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Originally Posted by IceMan xMVPx

No the real scumbag is Tuiasosopo for what he's done to not only Manti, but countless others as well. Karma's a bitch and he'll get what he deserves.

Apparently Te'o got the call from Lennay Kekua on Dec 6th stating she was alive. She made up some story that she was being chased by drug dealers so had to fake her death. Manti was obviously in utter shock and didn't know how to respond. He didn't know what was going on. He then talked about her 2 days later stating she was dead.

Manti does admit it was wrong to lie but he said honestly, at the time, I didn't know if she was still alive or dead. He had no clue what was happening and was scared to tell anyone. He then told his parents on Christmas Day and the Notre Dame staff on Dec 26th.

ND, Manti and his family were going to come out with the story right after the NCG but the deadspin article broke it first. Imo, this could've been mostly avoided if ND broke the story first but just waited too long, hence all the speculation and accusations regarding Manti's involvement.

I'm not going call Manti a scumbag. Naive? Too trustworthy? Gullible? Sure, but by no means is he a scumbag.

Here is a guy who done right is whole life. Graduated at ND in 3.5 years, played MLB at a high level under the intense microscope that is ND.

All he did was make one mistake that any one of us would probably make and is being vilified for it.

30 felonies on 25 players at Florida in the past 7 years, all the sanctions on PSU, OSU, Oregon, USC, Miami and others. Kobe rapes a woman, Big Ben rapes 3 and Ray Lewis can be an accomplice to murder, but lets beat on the Mormon kid because he got duped on the internet and afterwards, was scared to tell anyone because he felt embarrassed about his situation.


This is purely speculation. No where has it stated that Te'o knew about this prior to Dec 6th.

The highlighted portion also applies to everything you just said. You keep acting like the narrative controlled by Teo is 100% fact, when the reality is you have no idea. Every time a new issue is comes up the story changes to suit it, I don't buy a word of it.