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The adult daughters ofMary Kay LetourneauandVili Fualaauhave spoken out in a rare interview about their controversial parents.
Audrey, 21, and Georgia, 19, joined their parents in an interview onAustralia’sSunday Nightshowto speak about what they knew about their family when they were younger.
“I think I understand it,” Audrey told the show about her parents’ relationship. “It was surprising to people. It’s not really been brought to our attention, just because we grew up with it, so we’re adapted to it.”
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Letourneau was sent back to prison and was released in 2004. Ultimately, she was sentenced to seven-and-a-half years behind bars for child rape in connectionwith their relationshipand remains a registered sex offender in Washington state.She twice became pregnant with Fualaau’s child when he was underage.
Mary Kay Letourneau, Vili Fualaau and daughters.Heidi Gutman/ABC
The girls say that Letourneau was a strict parent with definite rules for how her daughters should act and dress. “She literally cut the padding out of my bra once,” Audrey told the show.
Fualaau was the more lenient parent, according to the girls.
“He definitely feels like a young dad now that I’m at that adult age to where I can go to a bar,” Audrey told the show. “He’s like a ‘friend dad.'”
On the show, Letourneau said she did not realize her actions were illegal.
“If someone had told me, if anyone had told me, there is a specific law that says this is a crime I did not know,” she said.
“I’ve said this over and over again. Had I’d known, if anyone knows my personality. Just the idea, this would count as a crime.”
When asked if she thought she was wrongly convicted, Letourneau replied, “absolutely.”
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Fualaaufiled for legal separationfrom Letourneau last year, but the couple reconciled earlier this year.
In the interview,Letourneausaid she’s hoping to be removed from the sex offender registry.
Letourneau is now a paralegal at the same court where she faced trial 21 years ago. Fualaau has worked in a home improvement store and as a part-time DJ.
source: people.com
