
In addition, the school says they opted to not to go public before the national championship game because they wanted to prevent a media circus. Notre Dame has stated that they used “sophisticated databases” to confirm Kekua wasn't real. 'Shes the most beautiful girl I have ever met, not because of her physical beauty. In response to questions, university officials said the investigators did not examine cell phone records, e-mails or other electronic communication to determine the length or extent of Te’o’s communication over the past few years with the person claiming to be Lennay Kekua, nor did the university ask Te’o to take a lie detector test. Teo was a star linebacker at Notre Dame when he announced that Kekua had died after battling leukemia in 2012. Teo, now 31, from Hawaii - who played linebacker while at Notre Dame, before joining the the San Diego Chargers in 2013 - made national headlines after it was revealed in early 2013 that the woman. 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. Investigators did not interview Te’o or his family, nor did anyone attempt to contact Ronaiah Tuiasosopo or any of his relatives. Manti Malietau Louis Teo (/mæn.ta te.o/ born January 26, 1991) is an American collegiate football player. According to extensive reports about their courtship, Te’o and.

The investigation ordered by Notre Dame was limited to the electronic search, Brown said. Sharma in Slide Report for the Notre Dame Workshop on Giant Resonances and Related Phenomena. chosen to Capital One Academic All-America Second Team and recipient of Notre Dames Rockne Student-Athlete of the Year named finalist for some of college. Kekua is the 22-year-old Stanford student whom Te’o met after Stanford’s 4538 victory over Notre Dame in November 2009. Earlier in the week, Notre Dame released a statement at the height of the Manti Te'o story broke and claimed they "immediately initiated an investigation to assist Manti and his family in discovering the motive for and the nature of this hoax." Well, according to the South Bend Tribune, their "investigation" wasn't really one at all. Te’o was already a standout linebacker at Notre Dame in his senior year in when he announced publicly that Kekua had died of leukemia, just hours after his grandmother died in September 2012.
