One of the biggest catfish ever even almost a decade later

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Dude was never the same after that situation  :

How a Fake Dead Girlfriend Ruined Football Star Manti Te’o’s Life

The Netflix doc “The Girlfriend Who Didn’t Exist” revisits the Manti Te’o catfishing scandal—and includes eye-opening interviews with Te’o and his tormentor, Naya Tuiasosopo

Many people enjoyed a good laugh in early 2013 at the expense of Manti Te’o, the superstar Notre Dame linebacker whose private life became all too public when it turned out that his sad story—namely, that his grandmother and girlfriend had passed away on the same day—was a lie, since his supposed paramour wasn’t real. Yet in truth, Te’o’s saga remains a nightmare of unwarranted humiliation and lasting, career-derailing damage, with Te’o’s psychological well-being and NFL prospects both rocked by the revelation that he had been the victim of a catfishing ruse. Te’o was transformed from a hero into a figure of ridicule even though, as The Girlfriend Who Didn’t Exist contends, he’s actually someone who deserves our pity and compassion.