Story of Manti Te'o girlfriend and her death apparently a hoax - ESPN
...so the school has known since December?
Ruh-roh.
According to the Deadspin report, Te'o and Tuiasosopo have been in contact via Twitter, including exchanging several friendly messages last summer. A Notre Dame source told ESPN that Te'o was vetted heavily when the school learned in December that Kekua was a hoax, and said he believes Te'o was not involved. But a friend of Ronaiah Tuiasosopo, a high school classmate of Kekua, told Deadspin he was quote "80 percent sure" that Te'o participated and did so with publicity in mind.
...so the school has known since December?
Ruh-roh.