Pardon me whilst I'm somewhat nauseous in the corner.
Regards, Ivan
Posted on 08/07/2004 1:12:05 AM PDT by MadIvan
King County Superior Court Judge Linda Lau, who in 1997 sentenced Mary K. Letourneau to 7-½ years in prison, yesterday lifted the lifetime no-contact order between Letourneau and the former student she was convicted of raping, Vili Fualaau.
"He's thrilled, he's excited, he's as happy as can be," said Scott Stewart, Fualaau's lawyer, explaining his client's reaction to Lau's ruling. "I can comfortably tell you he's ecstatic to have the order lifted. ...
"The human being in me is hoping they can find some quiet time to say hello."
Lau's two-paragraph order allows Letourneau, 42, to have "unrestricted contact" with Fualaau, now 21, clearing the way for the reunion both have apparently sought since Letourneau was released from prison on Wednesday.
She was 34 and he was 12 when they started having sex. He was a student of hers for two years at Shorewood Elementary School in Burien.
Fualaau is flying back to Seattle from New York City after an interview with Matt Lauer on NBC's "Today" show. Letourneau, now a registered Level 2 sex offender, is living with a couple in Boulevard Park in unincorporated King County.
In separate television interviews earlier this week, Fualaau said he still loved Letourneau, and Letourneau said she would be open to having more children with Fualaau. They have two daughters, ages 7 and 5; Letourneau has four children from a previous marriage.
Dan Donohoe, spokesman for the King County Prosecuting Attorney's Office, said: "We have taken into consideration the wishes of the victim, Vili Fualaau, who is now an adult. The Department of Corrections has no objection, and we therefore see no further legal basis to keep the no-contact order in place."
Just hours after Letourneau became a free woman, Fualaau filed the motion to dismiss the no-contact order. His lawyer, Stewart, argued that there was "no allegation of forcible compulsion" in the case and that the sole basis for criminal charges was Fualaau's age.
"Mr. Fualaau is now 21 years old," the three-page motion reads. "He does not fear Mary K. Letourneau."
Fualaau told Lauer, "I want to see who she is and if she's still the same person that I fell in love with ... and I want to see if she feels the same way for me.
"If we're still in love," he said, "then we're going to get married."
He said dating women his own age hasn't made him happy.
"Every girl or woman that I've gone out with, I've always compared Mary to them," Fualaau told Lauer. "I wanted to bond with them on many different levels. And I couldn't do that with any other girl, because I constantly thought about Mary."
He said he hopes to decide by the end of the month whether their relationship has a future.
Pardon me whilst I'm somewhat nauseous in the corner.
Regards, Ivan
Ping!
Ah, the old "the first one was my true love" delusion. I thought only chicks fell for that one, I guess I was wrong.
This guy really wants some. Its been a long time and he knows what she can do.
"I wonder if she will still like him now that he's all grown up."
Good question. Or will she like him now that, as most aging women, her libido is petering out.
Ought to make interesting reading.
I have noticed than when one of these Scott Peterson/Kobe Bryant/Michael Jackson/Mark Hacking stories hits a lull, the news people seem to find yet another one to fill their non-news coverage.
Gee, in my neck of the woods that's called child molestation.
She will, no doubt, be pregnant with their third bastard child by Monday! What a wonderful story this is!
Wow, where'd you ever get that idea?
Think that might have something to do with her spending 7 1/2 years in prison?
Just try to imagine the genders reversed . . .
""Every girl or woman that I've gone out with, I've always compared Mary to them," Fualaau told Lauer. "I wanted to bond with them on many different levels. And I couldn't do that with any other girl, because I constantly thought about Mary.""
And the press thinks that this pedophile hasn't hurt this young man? It's a love story? He's ruined. He has been unable to finish school or hold a job. He is obsessed by her and unable to have a relationship with other women. His family is one dysfunctional mess with a completely clueless mother cheerleading.
Why isn't this woman in jail like any other predator?
Aside from all of the rest of the insanity already enumerated what are we to make of this statement? Is this going to be like a free, 30 day in-home trial? "You buy it, you take it home, try it in the privacy of your own home and if you don't like it return it absolutely free and you owe absolutely nothing. We'll even pay the shipping!"
Makes one wonder if this kid has a room temperature IQ - in addition to his array of other problems.
All-American Girl: The Mary Kay Letourneau Story is the film's title, and is in and of itself indicative of the tack the film's producers chose to take.
Does it need to be said how on the ball Mary Eberstadt was?
"But most of me is looking forward to the ongoing pay-day and publicity for years to come..."
Now she'll be able to teach him the tricks she learned in prison. That'll certainly be exciting to the young fella.
Love is weird.
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