The girlfriend might not be real, but apparently the spelling is to the New York Times, as multiple people have noticed and sent to us:
TFD: New York Times runs correction for misspelling name of Manti Te'o's fake girlfriend
Good times.
January 23, 2013 at 11:06PM
The Pioneers rolled to a 5-1 victory in the Class 2A, Section 4 title game; the Huskies won Section 7 for their ninth-consecutive state visit.