It is now clear from the Katie Couric interview that he persisted in lying about it even after the truth was revealed.
And there were far too many clues all along the way that it takes a lot of gullibility to keep on and on. And this guy is in college at Notre Dame?
If I were an employer he wouldn’t be at the top of my list to hire.
Unfortunately he gives fresh new meaning to the expression “dumb jock”.
I do feel a bit sorry for him but only to a point. It would have been simple enough to uncover the truth of her non-existence. And his continuing lies about it don’t endear anyone to him either.
I watched the movie “Catfish” and that guy had the smarts and the balls to uncover the truth when something just didn’t add up.
Manti allowed the manipulation way past the point of credibility and then continued to lie to others when he himself knew the truth.