Manti Te'oed

By now, we have all had the opportunity to hear about one of the most bizarre stories anyone could ever conjure.  The conundrum that Manti Te'o found himself neck deep in had more twists than Chubby Checker.  

It contained elements of nearly every other bizarre sports story we had ever heard.  Multiple women like the Tiger Woods drama.  Imaginary friends like the Alex Rodriguez saga.  Hidden personality traits like the Herschel Walker story.  

The inspirational story takes its first turn when Deadspin reports that Te'o's girlfriend, Lennay Kekua was actually a non-existent entity, and Te'o was behind the hoax.  Suddenly, Te'o's squeaky clean reputation is under the microscope.  

The question at this point is "why?".  It couldn't be to propel his Heisman Trophy candidacy, no defensive player had ever won the award, and his name wasn't even in the discussion this early in the season.  Perhaps he is trying to redirect his homosexuality.  Both the football community and the Mormon faith are fairly closed-minded about it.  This is the only logical explanation.  He would follow the example of Herschel Walker when he tried to hide his five personalities.  (Two of those manifested themselves during his football career.  There was the touchdown machine in college, and the fumbler in the pros)

Then, Reagan Maui'a, an NFL player, acknowledges the existence of Lennay Kekua, saying that he has even met her, becoming a close friend of hers.  This once fictitious character now really exists.  Manti Te'o is once again straight and sober.

Then we find out that Kekua called Te'o a few months later telling him that she had to fake her own death to evade drug traffickers and that her real name was Leah.  Now, Lennay, a real, fake, existing individual, is now only partially real.  She is actually a different woman.  

Then we find out that the perpetrator confessed to a friend that he had pulled off the most improbable of practical jokes on Te'o, and that Manti was not the first victim.  Apparently, Ronaiah Tuiasosopo, a first cousin, and a friend were the masterminds behind Lennay Kekua.  

Te'o's love, Kekua, was now Leah, a real fake person, existing through two guys and a girl.  Sounds like a storyline that would make Jerry Springer salivate.

Manti Te'o was once again the naive, innocent Mormon Samoan who was duped into believing he was dating a model online.  He was a victim of his own religion and culture.

I would like to get some details on his conversations with the Nigerian prince.