Lennay Kekua, A Hoax!

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Can you put the article in a post? I, thankfully, can't access that site at work.
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he Manti Te'o not-really-dead-girlfriend hoax was perpetuated by a man named Ronaiah Tuiasosopo -- who served as a representative for the family of the fake "Lennay Kekua" ... and TMZ has the photo proof.

Here's what we know ...

While Manti was "dating" Lennay ... a Notre Dame die-hard fan who we'll call "Jan" (to protect her identity) reached out to Lennay on Twitter and began an online friendship.

After Lennay's supposed death, Jan became involved with a group called "Wear a Lei 4 Manti" -- in which fans wore Hawaiian leis to ND football games to show their support for the football star.

When the "Wear a Lei 4 Manti" movement began to receive media attention, Jan says she noticed she gained a Twitter follower named U'ilani Rae Kekua.

Jan tells TMZ ... she reached out to U'ilani and asked if she was related to Lennay -- to which U'ilani replied, "Yes, that's my baby sister." The two became friends.

In fact, Jan says they both mentioned how they were going to attend the Notre Dame vs. USC game in L.A. on November 24, 2012 ... so Jan sent U'ilani her cell phone number in case she wanted to meet up.

Here's where the story takes a turn ... Jan tells TMZ she got a phone call from U'ilani on the day of the game directing her to the famous Tommy Trojan statue in front of the stadium, so they could meet up.

But when Jan arrived to the statue, U'ilani was NOT there ... but guess who was -- Ronaiah Tuiasosopo. Jan and Ronaiah even took a photo together (see above).

According to the Deadspin article, Ronaiah was the person who obtained the photo of the woman everyone believed to be Lennay ... and is suspected of having a major role in the hoax.

Jan tells us Ronaiah was with a little girl during the USC meeting who they called Pookah -- and together, they explained how Lennay's sister couldn't come down to visit, so U'ilani sent them instead. Jan says Ronaiah "made it seem as if he was a member of Lennay's family."

After Jan and Ronaiah took the picture together -- Jan says Ronaiah began to act paranoid ... and told her, "Make sure you don't post this photo online."

Soon after the game, Jan says she was contacted by U'ilani ... who also urged her NOT to post the picture of Ronaiah. She didn't explain why.

U'ilani later sent a photo to Jan showing a woman at a cemetery -- and told her, "This is me and my family at Lennay's gravesite. We're spending the day here."


Clearly, the woman in the photo is not U'ilani ('cause she doesn't really exist) ... and some digging suggests the woman in the photo is actually a woman named Donna Tei, who doesn't seem to have a relationship with anyone involved in the hoax.

There's more ... Jan tells TMZ Lennay's "sister" continued to reach out to her after the USC game ... and delivered some more bad news -- that little Pookah had been diagnosed with lupus and was dying in a children's hospital in Orange County, CA.

Jan said she wanted to send flowers -- so Lennay's "sister" gave her an address. TMZ has learned the address belongs to a member of the Tuiasosopo family.

Jan also gave us the phone number Lennay's sister would use to contact her -- and we found out the number is registered to a man named Titus Tuiasosopo -- Ronaiah's father.

We tried to reach out to Ronaiah -- but we couldn't get a hold of him. So far, he has yet to comment to the media about the story.

Read more: Manti Te'o Girlfriend Hoax -- All Scams Lead to Ronaiah Tuiasosopo | TMZ.com
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We only know one thing for sure... Jack Swarbrick is not an idiot... he's done his due diligence. The fact he has Manti's back is enough for me!
 
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Tuiasosopo is the son of a former USC football player.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-in-reply-to="291965861735038977"><p>@<a href="https://twitter.com/a5thdown">a5thdown</a> @<a href="https://twitter.com/hls_ndtex">hls_ndtex</a> 1 of the catfish tweets I saw last night referenced Te'o deserving this b/c he didnt follow Polamalu & Tatupu to SC</p>— Irish Elvis (@IrishElvis) <a href="https://twitter.com/IrishElvis/status/291967735930433536" data-datetime="2013-01-17T17:58:27+00:00">January 17, 2013</a></blockquote>
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Motive becomes a little clearer.
 
