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Mary Kay Letourneau, jailed for raping underage student she later married, dies

Mary Kay Letourneau, the former Seattle-area schoolteacher who was at the center of a national scandal in the 1990s when she was convicted of raping her sixth-grade student whom she later married, has died, her attorney confirmed to KOMO News Tuesday night. Letourneau lost a battle with cancer, her attorney, David Gehrke, said. Letourneau was a former Highline teacher who passed away after being ill for some time. She was 58. "It was expected but sad anyway," Gehrke said. "She was a good person.“ Letourneau generated international headlines when she admitted to a relationship with Vili Fualaau, who was her ...

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Mary Kay Letourneau, a teacher arrested for raping her 13-year-old student, has died of cancer

Mary Kay Letourneau, the Seattle teacher who went to prison for her relationship with her student, died of cancer late Monday, according to her former attorney. Letourneau died fairly suddenly in her home, her former attorney David Gehrke told CNN. Most of her family was with her, including Vili Fualaau, her former student and ex-husband who was giving her 24-hour care the last month of her life. The two met when Letourneau was a 34-year-old teacher in Seattle. She was married with four children when she began an affair with Fualaau, her 13-year-old student in 1996. Letourneau gave birth to ...

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Vili Fualaau who married, had 2 kids with teacher Mary Letourneau after rape recalls final moments with ex-wife

Vili Fualaau, who was raped by his school teacher Mary Kay Letourneau, and later married her and even fathered two children with her after she was arrested, recently opened up about her final moments as she lost her secret cancer battle. We previously reported that Mary Kay Letourneau, 58, lost her life to stage 4 cancer, with her controversial past once again coming to the fore in the wake of her death. Letourneau had been a married mother-of-four and a well-respected sixth-grade teacher at the Shorewood Elementary School in the Seattle suburb of Burien when she met a 12-year-old schoolboy, ...

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Mary Kay Letourneau’s former student Vili Fualaau speaks out on child rape

The student who was raped by and later married his teacher Mary Kay Letourneau has spoken out for the first time since her death, saying he would “seek some help” if he was ever in her shoes. Letourneau died aged 58 in July after a private battle with cancer with mystery surrounding the extent of her relationship with her one-time student Vili Fualaau at the time of her death. Letourneau made headlines in 1997 when the then 34-year-old was convicted of raping Mr Fualaau as a child. She gave birth to his first child when Mr Fualaau was just 13. ...

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Vili Fualaau arrested for alleged DUI, report says

Police in Washington state arrested Vili Fualaau on Saturday for allegedly driving under the influence after he nearly crashed into a Seattle police vehicle, a report said. TMZ, citing a representative from the Washington State Patrol, reported that authorities accused Fualaau of driving erratically in the early morning hours and performing "poorly" in a field sobriety test. The report said the test result was not disclosed. WSP did not immediately respond to Fox News for clarification. He was booked at the Snohomish County Jail on a DUI charge, the report said. Fualaau is the estranged husband of the late Mary ...

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Vili Fualaau, Seattle teacher Mary Kay Letourneau’s estranged husband, arrested for alleged DUI, report says

Police in Washington state arrested Vili Fualaau on Saturday for allegedly driving under the influence after he nearly crashed into a Seattle police vehicle, a report said. TMZ, citing a representative from the Washington State Patrol, reported that authorities accused Fualaau of driving erratically in the early morning hours and performing “poorly” in a field sobriety test. The report said the test result was not disclosed. WSP did not immediately respond to Fox News for clarification. Vili Fualaau appears in court in SeaTac, Washington, April 3, 2006 for a hearing to determine if he is to stand trial on a ...

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Vili Fualaau, who married child rapist teacher Mary Kay Letourneau, is arrested ...

Vili Fualaau, the man who once married child rapist teacher Mary Kay Letourneau after she abused him at the age of 12, was arrested for driving under the influence on Saturday in Seattle after he nearly crashed into a police vehicle. According to a spokesperson of the Washington State Patrol, Fualaau, now 38, was driving erratically at 4a.m. on Saturday when he made an abrupt lane change and nearly crashed into a Seattle PD vehicle. Fualaau was quickly pulled over before performing 'poorly' in a field sobriety test prior to his arrest. Cops say Fualaau had bloodshot and watery eyes ...

