So he got a non answer from his source to a pretty straight forward question.
Lake: Is Tae practicing?
Source: Let me take a look
Lake: ......
Source: I have no reason to believe he's not
From that it seems like he wasn't practicing
There is no evidence that he actually practiced at all. I haven't seen anyone say he was out there once. He very well coulda been shut down from the beginning and Manny is just confirming his absence for the rest of the year today.