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Re: Sanity Restored...

PostPosted: Wed Jan 16, 2013 7:51 pm
by HJS
HJS {l Wrote}:Te'o's full statement on the situation, according to ESPN:

"This is incredibly embarrassing to talk about, but over an extended period of time, I developed an emotional relationship with a woman I met online. We maintained what I thought to CONTINUED...

be an authentic relationship by communicating frequently online and on the phone, and I grew to care deeply about her.

"To realize that I was the victim of what was apparently someone's sick joke and constant lies was, and is, painful and humiliating.

"It further pains me that the grief I felt and the sympathies expressed to me at the time of my grandmother's death in September were in any way deepened by what I believed to be another significant loss in my life.

"I am enormously grateful for the support of my family, friends and Notre Dame fans throughout this year. To think that I shared with them my happiness about my relationship and details that I thought to be true about her just makes me sick. I hope that people can understand how trying and confusing this whole experience has been.

"In retrospect, I obviously should have been much more cautious. If anything good comes of this, I hope it is that others will be far more guarded when they engage with people online than I was.

"Fortunately, I have many wonderful things in my life, and I'm looking forward to putting this painful experience behind me as I focus on preparing for the NFL Draft."

Lousy lying piece of shit!!! What about your bringing her Hawaii to stay with your family??? What a fraud! To play on people's sympathies is the worst part of all.

Goddamn... think how that poor ND family feels right now. The one whose little girl died of cancer but who reached out Teo just before she died since he had experience with dealing with cancer.

Re: Sanity Restored...

PostPosted: Wed Jan 16, 2013 7:54 pm
by HJS
Is her Twitter account still active? Manti Te'o was posting on it directly when she died. When I read the story there was a link to her account. It sounded like Manti was saying he was with her when she passed.

Re: Sanity Restored...

PostPosted: Wed Jan 16, 2013 8:08 pm
by BCdee
ND presser is live on ESPN right now. Swarbrick is speaking and he said that Te'o will answer some questions.

Re: Sanity Restored...

PostPosted: Wed Jan 16, 2013 8:19 pm
by BCdee
Manti isn't at the presser.

This whole thing is just C R A Z Y.

Re: Sanity Restored...

PostPosted: Wed Jan 16, 2013 8:26 pm
by h2o
Will he go on Oprah and confess?

Re: Sanity Restored...

PostPosted: Wed Jan 16, 2013 8:32 pm
by Onyx Blackman
Turns out that Lennay Kekua was just Kevin Hart in a wig.

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Re: Sanity Restored...

PostPosted: Wed Jan 16, 2013 8:32 pm
by HJS
Gotta think that Kelly and Diaco would do the coaching carousel thing differently if they were given a mulligan.

Re: Sanity Restored...

PostPosted: Wed Jan 16, 2013 8:33 pm
by HJS
Onyx Blackman {l Wrote}:Turns out that Lennay Kekua was just Kevin Hart in a wig.

Image

That's the first (and likely only) thing that ha made me laugh about this thing.

Re: Sanity Restored...

PostPosted: Wed Jan 16, 2013 8:37 pm
by RegalBCeagle
So his angle/explanation is that he got "Catfished?"

I'll be curious about the face-to-face details and how those things get picked apart.

If this plays out that he likes dudes, then he'll jump on the "first outwardly gay superstar" role and be a hero once again.

Re: Sanity Restored...

PostPosted: Wed Jan 16, 2013 8:45 pm
by commavegarage
what the hell is nd doing?

Re: Sanity Restored...

PostPosted: Wed Jan 16, 2013 8:49 pm
by SJeagle09
Swarbrick is crying! (or near it)

Re: Sanity Restored...

PostPosted: Wed Jan 16, 2013 8:49 pm
by RegalBCeagle
Swarbrick just started crying during his interview. I surely hope this blows up that T'eo was part of this hoax. I can't wait to see how utterly stupid everybody will look!

Also, I haven't looked up all the details and don't really care to, but why is nobody pointing out the things some on here are saying T'eo discussed - how he met this girl in person, etc. Did he never say those things, or are people completely buying this Catfish scenario?

Wait, as I type, some guy on the phone just asked that. Swarbrick says "met" means they talked online, not in person. Ha ha, I call bullshit.

Re: Sanity Restored...

PostPosted: Wed Jan 16, 2013 8:53 pm
by commavegarage
RegalBCeagle {l Wrote}:Swarbrick just started crying during his interview. I surely hope this blows up that T'eo was part of this hoax. I can't wait to see how utterly stupid everybody will look!

Also, I haven't looked up all the details and don't really care to, but why is nobody pointing out the things some on here are saying T'eo discussed - how he met this girl in person, etc. Did he never say those things, or are people completely buying this Catfish scenario?

Wait, as I type, some guy on the phone just asked that. Swarbrick says "met" means they talked online, not in person. Ha ha, I call bullshit.


this is exactly what is going to happen.

Re: Sanity Restored...

PostPosted: Wed Jan 16, 2013 8:55 pm
by HJS
Someone from the South Bend Tribune better point out the quotes they have from Manti and Brian Te'o.

Re: Sanity Restored...

PostPosted: Wed Jan 16, 2013 9:08 pm
by Walsh601
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Re: Sanity Restored...

PostPosted: Wed Jan 16, 2013 9:08 pm
by mod6A
this presser is pure gold. gold i tell you!


:whalepants :whalepants :whalepants :whalepants :whalepants

Re: Sanity Restored...

PostPosted: Wed Jan 16, 2013 9:42 pm
by Ronc112
No-true Dame.

Re: Sanity Restored...

