The lady that was supposed to be Manti's girlfriend claim to have died on the same date as his grandmother did, so he couldn't go to the funeral. This was a huge story and it made Manti become a fan favorite. But now the allegations are saying he knew about the hoax heres the story:
Multiple media outlets have found numerous instances of the Notre Dame linebacker talking about Lennay Kekua as if she had existed after December 6, the date that he and the university say he found out that the girl he thought he was having a relationship with and who died of leukemia was made up.
Te'o told Notre Dame officials that he received a phone call, while in attendance at an ESPN awards show in Orlando, from a number he recognized as having been that he associated with Kekua. The woman on the line during that phone call told Te'o she had had to fake her own death in order to elude drug dealers. The woman then tried to restart her relationship with Te'o.
"I think I'll never forget the time when I found out that, you know, my girlfriend passed away and the first person to run to my aid was my defensive coordinator, Coach Diaco, and you know he said something very profound to me," Te'o said. "He said, 'This is where your faith is tested.' Right after that, I ran into the players' lounge and I got on the phone with my parents and I opened my eyes and my head coach was sitting right there. And so, you know, there are a hundred-plus people on our team and the defensive coordinator and our head coach took time to just go get one. You know I think that was the most meaningful to me."
I tink it's a very sad story and I hope that everyone doesn't take it all out on him, but it's also not right if he did know about the hoax. What do you guys think?
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