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THE TRUTH ABOUT: Lennay kekua | History Defined

College star’s girlfriend and grandma die on the same day, and he becomes a national hero. Then the truth came out

His dead girlfriend inspired a perfect season. Then she turned out to be fake.

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The Top 25 College Football Scandals of the Past 25 Years

From criminal cases to NCAA infractions and viral dramas, college football has generated some of the most significant firestorms in sports in the past two decades.

Sports Illustrated

Manti Te'o girlfriend hoax & aftermath

The heartbreaking story made headlines in 2013 and is seen in Netflix's "Untold: The Girlfriend Who Didn't Exist"

Salon

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Netflix Untold: Where is Manti Te'o's catfish girlfriend Naya Tuiasosopo now?

The first episodes of Netflix's latest documentary series Untold explores the bizarre story of an American footballer whose life and career spiralled after an online relationship which ended up being a catfish. Here's what you need to know about catfisher Naya Tuiasosopo

Daily Mirror

A football player’s fake dead girlfriend offers a cautionary tale for online relationships

The internet poked fun at Manti Te’o after a catfishing saga derailed his NFL prospects, but Kevin E G Perry finds the athlete cuts a sympathetic figure in new Netflix documentary ‘Untold: The Girlfriend Who Didn’t Exist’

The Independent UK

Manti Te’o hoax: How did a college catfishing scandal become a Netflix hit?

A new Netflix documentary delves deeper into the bizarre hoax surrounding Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te’o

The Independent UK

Manti Te’o hoax: The catfishing scandal that shook college sports

A new Netflix documentary delves deeper into the bizarre hoax surrounding Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te’o

The Independent UK

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The truth behind the Manti Te'o fake girlfriend saga was even weirder than you thought

The strange story of Manti Te’o’s career at the University of Notre Dame has all the elements of an All-American sports film: faith, family, football ... and fraud. A new documentary explores the even more bewildering – and heartbreaking – tale behind one of the world’s most high-profile catfishing victims,…

The Independent UK

The Girlfriend Who Didn’t Exist: the Manti Te’o hoax revisited with sympathy

A new Netflix documentary paints a nuanced portrait of two young people at the center of a catfishing story that captivated America

The Guardian - US

Solid Netflix doc takes no sides in revisiting Manti Te’o and his girlfriend hoax

Two-part ‘Untold’ film reveals pain still felt by the former Notre Dame linebacker as well as the remorse of the catfisher who duped him.

Chicago Sun-Times

Netflix Shares Trailer for Doc on Manti Te’o Catfish Scandal

The shocking story of the hoax involving the Notre Dame linebacker will premiere later this summer.

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