2013 found no evidence Kekua ever existed. But an investigation by Deadspin published in Jan. Te'o, who went on to have an eight-year NFL career, had said his grandmother, Annette Santiago, and Kekua had died on the same day, September 12, 2012. RELATED: Notre Dame Football Star Manti Te'o's Girlfriend Was a Hoax.
Recruiting classes: Marcus Freeman has Notre Dame football's 2023, 2024 recruiting classes looking strong 16.īig Ten bound?: Could Notre Dame go from 'It's just hockey' to full-fledged Big Ten membership? Growing up on the island of Oahu, he was one of the most decorated high school athletes in Hawaiis history. He is a linebacker at the University of Notre Dame. Now, Netflix is re-visiting Te'o's story, and the man that portrayed Kekua, Ronaiah Tuiasosopo, in an upcoming documentary titled "UNTOLD: The Girlfriend Who Didn't Exist", set to air on Aug. Manti Malietau Louis Teo (/mæn.ta te.o/ born January 26, 1991) is an American collegiate football player. And Kekua wasn't even a real person ― just an online persona. Through investigations by Deadspin, it turned that wasn't true. The Notre Dame star linebacker was the Heisman Trophy runner-up in 2012 and is one of the most decorated college football. The couple kept the ceremony super small due to the COVID.
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From the day he chose Notre Dame over USC at a high school banquet in Hawaii. Notre Dame star Manti Te'o Te'o reacts after Notre Dame beats Michigan State 20-3 at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing, Michigan, on September 15, 2012. In 2013, Manti Te'o had a bright professional career on the horizon. The 29-year-old ex-Notre Dame superstar swapped 'I Do's' with longtime girlfriend Jovi Nicole Engbino on the beach in La Jolla, CA. Stanford student Lennay Kekua, Te'o's alleged girlfriend at the time, had reportedly died from leukemia in September of 2012. It’s hard to come to grips with the fact that Manti Te’o will be playing his final home game at Notre Dame Stadium. Manti Teo on the field representing Notre Dame. In 2012 former Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o was in the midst of a Heisman Trophy caliber season when he found himself in the middle of a catfishing scandal that shocked the college football world. Notre Dame star linebacker Manti Teo said during the football season that he was dealing with the death.
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