Don't know if anyone checked out the Manti Teo doc on Netflix. I watched it last night, and came away feeling like the whole thing still does not quite add up...
One thing that keeps bothering me about this Untold documentary for Manti Teo is how I don't think they really ruled out one of the big theories suggested at the time: that Teo or someone close to him (if not multiple people) were in on the hoax.
Teo and his camp would obviously would never admit this, but there's no real scrutiny around the idea that he, the university, or someone in his camp could have been party to the whole thing.
Here's some initial issues I have: "Lennay's" explanations don't make total sense. How she got the "real" Lennay's picture to confirm her presence after being dead is never explained.
Also, the TV segment where she goes on Dr. Phil to do "the voice" while hidden behind a curtain is frankly, bizarre. Just because the Dr. Phil show accepted something they showed, doesn't mean I should accept it too.
The Deadspin reporters admit that they had thought about the idea of Teo or someone close ot him generating the Hoax, but that they never followed up because "owning" ESPN was their primary focus.
The Untold Doc shows us Teo and "Lennay" (speaking from an apologetic, forgiven state) of the event as if it's water under the bridge. It also seems easy enough for "Lennay" to take full credit for being an individual actor in her forgiven state.
Unfettered access to Teo was, I assume, granted contingent on the idea that the documentary would not take a serious probe into whether Teo, his family, or someone other than "Lennay" were involved in the hoax.
For that, we'd need full access to his texts, messages, etc., as well as "Lennay's", and with all parties (except for the public) seemingly more-or-less satisfied with how things have ended up, there's no reason why we should ever expect to get it.
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