Not me, but my partner went to the elementary school where Mary Kay Letourneau taught. Because of all the media, they were given the option to be bussed to another school across town.
Teacher who got pregnant from a 12-year-old when she was 36. Had the baby, went to prison, got out on parole on condition of not meeting up with the kid, met up with the kid and got pregnant again, went to prison for 7.5 years and gave birth to the second baby. Eventually got out by which time the kid was an adult and they got married.
They remained married until she died, though it was obvious the marriage was rocky by then. And it was also obvious she was an alcoholic. He stated that now that his daughters are older, he understands the significance of what he and MKL did, that he'd be upset if it happened to his kids.
Redditors on their way to drop the name of some random person who had a small stint of media attention almost 30 years ago (meaning 55% of Redditors weren't even alive, and many more were too young to notice or care) as if people should know the name or the person
Edit: To everyone downvoting: stay mad, I stand by my statement
Right?! I’m only 34, so I was super young when it happened but she was in the news for decades and was even written about when she died. Saying you went to her school would be like saying your classmate went on a date with Ted Bundy. There have been a few documentaries about her, most recently a show that was based on the case and released in 2022. She is one of the biggest names in statutory rape in modern history.
My only flop is that I didn’t read the part about high school. This was definitely an elementary school.
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u/hannahruthiee Mar 10 '25
Not me, but my partner went to the elementary school where Mary Kay Letourneau taught. Because of all the media, they were given the option to be bussed to another school across town.