Reporter the New York Times connected stanford to the name lennay kekua. He says he is dismayed they didnt factcheck the story earlier. If someone had told me manti teos girlfriend was a stanford grad i would say absolutely not. How would i not know anything about this. Tragic car accident, leukemia, i would have wanted to write an article about that because it would be a great story. Reporter and yet another strange twist, our sister station in los angeles is reporting that there could be a connection to teos friend in palm dale and the friend may be implicated in the hoax. And just when you thought the story couldnt get anymore bizarre, someone claiming to be the girlfriend started sending tweets last night, saying that teo would address questions about their relationship today. Notre dame has said teo was the victim of the hoax. Smith bennett and others arent so sure. As much as i believe this happens to people all the time, because ive seen it on tv, i dont think the general public