(CNN) — Manti Te'o — one of the best defenders this season in college football — defended himself in an ESPN interview, saying there was no way he was part of a hoax involving a deceased girlfriend.
Ms. Couric has landed the first television interview with the Notre Dame football star, who said he was tricked into believing first that he had a girlfriend and then that the girlfriend had died.
One of the reasons Manti Te'o's parents plot to speak on camera with Katie Couric this week is because they, not just their son, were taken in by his fictional girlfriend, according to a person with knowledge of the intended interview. The person spoke
Manti Te'o conducted his first interview since it was revealed that his deceased girlfriend was a hoax. And during the interview with ESPN's Jeremy Schaap, Te'o denied being behind the hoax (via Brett McMurphy of ESPN).
The father of Ronaiah Tuiasosopo, who has been publicly identified as the man behind the Manti Te'o girlfriend hoax, thanked his Antelope Valley congregation Sunday for their support for his family but declined to discuss the justification with reporters. “I
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