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Notre Dame's Te'o says had no part in forming hoax

January 24, 2013 20:45
By David Bailey Jan 24 (Reuters) - Notre Dame football player Manti Te'o said he was the victim of an elaborate online hoax and denied in an interview broadcast on Thursday having had any part in the construction of the dramatic story of his dying girlfriend. "No, I did not," Te'o said in the interview with Katie Couric broadcast on the daytime talk show "Katie." "I think what people don't realize is that the same day that everybody else found out about this situation, I found out."

Notre Dame football star says he was not in on hoax -ESPN

January 19, 2013 04:00
* Te'o gives first interview since girlfriend hoax revealed * Te'o says a friend has admitted he was behind deception * Jan 19 (Reuters) - Notre Dame football star Manti Te'o has denied ever being in on an elaborate hoax, telling ESPN he had believed his relationship with a woman who turned out to be an online fabrication was real.

-UPDATE 1-Notre Dame hoax tip was emailed - Deadspin.com editor

January 17, 2013 19:15
(Adds Inside Edition identifying woman whose photograph was said to be Kekua, background on Notre Dame controversies) By James B. Kelleher CHICAGO, Jan 17 (Reuters) - The tip that led to the revelation that one of the most widely recounted U.S. sports narratives of the past year was a hoax came to the editors of an online sports blog as many of their news tips do: an unsolicited email.

UPDATE 1-Football star Te'o's girlfriend and her death a hoax, U.S. college says

January 17, 2013 02:00
(Adds details from Notre Dame athletic director) Jan 16 (Reuters) - Notre Dame football star Manti Te'o, whose on-field excellence after his grandmother and online girlfriend purportedly died made him a hero in the sports media, was the victim of a hoax because the girl never existed, the university said on Wednesday.

Football star Te'o's girlfriend and her death a hoax, U.S. college says

January 16, 2013 22:15
Jan 16 (Reuters) - Notre Dame football star Manti Te'o, whose on-field excellence after his grandmother and online girlfriend purportedly died made him a hero in the sports media, was the victim of a hoax because the girl never existed, the university said on Wednesday.
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