paints a connection between Te'o and Tuiasosopo, a 22-year-old Californian who is alleged to be the person behind the fake identity of Kekua. Since-deleted Tweets cited in the Deadspin story suggest there is some connection between Tuiasosopo and Te'o. What is that connection? Was he fooled by someone he knows or part of a lie that garnered him positive publicity?" http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2013/01/17/the-questions-that-manti-teo-needs-to-answer/1842141/ http://deadspin.com/5976517/manti-teos-dead-girlfriend-the-most-heartbreaking-and-inspirational-story-of-the-college-football-season-is-a-hoax Quote
Guest josephga Posted January 18, 2013 Posted January 18, 2013 I'm surprised he calls this person he never met his girl friend. But this stuff happens allot. When it happen to me in 03 I didn't know much about it and completely felt embarrassed. Then I watched that catfish movie and now the series and see this has happen allot. DR phil's recently done shows on it. In my case this person convinced me for 8 months that they were 26 years old, landscaper living in Atlanta. sent over a dozen photos had numerous phone conversations. Red flags would never meet. Always some excuse. a tragedy in their life a illness, couldn't get away from work. Worst of it was I was under going chemo at the time. this person knew I had cancer. A friend of mine wanted to investigate. he worked in law enforcement and had the means. I said no because I was foolish and didn't believe someone would hurt a guy with cancer because to do so would mean realizing that they are a monster. My friend went behind my back and investigated anyway. This guy turned out to be nearly 60 years old using someone else photos. I felt completely humiliated.. With this case I'm wondering did someone fool this football player or was he the one that made it up Quote
Guest EXPAT Posted January 18, 2013 Posted January 18, 2013 This is the most bizarre story that we don't know the entire thing yet I've ever heard. I'm sure there is more embarrassing things to come on this one. Quote
Guest rimchair Posted January 18, 2013 Posted January 18, 2013 The Te'o family has now asked for privacy. Ding ding ding ding. Quote
Members MsGuy Posted January 18, 2013 Members Posted January 18, 2013 What is the relationship between Notre Dame star Te'o & Ronaiah Tuiasosopo? I will go out on a limb, they are / were homosexual lovers helping one another out. Same thought crossed my mind. Not enough facts in evidence to make a judgment yet but, with even the non-sports networks going nuts about this, it's only a matter of time before the truth comes out (so to speak). Quote
Members OneFinger Posted January 18, 2013 Members Posted January 18, 2013 What is the relationship between Notre Dame star Te'o & Ronaiah Tuiasosopo? I will go out on a limb, they are / were homosexual lovers helping one another out. That's exactly what I think. There's been a lot of gay rumors about Manti for quite some time. This makes total sense. Quote
TotallyOz Posted January 18, 2013 Posted January 18, 2013 If he is gay, I worry about him. This has to be stressful and a crazy time for him. I hope he has good family and friends who are supportive around him and making him understand all will be OK. Quote
Guest rimchair Posted January 18, 2013 Posted January 18, 2013 I totally concur Totally Oz. However his near future is in the hands of professional handlers, how they will spin this, and Te'o himself, is anyones guess. "Te’o was holed up in the buildings of IMG Academy Friday in Bradenton, Fla., where professional handlers were presumably designing ways for him to salvage his reputation and his marketability following the Deadspin report that said the girlfriend, Lennay Kekua, never existed." 'Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/college/weiss-chance-truth-te-handlers-call-plays-article-1.1242338#ixzz2IIyiVsmZ Quote
BiBottomBoy Posted January 18, 2013 Posted January 18, 2013 Isn't pretending to have a girlfriend back home what every closeted gay college guy does? Quote
Members TampaYankee Posted January 18, 2013 Members Posted January 18, 2013 This is so not an event in my life that it ranks below 'Housewives of Hoboken' on my drama list. This story smells like a week old fish. I leave his personal problems to himself and his family, and Notre Dame's credibility issues to the sports community. Over and out. Lucky 1 Quote
BiBottomBoy Posted January 18, 2013 Posted January 18, 2013 Well, what's interesting to me is that my brother went to Notre Dame and was told that homosexual activity was an expellable offense. Quote
