Mary Kay Letourneau

Mary Kay Fualaau (born January 30, 1962), née Mary Katherine Schmitz, formerly Letourneau, is a former American teacher. She is known for having a sexual relationship with an underage pupil, Vili Fualaau. She was convicted of statutory rape and served seven years in prison.

Background

Mary Kay's father was John G. Schmitz, a Congressman from Orange County, California. He was generally considered one of the more conservative members of the House, and ran for the Presidency in 1972 on the American Independent Party ticket. Her mother Mary was a homemaker and anti-feminist activist. Mary Kay is one of seven children born to John and Mary, and has two half-siblings that were the result of a longtime affair between her father and his mistress. One of her brothers served as White House counsel in the George H. W. Bush administration. Another was appointed Inspector General of the Department of Defense by George W. Bush. Mary Kay Schmitz married Steve Letourneau on June 30, 1984. The couple had two daughters and two sons together.

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John G. Schmitz - Congressman - Orange County, California - Conservative - Presidency - 1972 - American Independent Party - Homemaker - Feminist - George H. W. Bush - Inspector General - Department of Defense - George W. Bush - June 30 - 1984

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Letourneau first met Vili Fualaau (born June 26, 1983) when he was a student in her second grade class at Shorewood Elementary School in Burien, Washington. He was eight years old; she was 28. She was his teacher again in the sixth grade, and the relationship became sexual during the summer of 1996, when he was 13. Her husband discovered her relationship with Fualaau when he read their love letters to each other in February 1997, and revealed it to family members. A cousin reported the relationship to local child protection services.

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Vili Fualaau - June 26 - 1983 - Burien, Washington - 1996 - 1997

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