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

Thomson ReutersJanuary 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 player hoax tip came by email - Deadspin.com editor

Thomson ReutersJanuary 17, 2013 14:30

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. That email led Deadspin.com assignment editor Timothy Burke on the hunt of a story that exposed the heart-wrenching tale of standout Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o's dead girlfriend as a fabrication, Burke said on CNN on Thursday.

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

Thomson ReutersJanuary 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

Thomson ReutersJanuary 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.