curious why he would do the voice if they are both gay? was it a cover for other people on the off chance that they would hear the messages or something?
My personal theory is this:
Tuiasosopo is gay. He started this hoax because he can. He is a master at tricking people and has done this to others before. He can also manipulate his voice. He has issues. Major major suppression of his sexuality, failed at football, is part of the church (he is a priest I think?), and of course he has mental issues.
Te'o is just an idiot. Also very religious, naive, and desires to be seen as Jesus 2.0 Tebow style. He thought he was talking to a girl. He wanted it to be true. So even though there were so many times red alarms should have went off he decided to keep talking to this "girl". Most people would realize right away and figure it out but he wanted this to be so true + his religious upbringing that he went along with it.
He did supposedly ask Stanford players about her or if they knew her. He tried to meet up with her but she stood him up each time. Something Tuiasosopo did to another girl who thought she was talking to Lennay's sister.
This alone should have told Te'o something is wrong. But instead of being smart and realizing this, he went back and lied and embellished the truth by telling his family, friends, and the media that "YEAH I MET HER AND IT WAS LIKE HEAVEN!" And once the story picked up national attention, he kept lying to make it even juicer, realizing he is lying to make it sound better but never suspecting its a complete lie/hoax for which he will look like a complete ass.
Then some point in December the girl voice calls him to let him know it was a lie and some drug dealers are after him. At this point his fragile naive dumb brain is completely fried. He doesn't know what to do. He might have fallen in love and she was dead. Now she is alive? That would fuck with anyone's head. He either doesn't buy it or tells himself it can't be true. He knows he lied to the media and was lied to himself. He thinks somehow he can bury it or keep this dead girl coming back to life to himself. Continues to lie and tell the story. Its gotten him to much attention and fame to give up on it. How cheaters don't apologize until caught. He keeps it up.
Deadspin reveals all. Now the jig is up and further he finds out that not only was the girl never in trouble, dying, or running from drug dealers, she never existed. Furthermore it was a dude pretending to be a girl.
Only things that don't add up are why he didn't go see her, though I can see how each time he did try to meet up with her she stood him up. Still doesn't make sense if its the love of your life. The other lies to his parents about meeting her I can understand, to cover his own embarrassment. That plus when they did try to Skype, how come he couldn't see her? He claims she was in some black box. Makes no sense.
To me that is the most credible theory so far. The female voicmails lead me to believe it. If they were both gay and in on it from the start, he would be even dumber than I imagine (but in a cunning way), and why would they fake female voices when they had no intention of ever revealing those voicemails as a part of the initial PR stunt? And if they were just two gay guys caught up in this media storm by accident, why the female voice to begin with?
Not married to any theory and if proof comes out that yeah he was all behind it, wouldn't shock me but right now I think he was tricked to some degree.
