Urban Poly Princess

Manti Te'o is being slammed by the media. His fairytale story of losing his grandmother AND girlfriend is only half true. He did lose his grandmother but his girlfriend "Lenay Kekua" doesn't exist and didn't die from Leukimia. Apparently Manti had this entire online relationship with someone that isn't real. News stories reveal some Samoan guy who is "friends" with Manti pretended to be Lennay-a volleyball player at Stanford. Reports of Manti and Lennay spending time together in Hawaii are all false. The picture is another girl entirely and a friend to the deceiver. Manti released a statement revealing how embarrassed he was about what happened. He said he developed real feelings for "Lennay" who doesn't exist.

Poor Manti-the media and he and his family didn't help it either by making his relationship seem A LOT more than it ever was. Now Manti is being subjected to all types of abuse. I hope he comes out of this well. My facebook feed is filled with support and love for him  from the BEST community in the nation!!! The story was just too perfect. I don't blame the media for pouncing on it AND even embellishing it.

Just how much did Manti know? I believe he was deceived. He and his family told Notre Dame what happened the day after Christmas. He did allow the media to continue to speculate about his girlfriend who died from Leukimia AFTER finding out. What a mess. I feel bad for Manti and how difficult this all has been to him. I hope Brian and the rest of his family are alright.