Report: Tuiasosopo was voice of Te'o fake girlfriend on phone

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Report: Tuiasosopo was voice of Te'o fake girlfriend on phone

Tony Krausz | The Journal Gazette

The alleged mastermind behind the hoax that made Manti Te'o believe he had a relationship with a woman, who didn't exist, was the voice behind the Notre Dame All-American's fake girlfriend, according to a report in the New York Daily News.

Ronaiah Tuiasosopo used a falsetto voice to pose as Lennay Kekua when on the phone with Te'o, the 22-year-old Californian's lawyer told the paper.

Te'o "thought it was a female he was talking with," lawyer Milton Grimes told the Daily News. "It was Ronaiah as Lennay?"

The Journal Gazette's Assistant Sports Editor Tony Krausz covers The University of Notre Dame. Krausz, a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism and a native of St. Louis, has been assistant sports editor since October 2005. Prior to joining the JG, he worked at two papers in Mississippi covering high school and college athletics.

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