Man admitted duping Te'o, woman tells ESPN

Interesting. Has Ronaiah Tuiasosopo been given a deal to take to fall by himself? Is this why the delay in Manti's statement? Manti's failure to be candid about this incident is to blame for all the speculation.

People are still missing the point on this hoax. Yes, Manti was a victim of the hoax but where he was wrong and this is what a local sports radio talk show host fails to point out is that Manti continue to perpetuate this lie and continued to receive national press on his courageous act of emotion when Manti said in a Sept. 23 interview about her death that she wanted him to continue to play football and not attend funeral, that the father also said in the Oct. interview that the girl came to Hawaii and met his son and father said that he wouldn't mind having her as a dtr. in law and the worse part is that Manti allowed this press to print sympathy stories showing him in grief and bringing public sympathy on his persona and this definitely, I repeat, definitely influenced him getting all those football awards. The local radio sports talk show host is deliberately eschewing the bottom line on this hoax and that Manti is guilty of perpetuating this hoax and taking advantage of the press of the death of his online girlfriend.

All Manti had to say when he found out it was all a lie was that they broke up. By carrying on letting the media believe that he was a sympathetic figure makes him look really bad.

LOL....This gets funnier each time! Oprah..where are you????

who is deadspin.com and how is it some internet site figured this out before any of the "real" journalists?

"He was crying; he was literally crying." What a WIMP! He wanted national attention because he was eliminated in one of those reality shows. Can't remember which one. Couldn't sing or dance, but got your name and picture all over the news. Yeah, now you got all the attention you wanted. It also affects your family. So, when people hear the Tuiasosopo name, shame. Hope you get plenty money to pay for lawsuits and damages.

Tuiasosopo is a famous name in sports, both football and baseball--I hope an investigator gets to the bottom of this. As far as I know the family--if he's part of that family--has always had a clean record and been outstanding in their sports.

I'm sure many of you got "duped" in online chats thinking someone was an Online Beauty when in fact he/she was an Online Booty. LOL. Why is it so hard to believe that he got duped? This kinda thing happens every day.

What one does in secret will always be brought to light.

"...a church friend..."
WOW.
So much for 'practicing what they preach.' I find more honest people OUTSIDE of church, than inside. I still go, but so MUCH hypocrisy every Sunday...

so what about the people that said the had met Kekua? They are all lieing too?

I know I'm being redundant but a popular radio sports talk show host in Honolulu is purposedly missing the point on Manti Te'o as its not so much he is a victim of a hoax which has been revealed that he certainly was but he has to be held accountable on the following: "Manti played the news media for fools when they bought and expounded on the death of his "girlfriend". Journalists and sports announcers played it up and Manti went right along with it and embellished on it for them. " Even his Notre Dame teammates knew this and therefore, Manti is guilty of taking advantage of this situation which is just as worse as being the victim of this hoax.

Is that the kind of stuff they do at church? Sounds like fun!

Mante Teo snubbed our Warrior football team and instead selected to go to the mainland and play for Notre Damne. He probably told Hawaii football recruiters, "thanks, but no thanks." He didn't have the courtesy at least to visit the Manoa campus and give the Warrior football team a consideration. As far as I am concern, the kid went away to play for a mainland university. His new fans is his new home Notre Dame. I really don't think it's any great news to any Warrior football fans about a kid that snubbed Hawaii and went away.

What concern is it to all that have been involved, negative or speculating about this whole ordeal including the media. First of all, has anyone on this blog been personally hurt by what has transpired within the past several days? It's not anyones business to pry or speculate what should, could or would happen to Manti. If it is a hoax, I'm sure Manti is embarrassed after being in the limelight throughout the football season and hopefully everyone will let him be the one to make things right. At this time of his career, he doesn't deserve all the thrash talking and negative remarks especially when he has not done harm to any of you except the hurt and embarrassment to himself and family. Haters: just think if this was your son, relative or friend, your choice of words would probably be different and hopefully we all will be able to support him when his down and not stomp him.

Manti Te'o should say.."I was duped...I made a mistake,,thank you, goodnight.' No more comments...

Where is the woman who Manti believed was Kekua whom he spent hours and hours on the phone talkiing to?

Teó will still go early in the draft...however he will be the butt joke of every locker room in the NFL. "who died today" LOL!

So Manti was actually talking to a guy? This keeps getting stranger and stranger.

Something really stinks, and this is not end to it. Ironic, the Lance Armstrong debacle of lies, the controversy of the failure get into baseball "Hall of Fame" by the 3 principals connected to using performance enhancing drugs. All sports related individuals. Sometimes I wonder if it is all shibai like pro-wrestling. Wonder if down the road, a full confession will emerge, embrassing a number of close friends.

Personally, being a victim is not the real issue here. Manti should be held accountable for the following: "Manti played the news media for fools when they bought and expounded on the death of his "girlfriend". Journalists and sports announcers played it up and Manti went right along with it and embellished on it for them. " Nothing more and nothing less.

