Te'o Tells Couric He Briefly Lied About Girlfriend
Posted: 2:30 AM Jan 24, 2013 Reporter: Associated Press
NEW YORK - - Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o has told Katie Couric that he briefly lied about his online girlfriend after discovering she didn't exist.
Te'o said in an interview to air Thursday on Couric's show that he didn't lie about the hoax until December, believing Lennay Kekua had died of cancer. A segment of the interview with Te'o and his parents was broadcast Wednesday.
Te'o maintains that he had no part in creating the hoax.