Mary Kay Letourneau spent seven years in prison for raping Vili Fualaau, a year-old student. She later married him. In the months before her death from cancer , former teacher and convicted child rapist Mary Kay Letourneau had a lot of time to reflect -- and told some of the people close to her that she felt remorse about sexually abusing the year-old student who later became her husband. She apologized to a lot of people for a lot of things.
Letourneau was a sixth-grade teacher in when she began sexually abusing Vili Fualaau, who was then her year-old student. Ultimately, she was sentenced to more than seven years in prison for child rape. She twice became pregnant by Fualaau before he was 15, despite court orders aimed at keeping them apart.
By the time she was released from prison, Fualaau was an adult — and he petitioned the court to allow them to see each other. At the time she was 43 and he was The marriage lasted for 14 years; Vili filed for legal separation in and their divorce was finalized in August While things were complicated for the blended family in the mids, the insider said Steve had no problem putting the scandal behind him.
None of the kids have turned out bad and he did it all on his own. Steven is a wonderful, hardworking man. Mary Kay died in July at the age of 58 following a battle with colon cancer. And looking at my granddaughters, I can't consciously say I hate this woman.
In , Audrey and Georgia went on the record with Australia's Sunday Night news program focusing on the "most talked about family on earth," as the show called them. We're adapted to it," Audrey, the older of the two girls, said of her family's notoriety. At the time, Audrey was 21, and aware of her dad's youth. She described him as a "friend-dad. Fualaau performed in the Seattle area under the fitting name DJ Headline, perhaps a nod to his own time in the headlines.
Though he once regularly posted about his gigs online , Fualaau has since ceased. When speaking to Australia's Sunday Night , Fualaau was asked to give advice to his year-old self.
Fualaau was honest: "Don't do it," he said, laughing. I learned to regret is a bad thing. It's my journey through life. I gotta live it out," Fualaau continued. Mary fought tirelessly against this terrible disease. We ask that our boundaries and need for privacy be honored with continued kindness and understanding," the statement read, per NBC.
For more stories like this, sign up for our newsletter. Your Best Life. Type keyword s to search. On July 6, Mary Kay Letourneau died of cancer at the age of According to her lawyer, her ex-husband Vili Fualaau was by her side. Letourneau was a Seattle elementary school teacher who went to prison for sexually assaulting Fualaau, then her year-old student.
They married upon her release.
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