Should Mary Kay Letourneau be able to reunite with the boy she molested?

[ringmastery]

There is currently a court order barring her from contact with the boy, now 21 year old man.

He wants to reunite with her. Why exactly shouldn't they be able to see each other again? They are both legally adults now, and he is the father of two of her children.

[Dookus]

1. of course

he has a constitutional right of free-assembly.

[NMDemDist2]

2. i don't know either

they have had an ongoing relationship for years now and the man says he loves her still...

this whole story is so weird and has been since day one

[Bluebear]

3. They are adults now, have at it.

Maybe they'll finally get out of the news.

[theboss]

4. I have no freaking idea

I would think that it may be psychologically damaging for her to have contact with him (for her more than him).

But this case is so freaking bizarre that I am at a loss.

[Booster]

23. Let em have each other; in a year we'll be reading

about their divorce and how she was just too old for him.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

5. Excuse me but did the boy try to sue the State of Washington?

The charge was they did not protect him from Letorneau.

I hope you're not one of those folks who think this is a romantic story. The boy, Villy Fuhalahu, probably just wants another piece of ass.

[Must_B_Free]

6. Oh that's all men want, huh? a "piece of ass?"

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

11. That's all most 21 year old men want.

At least that's what I wanted then. Yes that's right I'm a guy. Did you think I was some ranting feminist?

[Syncronaut Seven]

22. I was pretty much. Born to a family with strong women roll models.

At 21 I was looking more for a life partner. Solo sex was great due to access to high quality porn. Rutting led to all sorts of un-anticipated consequences for my peers, I just watched and learned.

Sexually active at 13, When I did marry at 27 I had only had about a dozen partners, nearly all of whom I remember fondly.

At 18 I took a lover for a year, a wonderful woman 22 years my senior, who taught me all sorts of things about life I might have missed with a peer. An experience I wouldn't trade for the world.

Maybe it's different for guys.

[Andy_Stephenson]

7. He sued and won...spent the money very quickly

But there is more to this case than meets the eye. My best friends 2 kids were taught by Mary Kay. I say let em see each other. They are both adults...free will an all that.

[in_cog_ni_to]

This one really bothers me.

The boy was only a year older than my "baby" is now when she molested him. I would have destroyed the woman. They are both adults now. HE is the only one who can challenge the judges ruling and it sounds like that is what he wants to do. If HE wants to have a relationship with her???? Who am I to say he can't. From what I've heard, after all this happened, the kid dropped out of school, was caught in a stolen car and his babies live with his mother while HE lives with friends or relatives. The kid is screwed up. Is it because of Letourneau? :shrug:

[shadu]

8. One thought: She wants hot monkey sex!

[eyesroll]

9. They're adults, and the guy can legally have the restraining order pulled

if he wants to.

I think it's a royally bad idea, but if they both want to, "royally bad idea" doesn't meet the legal definition of "should be barred from." If they want to get together, they shouldn't be prohibited from doing so.

[JI7]

10. yes because she served her time and they are both legal adults

[DemBones DemBones]

12. He is her "victim," because it was statutory rape.

But how long can government protect a "victim" who wants to be with the woman who had sex with him when he was a minor?

I think she's had 7 and a half years in prison, with counseling, etc., and he was paid damages by the school district, and it's all been a huge waste of taxpayers' money because neither one of them has been "cured" of the desire to be with the other.

Let them do what they want and stop following them around.

[guitar man]

13. Oh boy

Is this ever confusing? I'd have to say if he wants to be with her, he should be able to. Maybe he'll find out he doesn't want her now, maybe they'll live happily ever after. Anyway, I think it would be better than keeping them apart and him wondering for the rest of his life what might have been.

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

14. I wondered that myself when I read the article

I mean, if the guy is **21** years old, and he WANTS to see her, who is going to stop them?

They couldn't be stopped before, when she was out on parole and conceived his SECOND child.

Geez, they are adults.

[MrBenchley]

15. Incidentally, her dad was a GOP Congressperson

who made a career out of crusading AGAINST sex education.

And her brother is a Bush pioneer who lobbied for Enron and was on the fringes of Iran/Contra....

http://www.tpj.org/docs/pioneers/pioneers_view.jsp?id=723

[JohnKleeb]

17. her father also was busted with an aide

Her brother seems to live near me, in McLean. I really dont what to say about this case but I for one to consider her a pedophile, he was 12 years old when this started.

[bossfish]

18. Schmitz was a real whack job from Orange County...

He served in the state senate of CA as well.

He was later implicated in a scandal where his illegitimate infant/toddler child showed up in the Children's Hospital with injuries to his penis..

Them's family values for ya...

http://www.goodbyemag.com/jan01/schmitz.html

[Syncronaut Seven]

16. Leave 'em be! their both adults.

But like Mumia and Leonard, The courts seem to have a personal vendetta going on here.

I know from personal experience with the justice system, once the court has their head that far up their ass, there's no backing down.

Something tells me this one is going to have a Shakespearian ending. Sad.

[Torgo Johnson]

19. They have no choice.

Unless they try to prove he is mentally incapable of making his own decisions, which would be nearly impossible.

[TreasonousBastard]

20. Who cares, just...

get the whole families on Jerry Springer's show as soon as possible.

Or Maury's.

If we're going to wallow in the wierd, let's do it right.

[otohara]

21. This Sounds Like A Poll Question On Fox

none of our business

[Cleita]

24. Our culture says that adults can choose.

Other than that, all I can say is that we all know that is a pretty big fantasy. But the bright side is that they are both old enough to vote now.