Mary Kay Letourneau: Teacher who raped and married student dies suddenly at 58 – Yahoo News Australia

Mary Kay Letourneau, a former teacher who made headlines for having a sexual relationship with a student she later married, has died.
David Gehrke, her lawyer, told FOMO News she died following a battle with cancer.
Mary Kay Letourneau has died aged 58. Source: Crime & Investigation/ Fox
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She was 58.
“It was expected but sad anyway,” Mr Gehrke told FOMO News said.
“She was a good person.
Letourneau was a 34-year-old teacher when she started a sexual relationship with Vili Fualaau, who was a 12-year-old student in her grade 6 class.
She was jailed for more than seven years in 1997 and in 2005, following her release, Letourneau married Mr Fualaau.
Mary Kay Letourneau and Vili Fualaau. Source: ABC News
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Letourneau told the documentary Mary Kay Letourneau: Autobiography, which was released in 2018, she never believed their relationship was illegal.
I did not know that it was a law, she said.
Many still believe she never took responsibility for her actions.
Letourneau court Seattle in 1998. Source: AAP
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The pair had two daughters together before he filed for separation in 2017. She also had four children from a previous marriage.
Mr Gehrke told CNN most of Letourneaus family was around her when she died including Mr Fualaau.
Letourneaus lawyer added she was in need of 24-hour care for the last month before she passed away.
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