If Loving You Is Wrong
Gregg Olsen
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1990s · Washington
Mary Kay Letourneau & Vili Fualaau
Teen & school
Teacher Mary Kay Letourneau sexually abused her student Vili Fualaau when he was a child. Her 1997 conviction and violation of a no-contact order drew extensive coverage. Later accounts examine the abuse, the children they had, and their eventual adult marriage without erasing his age when it began.
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If Loving You Is Wrong
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Mary Kay Letourneau: Autobiography (2018)
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May December (2023)
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May December (2023)
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Lawless Women of History — Mary Kay Letourneau (S1 E13)
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Mary Kay Letourneau
Podcast coverage of the Mary Kay Letourneau & Vili Fualaau case. Released December 17, 2023. About 60 minutes.
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Women and Crime
Mary Kay Letourneau
Podcast coverage of the Mary Kay Letourneau & Vili Fualaau case. Released June 21, 2022. About 45 minutes.
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Bad Teacher: Mary Kay Letourneau
Podcast coverage of the Mary Kay Letourneau & Vili Fualaau case. Released September 7, 2020. About 53 minutes.
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EP79: It's Just As Bad When It's A Woman
Podcast coverage of the Mary Kay Letourneau & Vili Fualaau case. Released August 14, 2024. About 79 minutes.
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Whiskey, Wine and True Crime
Mary Kay Letourneau
Podcast coverage of the Mary Kay Letourneau & Vili Fualaau case. Released September 18, 2021. About 147 minutes.
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Secret Passage Podcast
Female Pedophilia: Psychological Insights from the Christina Formella and Mary Kay Letourneau Cases
Podcast coverage of the Mary Kay Letourneau & Vili Fualaau case. Released October 24, 2025. About 85 minutes.
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Tender & Twisted
Mary Kay Letourneau: Abuse Disguised as Romance
Podcast coverage of the Mary Kay Letourneau & Vili Fualaau case. Released December 8, 2025. About 74 minutes.
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Mary Kay Letourneau
Podcast coverage of the Mary Kay Letourneau & Vili Fualaau case. Released January 11, 2024. About 71 minutes.
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Mary Kay Letourneau: Autobiography
Podcast coverage of the Mary Kay Letourneau & Vili Fualaau case. Released February 18, 2020. About 54 minutes.
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Crime, Wine & Chaos
Episode 283 - Mary Kay Letourneau & The Survival Story of Katie Piper
Podcast coverage of the Mary Kay Letourneau & Vili Fualaau case. Released April 19, 2026. About 65 minutes.
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Bloody Podcast
Ep. 21: Female Pedophiles (Part II) - Mary Kay Letourneau / Amanda Barnes
Podcast coverage of the Mary Kay Letourneau & Vili Fualaau case. Released August 21, 2019. About 72 minutes.
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Mary Kay Letourneau
Podcast coverage of the Mary Kay Letourneau & Vili Fualaau case. Released March 22, 2024. About 30 minutes.
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Horror VS Reality
Ep. 45: Notes On A Scandal (2006) VS Mary Kay Letourneau
Podcast coverage of the Mary Kay Letourneau & Vili Fualaau case. Released October 2, 2022. About 90 minutes.
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Pink Collar: A True Crime Podcast
15. Child Predators: Sarah Dowson & Mary Kay Letourneau
Podcast coverage of the Mary Kay Letourneau & Vili Fualaau case. Released July 23, 2020. About 59 minutes.
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If Loving You Is Wrong by Gregg Olsen
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If Loving You Is Wrong
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Reporting on Mary Kay Letourneau & Vili Fualaau
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The Olympian · 2020-07-09 · Page A5
Mary Kay Letourneau dies at 58
An obituary reviews Letourneau's conviction, imprisonment, and the later lives of the people involved.
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The San Bernardino County Sun · 1997-08-24 · Page 9
Letourneau's family speaks before sentencing
Family interviews describe the disruption following Mary Kay Letourneau's guilty plea to child rape charges.
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20/20 : WPVI : April 10, 2015 10:01pm-11:01pm EDT
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Tonight From Washington : CSPAN : November 16, 2009 8:00pm-11:00pm EST
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Prime News : HLN : May 12, 2010 6:00pm-7:00pm EDT
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5X6Z-BK8Z: Mary Kay Letourneau Felt 'Deep Remorse' About Sex…
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State v. Letourneau — sentencing restrictions on appeal
Appeal addressing conditions imposed on Mary Kay Letourneau’s sentence, including contact with her own children and restrictions on profiting from the offenses.
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- Washington Court of Appeals
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- April 17, 2000
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- 42760-1 & 43461-6 · 100 Wash. App. 424
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Christina Randall
"He Was in Control" Teacher Goes to PRISON - Disturbing Relationship w/Student | Mary Kay Letourneau
Video from Christina Randall covering the Mary Kay Letourneau & Vili Fualaau case. Length: 34:46.
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FULL interview with Mary Kay Letourneau | 7NEWS World Exclusive
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Mugshots: Mary K. Letourneau and Vili Fualaau
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"He Asked For It" : The Disturbing Case of Mary Kay Letourneau
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