Sadness, wailing, and gnashing of teeth couldn’t be further from the actions of Twitter celebrants who recently learned Mary Kay Letourneau, convicted child rapist, has died of cancer.
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Photo source: AP Images
“(CNN) — Mary Kay Letourneau, the Seattle teacher who went to prison for her [sexual] relationship with her [then 12-year-old] student, died of cancer late Monday (July 6), according to her former attorney.
Letourneau died fairly suddenly in her home, her former attorney David Gehrke told CNN. Most of her family was with her, including Vili Fualaau, her former student and ex-husband who was giving her 24-hour care the last month of her life.”
While initial reports indicated she succumbed to an undisclosed form of cancer, it was later revealed colon cancer was to blame.
As news of her passing spreads, a number of social media users have blasted media portrayal of the crime LeTourneau, 58, gained infamy for in the late 90’s.
Sensitively referred to by a number of media outlets as an “intimate relationship” or “romantic affair” she had in 1997 with her then-underage student, Fualaau, the lack of specificity has some arguing she’s being given preferential treatment.
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MARY KAY LETOURNEAU DIED OF CANCER 2020 PLEASE KEEP THIS ENERGY pic.twitter.com/iRzAu9Q37b
— BEX Æ A-12 (@ToxaBex) July 8, 2020
Die bish! U evil a-s-s! Should’ve duck taped her old dusty yeast infection puss before she went to HELL
Rest in p***
Rest in p i s s
I’m sure NICKI is taking this new pretty hard🤭
I’m sure NICKI is taking this news pretty hard🤭
why post about things like this
when your readers respond the way they do in the comments?
hardly anyone here has the ability to form a defend sentence. all y’all know is hateful gay antics. It’s sad
*decent
I hate this s***… people comparing this woman who made a disturbing decision to other male predators when for all we know her victim has stood by her until her passing as her husband. I didn’t see this type of energy over Ghislaine Maxwell who is actually a documented female predator
Oop 👀
If she was black, it would have been clearly described as a r***. This is white privilege loud & proud. Describing her crime as an intimate affair is wrong on several levels. We as black ppl have to keep fighting to dismantle systematic racism.