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11:25 p.m.: To utterly beat a dead horse, this whole thing keeps getting stranger and stranger.

Us Weekly is reporting that Tuiasosopo auditioned for the TV show The Voice recently, trying out for episodes for the upcoming season. Whats perhaps more relevant is the fact that, while he was there, apparently Tuiasosopo told quite a story about getting into a car accident while on the road with his Christian rock band. Sound familiar?

Reportedly Tuiasosopo had to pass a background check and psychological evaluation standard procedure for a reality show to get to audition. No judges turned their chairs around.

11:00 p.m.: More evidence is emerging that Teo knew more about the hoax or knew about it sooner than the official story currently lets on.

According to The Associated press, Teo has perpetuated the myth of his girlfriend, mentioning the story at least twice publicly since he would have known it to be a hoax.

So, its almost unequivocal now that Tao is involved in at least some level of deception. He may still have been the victim of a hoax, but at the bare minimum he was not forthright about that after learning Kekua wasnt real.

10:20 p.m.: So, as of right now we have little more to offer you in terms of the real people behind Kekua or Teo's potential knowledge of the hoax. However, we do have some interesting news from the world of journalism to share.

According to sources of The Big Lead, ESPN knew that Teo's girlfriend was some sort of hoax ten days ago, and actually learned about the story a day before the national championship game. So, why would they not run the story? Well, the article implies that the powers that be in Bristol squashed it because it could negatively affect the game which itself was televising.

ESPN, for its part, has issued a firm denial of this report, stating that it only learned of and began investigating the story three days after the championship game.

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