Topic: Manti Te'o girlfriend

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If Manti Te'o Is So Gullible, How Is He Passing Classes at Notre Dame?

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Te'o continues to maintain that he was duped into believing his fake girlfriend was real all along. But one commenter wants to know — if he's so easily fooled, how could he possibly be passing college-level courses?

By Connor Simpson

Jan 24, 2013

Manti Te'o Tells Katie Couric He's Naive — but Not Gay — in Semi-Revealing Talk

In his much anticipated first on-camera interview since a fake-girlfriend hoax took over his career and everyone else's rumor-mongering obsession, the fallen Notre Dame star didn't let on too much — but Couric definitely went there.

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By Alexander Abad-Santos

Jan 24, 2013

The Voice of Manti Te'o Fake Girlfriend Was Apparently Tuiasosopo's All Along

It turns out that all those hours were spent talking to Ronaiah Tuiasosopo, whose lawyer admits the alleged mastermind behind the fake-girlfriend hoax was disguising his own voice the whole time.

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By Connor Simpson

Jan 19, 2013

Manti Te'o Denies Ever Meeting Lennay Kekua

Manti Te'o finally gave his side of the story. Through everything we've learned in the few days since we found out his girlfriend Lennay Kekua was fake, it's amazing that Te'o still hadn't spoken publicly about it beyond a quick press statement. Now, he's denying everything. 

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By Alexander Abad-Santos

Jan 18, 2013

Diane O'Meara, the Face of the Fake Te'o Girlfriend, Must Have Quite the Story

There is no Lennay Kekua, but the woman whose image was used to create Manti Te'o's fake girlfriend appears to be this marketing executive in Los Angeles. She won't be telling her side of the story right now, but huge questions remain.

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