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Video: Manti Te'o discusses bizarre hoax with Katie Couric

Found January 24, 2013 on FOXSports.com:
PLAYERS: Manti Te'o,  Katie Couric
TEAMS: Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Ex-Notre Dame linebacker discusses bizarre hoax with Katie Couric.
Original Story: http://msn.foxsports.com/video/colleg...
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Via Lost Lettermen  |  January 23, 2013

A snippet has been released from an interview Katie Couric conducted with Manti Te'o that will air later this week and the revelations are interesting to say the least.

Te'o tells Couric sorrow was real

Via AP on Fox  |  January 23, 2013
The person Manti Te'o says was pretending to be his online girlfriend told the Notre Dame linebacker ''I love you'' in voicemails that were played during his interview with Katie Couric. Taped earlier this week and broadcast Thursday, the hour-long talk show featured three voicemails that Te'o claims were left for him last year. He provided the messages to...

Voicemails from Lennay Kekua/Ronaiah Tuiasosopo that were left on Manti Te’o's phone (Audio)

Via Pro Football Zone  |  January 24, 2013
The Katie Couric show has released some of the voice mails that Ronaiah Tuiasosopo aka Lennay Kekua left on Manti Te’o's phone.  We were able to embed one here on PFZ from Deadspin and the others are right here on Katie Couric’s site. What’s really creepy and is that the voicemails sound just like a women, unless of course these aren’t the real voicemails.   Need NFL...

Facebook User Post Photo Saying I Get 1,000,000 Likes I’ll Get Manti Te’o A Real Girlfriend!!! (Photo Included)

Via USA Sports 360  |  January 25, 2013
Manti Te’o has certainly made headlines lately. Now there is a Facebook user who posted a picture saying if he can get 1,000,000 likes he will get Manti a real life Girlfriend. This could be just what Te’o needs. Just think he won;t have to  make up any stories about a girlfriend anymore, seems pretty painless doesn’t it? Why not follow this link and click the like button...

Manti Te’o Admits to Lying in Katie Couric Interview

Via Terez Owens  |  January 23, 2013
He lies like a rug T… Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te’o says he felt he had no choice but to lie to the media and to the public after learning the shocking truth about his imaginary girlfriend, Lennay Kekua, who he thought had died of cancer. Manti spilled the beans in an exclusive interview with ABC News’ Katie Couric –“You stuck to the script. And you knew that something...

Manti Te'o Was Talking to Ronaiah Tuiasosopo’s Female Cousin

Via Backyard Sports Blog  |  January 25, 2013
Soooo, even more evidence that I've been correct the whole time about Manti Te'o being in on this hoax.   Yesterday we heard the voice mail from "Ronaiah Tuiasosopo" who we now know is his female cousin. Clearly it was a girl the whole time, and now we know his whole family was in on the hoax.   Was Manti Te'o hooking up with his cousin the whole time??...

Manti Te’o admits he lied to the media, but wasn’t involved in the hoax

Via Pro Football Zone  |  January 23, 2013
  Former Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te’o told ABC’s Katie Couric that he did lie to the media when he found out that his dead girlfriend never existed, but that he wasn’t involved in the hoax itself. To be honest I don’t know what to believe now.  All I know is that Te’o did lie to  some degree and his character should be questioned after this incident. Even if Te’o...

Voice behind Manti Te’o fake girlfriend Not a Dude?

Via Terez Owens  |  January 25, 2013
I’m relieved T… The Katie Couric interview was Manti Te’o's first televised appearance since the story of his fake girlfriend broke. It has now emerged that Tina Tuiasosopo allegedly played the part of Lennay Kekua according to the NY Post — At the very least Manti has to be elated  it turned out to be a woman.-TO Voicemails from ‘Lennay Kekua’ Manti Teo Kiss Cam

Ronaiah Tuiasosopo To Act Out Script On Dr. Phil

Via Terez Owens  |  January 26, 2013
I’m on the field T, you know i’m a mastermind… TMZ reports…”Sources tell us, Phil and Ronaiah sat together for several hours yesterday in L.A., where they discussed Manti’s interview with Katie Couric … after watching the entire interview together.” These attention whores just need to man up and tell the truth or just go away.-TO Voice behind Manti fake girlfriend...

Report: Dr. Phil interviews Tuiasosopo

Via Fox Sports  |  January 25, 2013
Ronaiah Tuiasosopo, the alleged ring leader of the Manti Te'o fake girlfriend hoax, will get his first on-camera interview with Dr. Phil, according to TMZ. Tuiasosopo met with Dr. Phil on Thursday in Los Angeles, and the interview is expected to air next week, according to the report. The two reportedly watched Te'o's interview with Katie Couric. Sources told TMZ that...

Lay off Te'o till there's real evidence

Via Fox Sports  |  January 25, 2013
It's all on faith now. How much do you have? How much do you think someone else can have? Believe in Manti Te'o or don't believe. Turns out, there is no end game to this. If there is one thing I was wrong about from the start, it was that we'll find out the truth sooner or later. Facts will emerge; facts will tell. Instead, this is a sentence without a period, running...

Manti Te’o when asked if he’s gay: ‘No, far from it’

Via Larry Brown Sports  |  January 24, 2013
One of the theories that has arisen from the Manti Te’o girlfriend hoax mess is that Te’o is gay. There are a number of people who believe that Te’o helped perpetuate the Lennay Kekua story in order to prove he is a heterosexual. Katie Couric wouldn’t have been doing her job if she didn’t ask Te’o about his sexual preference during their interview, which aired on Thursday...

Dr. Phil To Interview Alleged Manti Te'o Girlfriend Hoaxer

Via The Juicy Online  |  January 26, 2013
Dr. Phil has booked alleged Manti Te'o's alleged girlfriend hoaxer Ronaiah Tuiasosopo for his daytime talk show.According to TMZ, both Dr. Phil and Tuiasosopo sat down on Thursday and viewed the interview Te'o did with Katie Couric on her daytime talk show. Afterwards the two men discussed Te'o's interview and why Tuiasosopo created the fake girlfriend (Lennay...

Ronaiah Tuiasosopo’s cousin voice behind Manti Te’o hoax

Via Tireball.com  |  January 25, 2013
Ronaiah Tuiasosopo’s cousin Tino Tuiasosopo  played the part of “Lennay Kekua,” the fake girlfriend he created, The NY Post reported. Tino Tuiasosopo convinced the Notre Dame star that she was the real deal, calling him at school, telling him she loved him and even sobbing hysterically when another girl answered his phone, several of the woman’s relatives confirmed on Thursday...

Ronaiah Tuiasosopo reportedly played the voice for Lennay Kekua for Te’o hoax

Via Diehardsport  |  January 24, 2013
The Manti Te’o hoax story continues to get weirder by the day.According to a report from the New York Daily News, Manti Te’o, who thought he was talking to a female (Lennay Kekua), was really talking to the man behind the entire hoax the entire time, Ronaiah Tuiasosopo.The Heisman Trophy finalist “thought it was a female he was talking with,” lawyer Milton Grimes acknowledged...
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