COURTTV.COM INDEPTH

Additional material for Court TV's documentary,
"Mary Kay Letourneau: Forbidden Desire"

Mary Kay Letourneau first met Vili Fualaau in 1989 when she was 27 and he was a student in her second-grade class in Shorewood Elementary School, in a suburb of Seattle, WA. The boy and Letourneau developed a friendship that continued even when she was his teacher again in the sixth grade. Their relationship reportedly became sexual as he entered the seventh grade.
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Biographical Timeline


Pregnant with her third child, Letourneau poses for a family snapshot. Spring/Summer 1991.	Shorewood Elementary School faculty picture of Letourneau. Undated.	Letourneau pleads for clemancy at her first sentencing. November 14, 1997.	Letourneau with daughter, Audrey Fualaau, shortly before going to prison. 1997.

Police photo when Letourneau is released from jail. January 6, 1998.	Drawing of Letourneau by Fualaau. Undated.	Audrey Fualaau is held by her father at her christening. April 25, 1998.


		Letourneau pleads for clemency at her hearing. November 14, 1997.

		Letourneau receives suspended sentence from Judge Linda Lau. November 14, 1997.

		Prosecution arguments at hearing after Letourneau is rearrested for continuing to see Fualaau. February 6, 1998.

		Arresting officer describes finding Letourneau and Fualaau in a parked car. February 6, 1998.

		Police detective tells the court what was found in the car. February 6, 1998.

		Closing statement by Letourneau's attorney. February 6, 1998.

		Judge Lau revokes Letourneau's suspended sentence. February 6, 1998.

CASE COVERAGE FROM COURTTV.COM

Chat transcript of Courttv.com's exclusive interview with Mary Kay Letourneau, live from prison.

Violating terms of her probation, Letourneau gets seven and a half years. February 6, 1998.

Found pregnant again. March 18, 1998.

Letourneau divorce proceedings begun. May 19, 1999.

Fualaau seeks damages. April 14, 2000.

Judge rules Letourneau may also profit from the ordeal. April 18, 2000.

Chat transcript with Gregg Olsen, author of "If Loving You Is Wrong" - a Letourneau biography. 1999.