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FILE - In this Oct. 27, 2012, file photo, Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o stands on the sidelines during an NCAA college football game against Oklahoma in Norman, Okla. Notre Dame issued a release Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013, saying a story about Te'o's girlfriend dying, which he said inspired him to play better as he helped the Fighting Irish get to the BCS title game, turned out to be a hoax apparently perpetrated against the linebacker. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)
The tale of the girlfriend who hoodwinked Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o continues.
In response to a detailed, published article about Teo's supposed California girlfriend who died of leukemia last year, University of Notre Dame Athletic Director Jack Swarbrick on Wednesday night said Te'o was the victim of a "very elaborate, very sophisticated hoax."
Following the school response, the fake girlfriend, Lennay Kekua, apparently tweeted a response late last night.
New Developments in College Football Star's Girlfriend Hoax
In a bizarre and confusing story out South Bend, Indiana, Notre Dame All-American linebacker Manti Te'o says he was the victim of a cruel hoax, and the mastermind behind it may be living in Southern California. Robert Kovacik reports for the NBC4 News at 11 p.m. on Jan. 16, 2013.
Notre Dame Athletic Director Speaks of Te'o
A published story that Notre Dame football star Manti Te'o's girlfriend had died of leukemia was dismissed by the university Wednesday as a hoax perpetrated against the linebacker.
"It isn't fair to drag Reagan and Troy into this.. a lot of truths and myths need to be addressed here, and they will be at noon PST tomorrow," someone tweeted from an unverified Twitter account.
The tweet refers to Arizona Cardinals fullback Reagan Mauia who told ESPN that he and Pittsburgh Steelers star Troy Polamalu actually met the girl. Mauia told ESPN that before Te'o's relationship with Kekua, they became "good friends" and talked on and off.
Is it true? Is she real?
Throughout Te'o's season — one that ended with him placing second in Heisman trophy voting, and playing in the BCS National Championship game — the story of his sick girlfriend provided a tragic back story to his triumphs on the field.
But Swarbrick said that, based on a report from an investigative firm hired by the school, he believes Te'o was duped into an online relationship with a woman whose death was then faked by the perpetrators of the ruse.
Te'o called the situation "incredibly embarrassing."
"Over an extended period of time, I developed an emotional relationship with a woman I met online," he said in a written statement responding to the article. "We maintained what I thought to be an authentic relationship by communicating frequently online and on the phone, and I grew to care deeply about her."
"To realize that I was the victim of what was apparently someone's sick joke and constant lies was, and is, painful and humiliating," he wrote. "In retrospect, I obviously should have been much more cautious. If anything good comes of this, I hope it is that others will be far more guarded when they engage with people online than I was."
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