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Report: Alleged Manti Te'o deceiver fooled beauty queen
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08:51 AM ET 01.20 | The prankster behind Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o's fake online girlfriend left a trail of deceit stretching thousands of miles over the course of five years. A Hawaiian beauty-pageant queen told The Post that she also was contacted by "Lennay Kekua" in 2008 -- before the made-up woman duped the star football player. "We would chat back and forth," said Tessi Tolutau, who was crowned Miss South Pacific in 2007 and hails from the same small Hawaiian beach town as Te'o. "She explained to me that she played basketball at Stanford, that she was a Victoria's Secret model, that she was dating somebody from Stanford. She even said she was dating [Jets quarterback] Mark Sanchez."
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Hey FanNation: TELL IT TO OPRAH!
This Te'o drama ain't sports.
Get a freaking clue you morons.
Dr. B-f-G
Bubbaville, TX
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De gonna bleep you for dat
But I do agree
12-0 deal with it…
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This story will greatly affect Te'o's draft position. So I think it's still fair game at this point.
Formerly from Ewa…
Sand Patch, PA
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Hey I suppose I too should come forward at this point and acknowledge that I too dated Lennay Kekua back in 1999 . . . in an AOL chat room.
12-0 deal with it…
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He fell to late 2nd rd for sure, but I would say it was his play in the NC game more than this overplayed BS that caused the fall.
12-0 deal with it…
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So this supposed prankster only targets people from one small Hawaiian beach town. What a relief that the rest of the world is safe from this malignant trickster.
Formerly from Ewa…
Sand Patch, PA
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Move on Man, the Guys a Liar! 6th Round!
Not4Nutten
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I agree that his play in the NC game definitely hurt his draft stock a lot. But for the teams that also place a high emphasis on character this could drive his draft stock even a little bit lower.
Formerly from Ewa…
Sand Patch, PA
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FYI for ya all. Ewa Beach is in Hawaii. In fact it's a beach town west of Honolulu. I lived there for a little over 3years. That's why I'm way more intreged by this story than I normally would be.
Formerly from Ewa…
Sand Patch, PA
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The real story in all of this is the media itself. They repeat any story, blogger or nameless source without doing the least bit of research to determine if any of it is true. There is NO investigative reporting anymore, costs too much, easier to just repeat whatever may sell. They are the ones getting a free pass in all of this.
50yearfan
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Just maybe he likes little boys.
HAIL TO THE VICTORS!
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Dr., time to hi-jack this thread again and remind everyone, how LSU and Florida got beat in their bowl games, or we all can comment how good all the other teams in the SEC are, just because one team (Bama) won the NCG. I'm still having a hard time figuring out, how they divided the trophy up to 14 pieces?? Does Miss State, Miss, Kentucky, Vandy. Tennessee, Auburn and Arky, get a piece of that NC trophy??? :-)
The Oldtimer
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It hurt Janoris Jenkins when he was drafted. Janoris was a sure 1st round pick, before he got into trouble at Florida. The kid had to transfer to North Alabama and the Rams took him in the 2nd roun. Believe me, Janoris was a more of a troublemaker than Te'o's!!!
The Oldtimer
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LOL, see, you come clean and most people accept you on FN!!!! :-)
The Oldtimer
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Do you know any of the players ("players in the story") or know any of the families?
Joe Kidd #1
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Yep. And he had the talent to be a 1st rounder. He had a helluva first year for our Rams, OT!!!
Joe Kidd #1
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Yep.
VanByTheRiver
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