The Manti Te'o Dead Girlfriend Hoax Web of Lies

Chico23231

Lawyer -- Ronaiah Tuiasosopo was voice talking to Manti Te'o - ESPN

lol My first interview question at the combine would be, "Are you serious you couldnt tell or have at least an inkling that was a man's voice impersonating a female's voice?"

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SmootSmack

Manti "Not that there's anything wrong with that " Te'o

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BigHairedAristocrat

You've dropped a few hints before, but are you officially "outting" him now?

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SmootSmack

He wants/has a reason to out himself he can, I'm not going to do it

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BigHairedAristocrat

But you beleive he's gay? If so, that would imply he was in on the hoax from the beginning. Perhaps this online relationship was with a guy, but he just told everyone else it was a girl?

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SmootSmack

Do I believe it? Don't know him. People I've spoken to who are closest to Notre Dame and Te'o...most strongly imply that's the case.

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NC_Skins

If what Smoot says is true, I'll eat some crow about being wrong in regards to him lying to cover up him being gay. Somebody up here called it and it would seemingly be dead on if its correct.

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CultBrennan59

They stars are all aligned and pointing to him being gay. I have yet to see him in high school at prom with a girlfriend or anything like that. Usually all these big name athletes have a girl on their shoulder on a lot of different sport sites; Deadspin, Blacksportsonline, etc.

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BigHairedAristocrat

I dont think you need to eat any crow. Telling your teammates you have a girlfriend because youre gay is one thing, and somewhat understandable given fear of discrimination or physical/verbal abuse he'd likely suffer by other players at Notre Dame.

Going on national television and making up elaborate stories, deameaning your own grandmothers death by telling the world your imaginary girlfriend/boyfriend died is another. If Teo wanted to stay in the closet, the best thing to do on national TV would be to not talk about the "relationship at all." If asked questions about "her," he should have responded that he didnt want to comment on it to respect "her" privacy.

Also, if Te'o is gay, it would make him more complicit with the hoax, perhaps even making him involved in coming up with it to begin with. It would also mean that Te'o has continued to try to cover up one lie with another, instead of just coming clean a few weeks ago when it became evident the story would break. What im saying is, instead of saying the whole thing was a hoax played on him (which does not really stand up under scrutiny), he should have just come clean then and said he's gay.

I think most NFL coaches/players would respect that, as opposed to continuing the lies and deceipt.

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NC_Skins

Listen, I think you guys really need to back off. First off, the guy has showed his phone records where he spent hours and hours talking to a person whom he thought was somebody else. He didn't make that up, he's not lying about his relationship with that person. What he could be lying about is telling people that it's a girl when in actuality it was a dude. It very well may have played out exactly how he said (with her/him dying) and he didn't know. It was also proven that he sent flowers to the address he thought was the person he was in a relationship with. Much of the stuff you guys have insinuated have been proven wrong with the evidence. (call logs/flowers/etc)

Now, if you want to talk about why he lied from early December to now, is another matter. I think we all know good and well why he lied during that period. How often do we see scandals withheld until a big event passes by and then is released? You see it in politics and many other venues. (especially in the NFL) You don't think he was asked to lie by ND until after the championship? I sure as hell would be very good money that they did.

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punch it in

Or as i have said, just a really shy virgin who wanted desperately to fit in with the guys because he was the stud linebacker at ND.

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