"Manti played the news media for fools when they bought and expounded on the death of his "girlfriend". Journalists and sports announcers played it up and Manti went right along with it and embellished on it for them. "

Manti Teo was offered a scholarship to play for our Warrior football team when he graduated from Punahou. He snubbed our Warrior football team in favor of playing for a mainland team Notre Dame. He didn't have the coutesy to visit the Manoa campus but probably told our Warrior recruiters, "thanks, but no thanks." So it shouldn't be any interest for Hawaii fans for someone snubbing our State University. News of Manti Teo should be the interest of his current mainland base fans, Notre Dame.

The cat's out. He lied. Friends and family helped him, as did Tuiasosopo. This is an incredibly shameful story, but what's new?

I'm taking up a collection to help defray Lennay Kekua's funeral expenses. If you would like to donate, please send cash only to me in care of this newspaper. Give generously. Thank you.

Richard Nixon lied about Watergate which caused his downfall. Bill Clinton admitted the affair with Lewinsky, apologized and the nation forgave him. Manti, you should come out and tell the truth, fans will forgive you. If you tried to cover a lie with another lie; eventually you'll forget your own lies.

I'm so sick of this story. He's gay and he had to keep up with all the guys so he imaged this girl. So what. He dreamed he death - so what. Question for the NFL - Is this going to hurt his career? If not - life goes on. Is he a good football player? If he is then okay. Who cares - he is not a movie actor and he is not someone who we care about his personal life. If he plays ball good then he deserves what he deserves.

The part I fail to understand is, why is the "victim" always believed to be part of the con, sham, duping, or whatever. First the UH is critized for not seeing a hoax in the Stevie Wonder concert thing. Now Manti is accused of not understanding a " feminen fatale". He's 22. He has had a lot of fame dropped on him, and just like Colt Brenen, it looks like he didn't handle it too well. If this happened to me, I would be sooo embarressed to say anything. Since I don't know him personally (and I doubt anyone else in these comments do either) I say, drop it already. He had a bitter lesson to learn.

So easy to criticize and arm chair qb this whole situation. I say leave the guy alone and let him live with his decisions, good or bad. Your opinions and conspiracy theories mean nothing. He did not harm anyone of us in any way. This bashing of a young kid is out of control. He owes none of us any explanations. I made many mistakes as a young kid and still make mistakes as I approach being a senior. Sounds like the majority of you people are so perfect that all of you can walk out to china man's hat without getting wet. AUWE!!!!

This new development does not put Manti Te'o in the clear. This only adds more drama to a story that has taken a whole life of its own. What makes this questionable is the fact that the woman that has come forward will not give her name. For all we know this woman was part and parcel to the hoax itself. And if this man, that is the alleged perpetrator, is in fact the one who instigated the whole thing, why is he not brought out in the open to answer some questions and possibly sued and/or arrested? At best, this is just another development in a story that has grown out of proportion. The reason that it would not put Manti Te'o in the clear is because of the simple fact that he continued to make statements to the effect that the story was indeed real after it was found to be a hoax. In doing so, Te'o became one of the perpetrators of the hoax on the public. Yes, it was a hoax on the public once he did this. It was not a hoax on him anymore. It is possilbe that he got so into the story which he found as an avenue to the Heisman Trophy that he played along with it. He was obviously following the story on television as can be seen in how he interacted with his teammates. His teammates had said that he would call them to the television in excitement whenever he was being shown. His teammates, by the way, already had known that this alleged girlfriend was not real. So he continued the hoax in order to garner sympathy votes from the media for the much heralded award. Many sports analysts from ESPN to major networks stated that they would vote for him because of his strength to go on despite the loss of his grandmother and girlfriend. Te'o's stunt did almost help him pull off the hoax of the century when he almost won the award. Fortunately, a freshman quarterback by the name of Manziel won the trophy. Which is kiind of ironic because this quarterback came out of nowhere without the accolades that Te'o had. It is unlikely that Te'o will speak out in public to answer all the questions prior to the NFL draft because he has probably acquired an attorney who advised him not to speak out openly regarding this matter at the risk of digging himself deeper into a hole. If he does speak out before then, it will be a token appearance to claiim that without a reason of a doubt that he is the innocent victiim of a cruel hoax. Unfortunately, he is found to have a motive to perpetrate the hoax and that is to win the Heisman Trophy. If he indeed is innocent as he claims, which I highly doubt given the hard facts in the form of statements made after the discovery, he would take a polygraph test under the scrutiny of a respected firm to prove that he was indeed innocent. I am surprised that no media outlet has not challenged Te'o to take a polygraph test to clear his name. And so this sordid tale goes on and it has been a gold mine unlike the Golden Dome has ever seen. Notre Dame's reputation has been tarnished but it had been tarnished before. It is nothing that a good PR firm can clean up. After all, Notre Dame has a lot of money. That is how they can have so many blue chip players and pretty much "own" their own network in the form of NBC to televise their games. How many college football teams have the luxury of showing their games on a major network on a regular basis? Notre Dame, although a Catholic school, has not endeared themselves to the public either as they have taken Cincinnati's coach right before their bowl game. That was a shameful and selfish act unbecoming of a religious institution. Further, if you watch their games in South Bend, you will notice that the Notre Dame fans give the visiting team a resounding "boo" whenever they come out of the tunnel. Now that is true Christian sportsmanship.