APReagan Maui’a has some type of involvement in the bizarre hoax surrounding the fake girlfriend of former Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te’o. Maui’a made that clear when he claimed to have met Lennay Kekua, a person who does not exist.
But Maui’a wants everyone to know that Steelers safety Troy Polamalu had nothing to do with the hoax. And Polamalu wants everyone to know that, too.
Maui’a, a fullback who has bounced around the NFL for six seasons, most recently with the Cardinals, took to Twitter on Thursday morning and wrote that Polamalu never met the person who was posing as “Lennay Kekua,” and that Polamalu had nothing to do with the hoax. Maui’a said Polamalu is “being unfairly dragged into this.”
Troy Polamalu did not meet Lennay or knew of her @ all. He's being unfairly dragged into this & has absolutely no involvement.
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Reagan Maui'a (@Reagan_Mauia45) January 17, 2013Polamalu re-tweeted that tweet so that his 500,000-plus Twitter followers would see it, so Polamalu was obviously concerned about people thinking he might have some involvement in this bizarre story.
Maui’a also told reporters that if they were planning to call him for a story about the case they shouldn’t bother because he’s done talking about it. For the rest of us, however, this is a bizarre story that is not going away.
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Dragging Polamalu into this by saying he has nothing to do with it. Nice move.
Fess up, tell the truth and people will forgive you and you can rebuild your draft stock. Keep your mouth shut and this won’t go away for awhile.
Just fess up Te’o. That’s something both your Bible and book of Mormon tell you to do.
If you pitched this as a plot for a movie you’d get laughed out of the room because it’s too unbelievable. What an effed up story.
Troy is a great player, good person, and 2 time Superbowl Champion. No pathetic LB from Notre Dame can tarnish his legacy
Polamalu has 500,000+ twitter followers? Why? So everyone can follow his bench warming routine and how he’s more concerned with shampoo commercials than actually winning games.
If my team drafts him, I’m going to catfish him every season so he plays his heart out! too soon?
I have a feeling there is a lot more to this story then anyone knows
Does Troy have jaundice in that picture? Why’s his face all yellow?
I never thought Reagan Maui’a or Troy Polomalu were involved in this….until now.
why did anyone think troy was involved?? some weird ish going down right now
I feel like I’ve been following this story pretty closely, and yet I don’t think I’d even heard Polamalu’s name mentioned in it until now.
What am I missing?
Where in the world did the rumors Troy Polomalu was involved in this come from? Maybe Reagan Mauia should exonerate Peyton Manning while he’s at it too
are we suppose to suspect all hawaiian or somoan players may be involved? what does ngata have to say about this
ravenator says:
Jan 17, 2013 10:30 AM
Polamalu has 500,000+ twitter followers? Why? So everyone can follow his bench warming routine and how he’s more concerned with shampoo commercials than actually winning games.
3 1 Brilliant comment revealing your jealousy and ignorance in one post. How rare….
I’m willing to bet that even The Rock is on this too
Troy Polomalu was the last person to come to mind through all of this…until now.
Ok lets get this over with, every Polynesian in the league should declare where they are on “Team Kekua” or not.
How on Earth did Troy Polamalu get dragged into this? I think it’s time for Reagan Mauia to just leave Twitter and this story for Manti Te’o to answer.
I don’t know what the outcome of this is going to be but I sure hope none of you find yourself in a situation where everybody holds you as guilty until proven innocent.
I heard Chick-fil-a Polynesian sauce may or may not be involved in this hoax.
ravenator says:
Jan 17, 2013 10:30 AM
Polamalu has 500,000+ twitter followers? Why? So everyone can follow his bench warming routine and how he’s more concerned with shampoo commercials than actually winning games.
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At the end of the day:
Troy has 500,000 followers, two Super Bowl rings, commercial endorsements and good chance at the hof.
At the end of the day ravenator you have an obsession for the steelers and a room in mom’s basement.
Gee can’t guess who I admire most.
It would make WAAAAY more sense if he said Roethlisberger wasn’t involved!!
This is so stupid. This idiot fullback says he met this chick well why doesn’t this chick just make a statement and shed some light on the situation. As far as Troy I’m not sure where his name ever came up until just now. I think a whole host of sam
The reason Troy Polamalu was brought up was because in an interview with ESPN, Reagan Maui’a says that he Lennay kukua at a charity event in samoa where there were other samoan players including Troy Polamalu
Next thing you know, they’re going to strongly deny that President Obama knew about this strange story. (After all, he is from Hawaii).
Why would anyone think that Troy had anything to do with this? And who dragged Troy into it? This is the first that I’ve heard of that.
Does that mean Haloti Ngata was not involved either – since we’re trying to clear the names of all Hawaiian and Samoan players? What about Rey Maulaga?
Again, Mauia…shut the f— up. You’ve embarrassed yourself, your family and your team. We are all dumber for having heard your comments on the matter. May God have mercy on your soul.
Seriously…would all the Samoan football players in both the NFL and college just issue statements whether this broad ever existed and if they met her and let’s be done with this rediculous story?
Now I know what it was like to live during the War of the Worlds hoax in the 1930′s.
Well this story just keeps getting better. Amusing. The only winner in all of this is the movie/show Catfish.
Sounds like a Hawaiian episode of Jersey Shore.
this is one of the weirdest (word? idk, who cares) stories ive ever heard, football or not. guarntee jets climb up in the first round 2 get him in the top 10
Figures, the one week I wish I wasn’t Hawaiian or Samoan, this happens.
The 1st rule of made-up cancer-stricken car-wrecked girlfriend…
Is he assumed to be involved just because his name has a lot of vowels in it? Somebody check to see what Brendan Ayanbadejo has been up to.
This just in: I’m Chevy Catfish & you’re not?
Smokin’ Joe Banner might as well cut Kaluka Maiava and Shawn Lauvao, now.
Eventually, they’ll be dragged into this bag of coconuts…and, Lord knows, the Browns already have enough issues.
Well screw it, just to cover my six, I had nothing to do with the JFK assassination.
Just crazy…. Kind of reminds me of the Seinfeld episode where Elaine is called Susie by a co-worker and when Mr. Peterman assigns Susie to a project that Elaine wanted, Elaine tells Peterman that Susie took her own life.
I am laughing at my desk right now. Did they honestly just randomly take the most popular Polynesian player and just say, “He’s not involved” for no reason?
Next time I get arrested, I’m going to tell the local papers that Jim Leonhard is not involved.
commonsensedude says:Jan 17, 2013 10:58 AM
Next thing you know, they’re going to strongly deny that President Obama knew about this strange story. (After all, he is from Hawaii).
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Personally, I find it suspicious that he hasn’t denied it. Hmmm…
I’m wondering has anyone ever actually seen Polamalu & Lennay Kekua together?
Why even address it if he isn’t involved lol. Is he going to address his involvement in 9/11 as well. You don’t address nonsense unless …. And Idc if he was it wasn’t but why address these kiddie games. Be a pro
ravenator: All 500,000 of them are looking for the white suit ya clown