Guest josephga Posted January 19, 2013 Posted January 19, 2013 The woman Manti Te’o thought was Lennay Kekua from photos has come forward and she’s not happy. Diane O’Meara, a 23-year-old woman from Torrance, Calif., says she is the woman in the photos and that she did not give her consent to have them used as part of what appears to be a hoax. “Somebody stole her identity,” a relative named Olga Volkov told The New York Post. “[O’Meara’s family] found out about it yesterday. They were shocked.” According to Deadspin, the woman in the photo was a high school classmate of Ronaiah Tuiasosopo, the man who appears to have perpetrated the hoax from the beginning. O’Meara has retained a lawyer and he told Inside Edition that his client is also a victim in this hoax that continues to get stranger by the day. Quote
Guest rimchair Posted January 19, 2013 Posted January 19, 2013 Creative Artists Agency (Manti's spin doctors) sure do work fast! http://www.usatoday.com/story/gameon/2013/01/18/manti-teo-real-girl/1846125/ http://sports.yahoo.com/news/ncaaf--sources--manti-te-o-s-representatives-passed-on-chance-to-release-story-about-fictional-girlfriend-175521027.html Quote
BiBottomBoy Posted January 19, 2013 Posted January 19, 2013 She has a hell of a lawsuit if she wants. Quote
Guest EXPAT Posted January 19, 2013 Posted January 19, 2013 So Te'o spoke to ESPN last night and said he was a victim of a hoax and that he was not involved. yeah, right. . . Quote
Members MsGuy Posted January 19, 2013 Members Posted January 19, 2013 Patience, EXPAT, let's let all the facts get out there before making a judgment. Quote
Guest hitoallusa Posted January 20, 2013 Posted January 20, 2013 I did unfortunately since girls would not leave alone a well raised southern lady... They keep asking whether I'm single and tried to hook me up with other girls... Isn't pretending to have a girlfriend back home what every closeted gay college guy does? Quote
Guest hitoallusa Posted January 20, 2013 Posted January 20, 2013 I agree.. I haven't read the article since it's in the sport section... But hope all the facts come out.. Patience, EXPAT, let's let all the facts get out there before making a judgment. Quote
BiBottomBoy Posted January 20, 2013 Posted January 20, 2013 When you are at notre dame and have a fake girlfriend you get in trouble. When you are in Hollywood and have a fake girlfriend they put you in another Mission Impossible sequel. JKane, AdamSmith and RA1 3 Quote
Guest EXPAT Posted January 21, 2013 Posted January 21, 2013 Manti Te'o will finally go on camera to talk about the recent girlfriend hoax controversy ... and Katie Couric is the lucky broadcaster to score the interview.Te'o spoke to ESPN's Jeremy Schaap on Friday, but not on camera. During that interview, Te'o admitted he handled the Lennay Kekua situation poorly ... but maintained he was in no way involved with the hoax.The Notre Dame linebacker told Schaap he only realized for sure this past week that he was being duped.According to ABC News, Couric will sit down with Te'o and his parents, Brian and Ottilia Te'o. The interview will air this Thursday. Quote
Members Lucky Posted January 21, 2013 Members Posted January 21, 2013 She has a hell of a lawsuit if she wants. Why do you think so? She has to prove damages, and I don't see any. Quote
Members Lucky Posted January 21, 2013 Members Posted January 21, 2013 She has a hell of a lawsuit if she wants. Sorry to double post this. It seemed to take so long for the post to go up that I thought I had lost it. Quote
BiBottomBoy Posted January 21, 2013 Posted January 21, 2013 "Impersonation" is a fairly serious civil law violation. Also, saying someone is dead when they are not is covered under all sorts of civil laws as is profiting off of fake stories about real people. Quote
Guest hitoallusa Posted January 22, 2013 Posted January 22, 2013 Interesting.. Thanks for the update.. Quote
Guest rimchair Posted January 24, 2013 Posted January 24, 2013 Wait, there is more! Tuiasosopo is gonna be the fall guy, who woulda thunk. The bizarre Manti Te’o fake girlfriend frenzy reached a new low — with a high-pitched confession.Hoax mastermind Ronaiah Tuiasosopo, posing as the mysterious Lennay Kekua, was the falsetto voice on the other end of the all-night phone calls with the Notre Dame star, the scammer’s lawyer said.The Heisman Trophy finalist “thought it was a female he was talking with,” lawyer Milton Grimes acknowledged to the Daily News. “It was Ronaiah as Lennay.”ELATED: NFL TEAMS WANT THE FULL MANTI STORYThe soul-baring chats between the star linebacker and the man posing as his phantom girlfriend were the linchpin of their fake fairy-tale romance. But Te’o apparently never realized it was Tuiasosopo disguising his voice to assume the persona of stunning, sassy Stanford coed Kekua. Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/college/hear-te-hoax-perpetrator-impersonated-female-voice-phone-article-1.1246480#ixzz2Iv0uqXEj! Quote
