Aug 23, 2022 · On Dec. 26, Notre Dame coaches were informed by Manti Te'o and his parents that Manti had been the victim of what appears to be a hoax in which someone using the fictitious name Lennay Kekua ...

Jan 16, 2013 · SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Notre Dame says a story about Manti Te'o 's girlfriend dying, which he said inspired him to play better as he helped the Fighting Irish get to the BCS National...

Aug 16, 2022 · Lennay Kekua is a fictional woman that Naya and others created to catfish Manti. “He said that they met through his cousin nearly four years ago and started ‘dating’ on Oct. 15, 2011,” Sports...

Jan 21, 2013 · Kekua befriends Te'o on Facebook in the winter of his freshman year in Notre Dame, he tells ESPN. He messages her back saying, "I'm Manti." At this point they would begin an on-again, off-again relationship that would resume later with texts and phone calls.

Sep 2, 2020 · NFL linebacker Manti Te'o shared photos from his recent wedding, which came several years after he was caught up in a catfishing hoax involving a fake girlfriend.

Aug 15, 2022 · He finished second in voting at the New York City ceremony in 2012, where he spoke onstage about the loss of his girlfriend, Lennay. Within weeks, the unbelievable lore that had built Te’o up...

Oct 28, 2022 · Manti Te'o never actually met or video chatted with his girlfriend, Lennay Kekua, and for good reason — who Te'o thought his girlfriend to be didn't match who she actually was. Naya Tuiasosopo,...

Jan 17, 2013 · Te'o's reputation and fan following soared after a story was made public that his reported girlfriend, named Lennay Kekua, passed away from leukemia in September 2012, just six hours after his grandmother Annette Santiago died.

Aug 17, 2022 · More than nine years after Deadspin exposed the truth about Te'o dating a woman who didn't exist, the embattled and embarrassed former football prodigy is finally telling his side of the story in...

Jan 17, 2013 · According to an article in the South Bend Tribune, Manti Te'o first "met" Lennay Kekua after Notre Dame's 45-38 loss to Stanford in 2009. The two never met, of course, and her existence...