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re: Te'o's Girlfriend's Death a Hoax according to Deadspin
Posted on 1/16/13 at 9:05 pm to TIGERVATO
Posted on 1/16/13 at 9:05 pm to TIGERVATO
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Reagan Mauia, an Arizona Cardinals fullback, said he believes Kekua existed because he met her in person when he and other Polynesian teammates and Pittsburgh Steelers star Troy Polamalu went to do charity work in American Samoa in June 2011.
"This was before her and Manti," Mauia said Wednesday evening. "I don't think Manti was even in the picture, but she and I became good friends. We would talk off and on, just checking up on each other kind of thing. I am close to her family. When she was going through the loss of her father, I was -- I offered a comforting shoulder and just someone to bounce her emotions off. That was just from meeting her in Samoa."
Mauia said Tuiasosopo -- whom Mauia believes is Kekua's cousin -- introduced the two. After the initial meeting, Mauia said he met her at an "after-party" for all of the athletes involved in the camp.
"She was tall," he said. "Volleyball-type of physique. She was athletic, tall, beautiful. Long hair. Polynesian. She looked like a model ... "
He said it is his understanding that Kekua's mother is operating her Twitter account. He said he'd never met her mother.
When told by a reporter that she apparently might not have existed, Mauia said: "No, she is real."
Posted on 1/16/13 at 9:14 pm to ConwayGamecock
May not be a huge piece of the puzzle.....
But does anyone know when Manti made his relationship public? I keep seeing references that this was a 3 year relationship. My thinking is if he has talked about his "gf" for 2-3 years I am more inclined to believe him. If we just start hearing about it within the last 8-10 months I am more inclined to believe he was in on the hoax.
If he was talking about her 3 years ago, that is a long time to carry out a hoax(not impossible), in hopes of having a good enough season for it to be of some "benefit" during his senior year.
If he just starts talking about his 3 yr relationship this season then his involvement is more plausible...
But does anyone know when Manti made his relationship public? I keep seeing references that this was a 3 year relationship. My thinking is if he has talked about his "gf" for 2-3 years I am more inclined to believe him. If we just start hearing about it within the last 8-10 months I am more inclined to believe he was in on the hoax.
If he was talking about her 3 years ago, that is a long time to carry out a hoax(not impossible), in hopes of having a good enough season for it to be of some "benefit" during his senior year.
If he just starts talking about his 3 yr relationship this season then his involvement is more plausible...
Posted on 1/16/13 at 9:20 pm to ConwayGamecock
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When told by a reporter that she apparently might not have existed, Mauia said: "No, she is real."
Guess she doesn't want to talk right now.
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