AdvertisementTe'o Spoke Of 'Girlfriend' As If She Existed After He Supposedly Learned Of HoaxJanuary 18, 2013Mark MemmottfacebookEmailManti Te'o, pointing skyward during Notre Dame's game against Michigan on Sept. 22. That was the day, he said then, of his girlfriend's funeral service. Now, he says he never met her and they had only an online and telephone relationship. (Getty Images)