The new revelations appear to answer questions about why the Internet Crimes Against Children unit searched Andersen's home in March last year. But through last season speculation hovered around the basketballer.
He played a surprisingly key role in Miami's NBA playoffs run and has re-signed for the forthcoming season. Manti T'eo, who now plays for the San Diego Chargers, was the victim of a hoax involving a dead girlfriend just as he was becoming a college football star.Īndersen, who has a 'mohawk' hairstyle and a past which includes a drugs ban, joined the Miami Heat after leaving the Nuggets. It turned out that it was a Manti Te'o situation. The RCMP declined to confirm the identity of the hoaxer, but the Post identified her as Shelly Lynn Chartier, 29, who has been charged with a string of crimes, including possession and transmitting of child pornography, impersonation, extortion, and making threats.īryant told ESPN: "We were always confident that Chris was innocent but we just couldn't figure out what had happened. The Denver Post reports that a spokeswoman for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police confirmed that a woman from a small town in Manitoba had been charged in a case that was jointly investigated with the Douglas County Sheriff. The hoaxer posed as the basketballer and sought relationships and gifts, and also threatened at least one person. 'Catfishing' is where internet scammers fabricate online identities and entire social circles to trick people into romantic relationships.Īndersen's lawyer, Mark Bryant, told the Denver Post that the player was impersonated online by a Canadian woman. Now more details of the case appear to reveal that Andersen was indeed a casualty of a complex internet impersonation scheme. At the time, the heavily-tattooed star's attorneys claimed he was the victim.
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