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Fakes, Hoaxes, and Impostors

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    Feb 8, 2013 | Los Angeles Times
  1. Dorner manhunt: San Diego sighting is hoax; officials look at charges

    L.A. NOW
    San Diego authorities are looking at possible charges after determining that a reported sighting of fugitive ex-police officer Christopher Dorner -- an incident that prompted a six-hour search -- was a hoax....
  2. Feb 8, 2013 | Los Angeles Times
  3. Dorner manhunt: False leads, rumors fly over ex-cop's whereabouts

    L.A. NOW
    As authorities readied for another day of searching for Christopher Dorner, rumors continued to fly over where the fugitive ex-police officer might be....
  4. Feb 7, 2013 | Los Angeles Times
  5. Juvenile charged in Ashton Kutcher 'swatting' prank

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    A 12-year-old who allegedly made prank calls to police that in one incident sent officers rushing to actor Ashton Kutcher's home was charged Thursday with making false bomb threats and other counts related to "swatting." The term "swatting" refers to........
  6. Jan 18, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  7. The world waits for Manti Te'o to speak about girlfriend hoax

    Manti Te'o, the All-American linebacker who wants you to believe he was duped by an online girlfriend hoax, remains hunkered down as Notre Dame officials stand behind his story. The world now awaits his on-camera explanation as to how he went on...

    Tags: Stranger Than Fiction, Oprah Winfrey, Leukemia, Manti Te'o

  8. Jan 20, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  9. Manti Te'o and parents to tell their story on Katie Couric's show

    Manti Te'o and his parents will make their first public appearance since the Lennay Kekua girlfriend hoax came to light Wednesday, when they appear on Katie Couric's daytime talk show on Thursday. Te'o sat down for a face-to-face interview with ESPN's...

    Tags: BCS National Championship Game, College Baseball, Katie Couric, Football, Manti Te'o

  10. Feb 2, 2013 | Los Angeles Times
  11. Manti Te'o hoax: Tuiasosopo family shaken by news of molestation

    L.A. NOW
    In an emotional TV interview about the Manti Te’o girlfriend hoax, the pastor of an Antelope Valley church said he could “vividly remember” visits from the person or people who he now knows molested his son just “a room away.&#...
  12. Feb 1, 2013 | Los Angeles Times
  13. Manti Te'o hoax: Tuiasosopo says he was 'damaged' by molestation

    L.A. NOW
    The saga surrounding the Palmdale man who created Manti Te'o's fake girlfriend took another turn Friday when the hoaxer said he was molested as a child and felt “too damaged” to present himself as Ronaiah Tuiasosopo....
  14. Feb 1, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  15. Britain says no charges against Australian DJs for royal hoax

    LONDON --Two Australian disc jockeys who called a London hospital impersonating members of the royal family as a hoax three days before a nurse's suicide will not face any charges, British prosecutors said Friday.
    LONDON --Two Australian disc jockeys who called a London hospital impersonating members of the royal family as a hoax three days before a nurse's suicide will not face any charges, British prosecutors said Friday. Prosecutors said there were no...

    Tags: Jacintha Saldanha, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, Interior Policy, Hospitals and Clinics, Health and Medical Professionals

  16. Feb 1, 2013 |Story| WSBT-TV
  17. Man at center of Te'o hoax says he was molested

    <span style="font-size: small;">The man who says he tricked Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o into falling for a fake woman he created online claims the hoax had "everything to do" with escaping from real life because he had been molested as a child.</span>
    The man who says he tricked Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o into falling for a fake woman he created online claims the hoax had "everything to do" with escaping from real life because he had been molested as a child. Ronaiah Tuiasosopo spoke publicly...

    Tags: Phil McGraw, Stranger Than Fiction, Heisman Trophy, Health and Medical Professionals, Diane O'Meara

  18. Feb 1, 2013 |Story| Aberdeen News
  19. Te'o hoax spurred by 'romantic relationship'

    LOS ANGELES - For the last two weeks, the story of Manti Te'o's fake girlfriend has unraveled one layer at a time. The Notre Dame linebacker spoke, then a Long Beach woman whose pictures were used in the ruse came forward. But the biggest questions...

    Tags: Stranger Than Fiction, Phil McGraw, Los Angeles Times, Heisman Trophy, Health and Medical Professionals

  20. Jan 31, 2013 | Los Angeles Times
  21. Manti Te’o 'absolutely' not part of girlfriend hoax, Dr. Phil says

    L.A. NOW
    This post and headline have been corrected; see note at the bottom for details. After speaking with the 22-year-old Palmdale man who created Manti Te’o’s fake girlfriend, Dr. Phil McGraw said he does not believe the football star was in......
  22. Jan 31, 2013 | Los Angeles Times
  23. L.A. Now Live: Discuss latest twists in Manti Te'o girlfriend hoax

    L.A. NOW
    Times reporter Matt Stevens will join L.A. Now Live at 9 a.m. to discuss the latest twists and turns in the Manti Te'o hoax....
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