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Originally Posted by Flabbibulin

Best case scenario for Te'o is that he was a victim that never actually met this girl- ie. online relationship... Even if this is the case, Te'o clearly fed into the emotional impact of the story by not making it known that he never actually met the girl. If the perpetrator behind the hoax was a man, who was Te'o supposedly talking to on the phone? Either way, this scenario kind of makes Te'o look dumb.

Worst case scenario is that Te'o was involved or complicit in the hoax, in which case his career in football (reputation at least) is in serious jeopardy.

Te'o's father, Brian, told the Tribune in October 2012. "Every once in a while, she would travel to Hawaii, and that happened to be the time Manti was home, so he would meet with her there."

It's worst case.