PostPosted: Wed Jan 16, 2013 9:42 pm
by DrJackRyan
So wait, when BC fans dug up Lenny Kekua's body and then rode it like a pony across the 50 yard line at Alumni during the ND game...did that not happen, either?

Re: Sanity Restored...

PostPosted: Wed Jan 16, 2013 9:44 pm
by commavegarage
Ronc112 {l Wrote}:No-true Dame.



Re: Sanity Restored...

PostPosted: Wed Jan 16, 2013 9:44 pm
by BCdee
DrJackRyan {l Wrote}:So wait, when BC fans dug up Lenny Kekua's body and then rode it like a pony across the 50 yard line at Alumni during the ND game...did that not happen, either?


:elephant :elephant :elephant

Re: Sanity Restored...

PostPosted: Wed Jan 16, 2013 9:48 pm
by mod6A
i thought most xgfs are models that live in canada and you meet them them at niagara falls and stuff and she is totally real guys and we did it like 5 times in 1 day so shut up. :seanwilliams


:whalepants :whalepants :whalepants :whalepants :whalepants :whalepants :whalepants

Re: Sanity Restored...

PostPosted: Wed Jan 16, 2013 9:50 pm
by angrychicken
TobaccoRoadEagle {l Wrote}:so this all started coming apart on 12/26? isn't that about the time that the domers would have arrived in miami AND about the time the christopher huang disappeared from the world of eo?

if this were the maryann's board i would post a link to a picture of a naked hawai'ian and naked fat asianed man next to each other (maybe kissing, if i could find it)

Whatever, 'mo.

I haven't had the chance to look through this whole thread, but this doesn't surprise me in the least. Fucking Domers. Has anybody mentioned Joe Theisman yet? Gay'o will be the biggest bust since Jamarcus Russell. I hate to predict it, but I see a member of the Teo family swallowing a bullet in the near future.

Re: Sanity Restored...

PostPosted: Wed Jan 16, 2013 9:50 pm
by HJS
Has the presser been YouTubed yet?

BTW, it wouldn't surprise me if Deadspin held some info back or has a whole cache of quotes from Teo's family which they haven't published to see exactly how Mamti and ND would respond. You break the news... get the denial... prove they're lying... and then apology/explanation/plea-for-forgiveness.

In retrospect, it seems that Papa Teo's would've been wise to wait a day or 2 before ripping the Hawaii newspaper. Having the press on your side would be of some help right now.

Re: Sanity Restored...

PostPosted: Wed Jan 16, 2013 9:52 pm
by claver2010
[youtube]http://youtube.com/IYuY0sh2sn0[/youtube]

Part of it I guess, I assume it'll lead the 11:00 sportscenter

jesus christ why is it so hard to embed youtubes now

Re: Sanity Restored...

PostPosted: Wed Jan 16, 2013 9:53 pm
by angrychicken
Another thing: his father is a major league douchebag.

Re: Sanity Restored...

PostPosted: Wed Jan 16, 2013 9:56 pm
by DomingoOrtiz
Onyx Blackman {l Wrote}:Turns out that Lennay Kekua was just Kevin Hart in a wig.

Image



Always makes me laugh. What's is this fine young man doing with himself these days?

Re: Sanity Restored...

PostPosted: Wed Jan 16, 2013 9:59 pm
by b0mberMan
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Re: Sanity Restored...

PostPosted: Wed Jan 16, 2013 10:06 pm
by OCs_Inner_Eagle
I hope some people at ND can crawl their way past the almighty focus on image and public relations, and get Te'o under some serious mental health care. This guy is obviously a mess. If you actually believe Te'o's story, including the bit about "exchanging glances" and "handshakes" and whatnot,then the guy is a complete fool and is going to need psychological help to rebuild his ability to trust.

Much more likely, of course, is that he made this up. If he did it just because he wanted to pump up his image, that's one thing as he'll be dealing with the fallout of being demonstrated a liar. Now that's not unheard of for Notre Dame football players (see Tuck, Justin: "BC fans threw snowballs at us when we played at BC"). But this time people actually paid attention and fact-checked.

I think the closet is the most likely explanation. It's one thing to come out voluntarily. It's another to come out because the closet was so important you tried to create the the ultimate cover story for why you don't see girls: "I can't bear to be hurt like that again, so I won't be with anyone. Woe is me".

I can only imagine what comes out now that everyone else will start digging too.

Re: Sanity Restored...

PostPosted: Wed Jan 16, 2013 10:14 pm
by b0mberMan

Re: Sanity Restored...

PostPosted: Wed Jan 16, 2013 10:22 pm
by Onyx Blackman
Reagan Mauia, an Arizona Cardinals fullback, said he believes Kekua existed because he met her in person when he and other Polynesian teammates and Pittsburgh Steelers star Troy Polamalu went to do charity work in American Samoa in June 2011.

"This was before her and Manti," Mauia said Wednesday evening. "I don't think Manti was even in the picture, but she and I became good friends. We would talk off and on, just checking up on each other kind of thing. I am close to her family. When she was going through the loss of her father, I was -- I offered a comforting shoulder and just someone to bounce her emotions off. That was just from meeting her in Samoa."

Mauia said Tuiasosopo -- whom Mauia believes is Kekua's cousin -- introduced the two. After the initial meeting, Mauia said he met her at an "after-party" for all of the athletes involved in the camp.

"She was tall," he said. "Volleyball-type of physique. She was athletic, tall, beautiful. Long hair. Polynesian. She looked like a model ... "


http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/8851033/story-manti-teo-girlfriend-death-apparently-hoax