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Mary Kay Letourneau’s ex Vili Fualaau reportedly busted for DUI in Seattle

Vili Fualaau — the student who went on to marry his teacher, Mary Kay Letourneau, after she raped him — was busted for allegedly driving under the influence after almost hitting a police car in Seattle, according to a report. The 38-year-old was driving erratically on a highway about 4 a.m. Saturday when he made an abrupt lane change and nearly struck the vehicle, TMZ reported. Fualaau, whose eyes were bloodshot and watery, performed poorly in a field sobriety test and was arrested after he submitted to a voluntary breath test, according to the outlet. The result of the test ...

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Vili Fualaau, Former Husband of Mary Kay Letourneau, Welcomes Baby No. 3 After Her Death

Vili Fualaau -- whose former wife and middle school teacher, Mary Kay Letourneau, was a convicted child rapist after having sexual relations with him when he was a minor -- has welcomed his third baby, according to People. The news was announced via a private Instagram post, sharing that his newborn daughter is named Sophia. Fualaau is also a father to two children -- Audrey, 25, and Georgia, 24 -- whom he shared with the late Letourneau. "Hi Sophia, I'm your big sister! You're so beautiful, I can't wait to watch you grow. I'll be right here by your side ...

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Revisiting the Mary Kay Letourneau and Vili Fualaau Scandal: From Sexual Abuse Case to Life Out of the Spotlight

Mary Kay Letourneau‘s infamous affair with her student Vili Fualaau made headlines in the ’90s — and the scandal has continued to grip the nation. Letourneau’s personal life became a major topic of discussion in 1996 when news broke about her affair with Fualaau, who was a sixth-grade student at the time. The former teacher entered a guilty plea in 1997 to two counts of felony second-degree rape of a child and served three months in jail. Letourneau, however, continued to remain in contact with Fualaau despite being ordered not to by the court, which resulted in a six-year prison ...

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How Did Mary Kay Letourneau Get Caught?

Todd Haynes’s upcoming romantic drama May/December, which premiered to positive reviews at the Cannes Film Festival back in May, is already drawing Oscar buzz, particularly for its lead actresses Julianne Moore and Natalie Portman. Moore plays Gracie, a woman who must confront the origin story of her relationship with her much younger husband, Joe (played by Riverdale’s Charles Melton) when an actress (Portman) begins researching their past. Although it depicts fictional characters, the film is loosely inspired by the real story of Mary Kay Letourneau, an American teacher who engaged in a sexual relationship with a student in her class, ...

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The Real Story of Mary Kay Latourneau [sic], the Teacher Who Inspired the New Film, 'May December'

Back in 1996, actor Tom Cruise ruled the box office with Jerry Maguire and Mission: Impossible (he was years away from jumping on Oprah’s sofa); the band Los del Rio ruled the airwaves with “Macarena”; and former teacher Mary Kay Letourneau ruled the front page of every major national newspaper—both the reputable ones and the tabloids. For those too young to remember the 1990s—or old enough to forget—Mary Kay was a teacher in the Seattle suburbs who made headlines when she began a sexual relationship with her very, very, very young student, Vili Fualaau. How young, you ask? Vili was ...

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Where Is Vili Fualaau Now? A Look At His Life 26 Years After Mary Kay Letourneau Trial

Ex-teacher Mary Kay Letourneau's illegal relationship with her sixth-grade student Vili Fualaau and her subsequent rape trial captivated the nation in the late 1990s. In 1996, the former middle school teacher began sexually abusing a then-12-year-old Fualaau, whom she had known since he was in second grade. Later that year, Letourneau became pregnant with Fualaau's child, and on March 4, 1997, she was arrested for child rape. A trial followed and while Letourneau was sentenced to seven years in prison for child rape, the story between the pair did not end there. They welcomed their second child in 1998 — ...

