Lennay Kekua, the longtime girlfriend of Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te’o, passed away on September 11, 2012 after losing an extended battle with leukemia. Prior to her passing, the 22-year ...

According to an article in the South Bend Tribune, Manti Te'o first "met" Lennay Kekua after Notre Dame's 45-38 loss to Stanford in 2009. The two never met, of course, and her existence was ...

The life of Manti Te'o came crashing down in 2012 when his grandmother and girlfriend both passed away on the same day. Manti then played college football for Notre Dame and shared his side of the ...

Hoax mastermind Ronaiah Tuiasosopo, posing as the mysterious Lennay Kekua, was the falsetto voice on the other end of the all-night phone calls with the Notre Dame star, the scammer’s lawyer said.

At that time, Te’o was told by a person portraying Kekua’s brother, that Lennay had been in a serious car accident. In the wake of that twist, Te’o began to talk to the girl much more ...

In September 2012, Te'o was hit with the heartbreaking news his girlfriend, Lennay Kekua, and his grandmother had both died from cancer, on the same day. However, in January 2013, an investigation ...

Fake 'Lennay Kekua' reached out to beauty queen regarding pageants, she says. Jan. 20, 2013— -- The man who allegedly orchestrated the Lennay Kukua hoax on Manti Te'o may have used the ...

Voicemails from Manti Te’o’s fake girlfriend “Lennay Kekua” were released Thursday afternoon, allowing people to finally hear the voice Te’o spent hours listening and talking to over the ...

Te’o, of course, was the great Notre Dame linebacker who in 2012 dedicated his Heisman finalist season to his girlfriend, Lennay Kekua, who he said died of leukemia before an early season game.

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