Diane O'Meara

The 22-year-old Palmdale man who created Manti Te’o’s fake girlfriend broke his silence for the first time, saying he perpetrated the elaborate hoax to build a relationship with the football star....

This post and headline have been corrected; see note at the bottom for details. After speaking with the 22-year-old Palmdale man who created Manti Te’o’s fake girlfriend, Dr. Phil McGraw said he does not believe the football star was in......

The Palmdale man who created the fictitious girlfriend of Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o said although the woman was fake, his feelings were for the football star were not. Ronaiah Tuiasosopo, 22, spoke publicly for the first time regarding the......

The Palmdale man who created Manti Te'o's fake girlfriend said he staged the woman's death after a fight with Te'o over whether the football star was talking to other women....

The saga surrounding the Palmdale man who created Manti Te'o's fake girlfriend took another turn Friday when the hoaxer said he was molested as a child and felt “too damaged” to present himself as Ronaiah Tuiasosopo....

In an emotional TV interview about the Manti Te’o girlfriend hoax, the pastor of an Antelope Valley church said he could “vividly remember” visits from the person or people who he now knows molested his son just “a room away.&#...

In an ESPN interview late Friday night that Manti Te'o used convincingly to deny participation in a hoax surrounding his fake love interest, the former Notre Dame linebacker justified skipping the supposed funeral of the girl he fell for online. "I...

By now, everyone in America has presumably learned a few valuable lessons from the Manti Te’o scam. For people talking to strangers on the phone, or looking for online relationships: Beware. For people who are in the public eye: Be even warier,...

This week, Notre Dame football player Manti Te'o sat down for his first on-camera interview to discuss the controversy surrounding his girlfriend hoax. But he wasn't sitting across from Oprah Winfrey, the current queen of the sports world exclusive. He...

As details of the Manti Te'o Internet hoax trickle out, a very important question has remained unanswered: Who was Te'o speaking with for hours a night? According to the New York Daily News, the Notre Dame linebacker was speaking to a man. Ronaiah...

EDMONTON, Canada -- The first casualty of the Kings’ slow start turned out to be left wing Dustin Penner, a healthy scratch for Thursday night’s game here against the Oilers. Kyle Clifford will be taking Penner’s spot on the second...

(AP) The person Manti Te'o says was pretending to be his online girlfriend told the Notre Dame linebacker "I love you" in voicemails that were played during his interview with Katie Couric.     Taped earlier this week and broadcast Thursday, the hour-...