Man Responsible For Manti Te'o Hoax



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Man Responsible For Manti Te'o Hoax

Ronaiah Tuiasosopo said he created the hoax involving former Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o and a fake girlfriend because he was in love with the football player. The 22-year-old Tuiasosopo said he created the online persona of Lennay Kekua, a nonexistent woman who Te'o said he fell for without ever meeting in person and later believed had died of leukemia. Actually it was Tuiasosopo that was in love with Te'o. Now he is coming clean with Dr. Phil McGraw about the whole hoax.