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Cali_domer said:
he Manti Te'o not-really-dead-girlfriend hoax was perpetuated by a man named Ronaiah Tuiasosopo -- who served as a representative for the family of the fake "Lennay Kekua" ... and TMZ has the photo proof...
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So best case scenario Manti got trolled by some butthurt SC fan and in his naivety was roped into an online relationship which he padded in the media to save him some embarrassment. Understandable, especially when you consider how devout of a Mormon he is. He'll get his balls busted, but he'll come back from it. It's an opportunity for growth and while the embarrassment and heartache sucks, he'll survive.

Admittedly when this came out I didn't think it was really possible he was this naive, but the more that comes out it appears that's exactly what happened. Absolutely unreal.
 
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How weird will this get? I keep thinking this will be the end of the craziness. How far is this going to go?
 
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Did someone in this thread really ask if this is why BK interviewed with the NFL? Seriously? Is that a real question?

Guys, this is embarassing for Manti Te'o. He is no longer a Notre Dame student or football player. This has nothing to do with Brian Kelly. We'll still sign the same class next month. We'll still field the same team next season. This will all blow over very soon.

Notre Dame will be organizing nothing anymore for this. It will all be handled through Tom Condon, his agent. From a wierd interesting story standpoint, stay tuned. From a Notre Dame standpoint, move on.

And no he isnt going to Oregon either. Come on people, get a grip.
 
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Whiskeyjack said:
Tuiasosopo is the son of a former USC football player.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-in-reply-to="291965861735038977"><p>@<a href="https://twitter.com/a5thdown">a5thdown</a> @<a href="https://twitter.com/hls_ndtex">hls_ndtex</a> 1 of the catfish tweets I saw last night referenced Te'o deserving this b/c he didnt follow Polamalu & Tatupu to SC</p>— Irish Elvis (@IrishElvis) <a href="https://twitter.com/IrishElvis/status/291967735930433536" data-datetime="2013-01-17T17:58:27+00:00">January 17, 2013</a></blockquote>
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Motive becomes a little clearer.
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WOW! And I thought some ND fans on this site had some issues! ;)
 
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North Buffalo Irish said:
C-can you guys p-please stop making fun of Buffalo? :'(

Also, people need to stop saying that they dated for three years. Yes, first contact was in 2009. But all indications are that the "relationship" started in 2012.
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I'm from Youngstown. There are some things we can't live down. "I possess my birthplace, but am possessed by its language."
 
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What ticks me off is the fact you have haters dragging the Lizzy Seeberg case into this.
 
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I 100% believe Manti.. This is so bd for him everyone acting like he wanted to use the face NO. I watched all the Notre Dame press/games they kept asking, he never really just pressed it over and over..

Game ball from Michigan went to her.. Now if the players thought the situation was fake why in the heck would they not bring it up then..
 
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I said this mutiple pages ago:

The real story is that a family member of a former USC player and likely fans and boosters of USC engaged in an elaborate hoax to publically humiliate and emotionally destroy the star player of their main rival.
 
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Nothing to do with ND.

They did a great job in messing with him so congrats on the job.. Now I hope they endless suffering.
 
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magogian said:
I said this mutiple pages ago:

The real story is that a family member of a former USC player and likely fans and boosters of USC engaged in an elaborate hoax to publically humiliate and emotionally destroy the star player of their main rival.
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And the evidence for that is where exactly?
 
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all these $C ties... lets not forget about the robert woods tweet.

where else can this possibly GO?
 
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Whiskeyjack said:
Tuiasosopo is the son of a former USC football player.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-in-reply-to="291965861735038977"><p>@<a href="https://twitter.com/a5thdown">a5thdown</a> @<a href="https://twitter.com/hls_ndtex">hls_ndtex</a> 1 of the catfish tweets I saw last night referenced Te'o deserving this b/c he didnt follow Polamalu & Tatupu to SC</p>— Irish Elvis (@IrishElvis) <a href="https://twitter.com/IrishElvis/status/291967735930433536" data-datetime="2013-01-17T17:58:27+00:00">January 17, 2013</a></blockquote>
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God I never even thought of that. IIRC, Ronaiah's dad was Titus Tuiasosopo, who played for SC. He is also related to Fred Matua. Huge SC family.
 
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