even if he was originally duped, he went on and embellished the story. What about the statements he made about traveling to Hawaii with her to meet his family? What about his story about how they met in person in Palo Alto? And how did he speak with her family members, mix up when her funeral actually was, and how could he not visit her in the hospital considering he loved her so much. How can one group of people play this girl's parents, sister, and invest the time of talking to him every night "till he went to sleep."
Sorry, even if others put him up on this, he did more than his part to embellish their relationship and sing his sob story to the media.