Manti Te'o

Manti Te'o, a former Notre Dame football star who was catfished, will be the subject of a Netflix documentary.

The trailer shows that Te’o will appear. The documentary, which debuts on Aug. 16, will be part of Netflix’s “Untold” series. On Tuesday, a trailer was released for “The Girlfriend That Didn’t Exist,” which will detail the months in 2012 that saw Te’o become one of the best players in all of college football despite experiencing the deaths of his grandmother and girlfriend on the same night.

Manti Te'o Featured in New Netflix Documentary About Catfishing Hoax: 'My Whole World Changed'. The Girlfriend Who Didn't Exist, a two-part documentary focusing ...

Te'o told ESPN that he had never met Kekua in person, and her picture was always blocked whenever they spoke over video chat. "So I kind of tailored my stories to have people think that, yeah, he met her before she passed away." Te'o also said his grandmother died just hours before Kekua's death in September of that year. "Our Volume 2 premiere is The Girlfriend Who Didn't Exist, which explores the story behind college football star Manti Te'o's headline-grabbing online relationship," the pair adds. With each story we're continually surprised by our subjects — at how vulnerable they are willing to be, but also how relatable their experiences and journeys are on a deep, human level," they say. "My whole world changed," Te'o says in the trailer for the docuseries, which PEOPLE can exclusively premiere.

The wild catfishing scandal involving NFL linebacker Manti Te'o is getting the Netflix treatment.

Te’o’s practice squad contract with the Bears expired in January 2021 and he’s currently a free agent. He signed a two-year deal with the Saints in 2017 before being signed to the Bears’ practice squad three years later. During his senior season in 2012, Te’o’s grandmother died in September. Then it was said that Kekua, who was said to be battling leukemia, did as well just hours later.