Teacher Who Had Sex With Teen Gets 6 Months
A teacher who had sex with a sixth-grade boy and gave birth to his child was sentenced Friday to six months in jail--counting 100 days she has already served.
The judge also ordered Mary Kay LeTourneau, 35, to undergo three years of outpatient treatment. She had pleaded guilty in August to two counts of second-degree child rape.
“I did something that I had no right to do,” a tearful LeTourneau told the court after sentencing. “I give you my word it will not happen again. . . . It was wrong and I am sorry.”
LeTourneau was a teacher in the Highline School District south of Seattle and a married mother of four when she began a sexual relationship with the boy in the summer of 1996, after his sixth-grade year.
The boy, now 14, has said he was a willing participant, and that he and LeTourneau exchanged rings and planned the pregnancy to affirm their bond.
LeTourneau said she still loves the boy, and he has told interviewers he hopes they can be together one day.
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