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Mary Kay Letourneau and the true story that inspired 'May December'

"May December" is a term for a relationship where one partner is significantly older than the other. It's also the title of a new Netflix film starring Julianne Moore and Natalie Portman, and directed by Todd Haynes. "May December" follows actor Elizabeth Berry (Portman) as she travels to Savannah, Georgia to research her role as Gracie Atherton-Yoo (Moore) in an independent film. Gracie became a tabloid fixture 20 years earlier after she was caught having sex with her 13-year-old co-worker, Joe Yoo (Charles Melton), who was her son's best friend at the time. Elizabeth begins interviewing those in Gracie's circle ...

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What to know about the controversial real-life relationship between Mary Kay Letourneau and Vili Fualaau that loosely inspired 'May December'

Todd Haynes' latest film "May December" is now streaming on Netflix, and its similarities to the real-life sexual abuse scandal between Mary Kay Letourneau and Vili Fualaau are evident. "May December" centers on an actor named Elizabeth Berry (Natalie Portman), who travels to Savannah, Georgia to spend time with Gracie Atherton-Yoo (Julianne Moore) and her husband, Joe Atherton-Yoo (Charles Melton), in preparation to play Gracie in an upcoming movie based on their inappropriate romance. As Elizabeth pries into their age-gap relationship and more details emerge, the story's parallels to Letourneau and Fualaau become even more obvious. Here's everything to know ...

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Mary Kay Letourneau & Vili Fualaau Kids: All About the Former Couple’s Children

Mary Kay Letourneau and Vili Fualaau made headlines in the 90s when Mary Kay, Vili’s former teacher, was arrested and charged with second-degree rape, after she started sexually abusing Vili, who was 12 at the time. Their criminal relationship was reported to authorities by one of Mary Kay’s first husband Steve’s relatives. She took a plea deal on the charges. During their relationship, Mary Kay became pregnant, and she gave birth to their first daughter while awaiting sentencing. She received a suspended seven-and-a-half-year sentence, and she was released from prison after three months. She was caught in a car with ...

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Mary Kay Letourneau's former student lover, who inspired 'May December' film, to become grandfather

Vili Fualaau, whose relationship at 12 years old with sixth-grade teacher Mary Kay Letourneau made national headlines, will become a grandfather at the age of 40. It's the latest development in the family tree that grew from Fualaau and Letourneau's relationship, which inspired the new Netflix film "May December." Letourneau was arrested in 1997 when her husband, Steve Letourneau, found love letters between his wife and her underage pupil and a relative of the husband contacted police, per People. Letourneau was arrested in Washington state on May 4, 1997, and pleaded guilty to two counts of child rape. While she ...

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Mary Kay Letourneau's former student lover, who inspired 'May December' film, to become grandfather

Vili Fualaau's second daughter with his former Seattle sixth-grade teacher Mary Kay Letourneau is expecting a baby, making Fualaau a grandfather at the age of 40.

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How Mary Kay Letourneau Went From Media Obsession to New Film

IN TODD HAYNES’ new film May December, a Savannah, Georgia family pretends they have it all together, until a visit from an actress starring in a movie about their lives brings the feelings they’ve tried to bury into brutal clarity. But behind the dark Netflix satire — which is getting rave reviews for its script, directing, and performances from Natalie Portman, Julianne Moore, and Charles Melton — is a real-life story that shocked the nation, one the film uses to drive home its condemnation of true crime as entertainment. May December is loosely based on the life of American teacher ...

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Julianne Moore, Natalie Portman hit back at Mary Kay Letourneau's former student lover's criticism

Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore, stars in "May December," brushed off complaints from Vili Fualaau, whose illicit relationship and marriage with his sixth-grade teacher inspired the hit Netflix film. Mary Kay Letourneau, 34 when she was first arrested for her sexual relationship with Fualaau in 1997, spent seven years behind bars at Washington Corrections Center for Women on child rape charges after her affair with the 12-year-old was made public. She gave birth to his first child while awaiting sentencing, then conceived his second in violation of her parole before she was arrested again and forced to serve her full ...

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