Later that day, he confessed, O'Meara said. She said she asked Tuiasosopo why he didn't simply stop the hoax.
"He told me he wanted to end the relationship," O'Meara said. "He said he wanted to stop the relationship between Lennay and Manti, but Manti didn't want Lennay to break up with him ... He said he tried to stop the game many times."
When news of the hoax broke a few days later, O'Meara said she received a text from Tuiasosopo asking her to call him as soon as possible. O'Meara said she didn't respond.
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Associated Press writer Tami Abdollah contributed to this report from Los Angeles.
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