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Teo’s interview with ESPN doesn’t add up

Te’o also told Schaap that Ronaiah Tuiasosopo, the man we identified as being behind Lennay Kekua, apologized to him Wednesday via Twitter direct message. Te’o also said two others, a man and a woman, were Ronaiah’s accomplices, but he didn’t name them. Schaap said he saw the messages, but we’re still not sure how such an apology would have worked. Tuiasosopo deleted his Twitter account weeks ago, and direct messages on Twitter require the recipient to follow the sender. We checked the list of Twitter users Te’o follows on Tuesday and didn’t see any sign of Ronaiah. It’s possible Ronaiah used a new account to send an @-reply Te’o's way to apologize, but tweets including Te’o's Twitter name were coming at such a rapid pace Wednesday it’s inconceivable that Te’o could have picked out a single apology from all the other tweets…

As for what Te’o wants for Tuiasosopo, he told Schaap “I don’t wish an ill thing to somebody. I just hope he learns. I think embarrassment is big enough.” Manti Te’o's apparent defense is that he had no reason to think his twice-undead dead long-distance girlfriend, whom he never met or saw outside of photographs, whose funeral he never thought to attend, might have been a phony. Regardless of whether he’s telling the truth, he’ll soon see just how big embarrassment can get.

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Deadspin is grasping at straws now. Turns out Teo is innocent.

bluegill on January 19, 2013 at 10:12 AM

What a nasty, biased writeup from Deadspin.

bluegill on January 19, 2013 at 10:13 AM

Deadspin has an agenda that makes them just as biased as any other media organization. They mock ESPN (just look at their logo). Te’o's interview was with ESPN, hence Deadspin mocks.

zmdavid on January 19, 2013 at 10:16 AM

At this point — who cares? Whether it adds up or not, he did not commit a crime. And it was the MSM that looked and continue to look like a bunch of buffoons.

Blake on January 19, 2013 at 10:18 AM

I. Don’t. Care. This is the stupidest “story” of all time.

besser tot als rot on January 19, 2013 at 10:20 AM

Strange story but you know the story’s been whipped to death when Bryan Williams gets up on NBC and calls it a ‘grave threat’ or something.

In his best “Global Warming Will Eat Your House” voice.

Credibility fail.

CorporatePiggy on January 19, 2013 at 10:32 AM

I missed this.

Ray Nagin is under federal indictment for taking straight up cash bribes, other kickbacks, filing false tax returns, obstruction of justice, and purjury. Apparently even in a city famous for corruption, no one ever graduated to the full federal menu of charges.

He currently (for now at least) resides in Dallas Texas.

CorporatePiggy on January 19, 2013 at 10:35 AM

I don’t understand why this is a story at all. Someone made something up on the internet — the only people who think that is novel are cavemen who don’t know what computers are.

AngusMc on January 19, 2013 at 10:51 AM

Deadspin comes from the same intellectual cesspool as Gawker, I never click those links.

Stu Gotts on January 19, 2013 at 11:14 AM

Sports and Hollywood, about the same level of maturity and reality exist in each…dog killers, suicides, women beating, shootings, drama-drama-drama—all around people who do little except entertain.

And the public suck it up…it’s more entertaining watching the “fans” than I could ever imagine…people are actually invested in these fools.

How anyone could but casually support professional sports, they are all pretty much not too far from professional wrestling or roller derby…it’s just entertainment, is’t shocking people even bet on these guys.

Amazing how easily led people are by fame and marketing…

right2bright on January 19, 2013 at 11:21 AM

The alphabet networks have neglected to mention whether Nagin is an “R” or a “D”. How will I ever determine his political affiliation?…/s

Clink on January 19, 2013 at 10:52 AM

AP pointed out that he endorsed Bobby Jindal once in 2003.

Basically Manti Te’o is dumb, and since he’s been an outspoken Christian, we’re going to hear just how dumb for a long time.

Transpo on January 19, 2013 at 11:25 AM

At this point — who cares? Whether it adds up or not, he did not commit a crime. And it was the MSM that looked and continue to look like a bunch of buffoons.
Blake on January 19, 2013 at 10:18 AM

The real issue is the media got played. They’ll do their best to destroy somebody as payback. The real story is the exposure of their shallowness and drive-by journalistic practices. Pawned.

conservative pilgrim on January 19, 2013 at 11:26 AM

I can understand people saying there are a lot more important things than this, but I don’t see how you can say it’s a boring story. All kinds of strange, weird details revealing the wackiness of human endeavor and living in cyber and non-cyber America in the 21st century.

bobs1196 on January 19, 2013 at 12:10 PM

Deadspin has a vested interest, a vested financial interest in making T’eo out to be a liar. They’re a left-wing dirt rag and that people are taking them as gospel on this when they call them out with venom on almost ever other issue shows a kind of willful blindness to reality. There’s a particular condition that this is called, but I forget what. I’m sure Ace, or AP or Ed would know.

njrob on January 19, 2013 at 12:17 PM

Basically Manti Te’o is dumb, and since he’s been an outspoken Christian, we’re going to hear just how dumb for a long time.

Transpo on January 19, 2013 at 11:25 AM

LDS, actually.

Stu Gotts on January 19, 2013 at 1:03 PM