Editing Mary Kay Letourneau (section)

== Release from prison and marriage to Fualaau ==
Letourneau was released from prison to a community placement program on August 4, 2004, and she registered the following day with the King County Sheriff's Office as a lifetime [[Sex offender registries in the United States|level 2 (medium risk) sex offender]].<ref name="Spi-SO">{{cite news |first1= Sam |last1= Skolnik |first2= Vanessa |last2= Ho |title= Letourneau Registers as Sex Offender |url= http://www.seattlepi.com/local/article/Letourneau-registers-as-sex-offender-1150919.php |department= Local |work=[[Seattle Post-Intelligencer]] |access-date=May 11, 2009}}</ref>

Following Letourneau's release, Fualaau, then aged 21, persuaded the court to reverse the no-contact order against her.<ref name="Spi-SO"/><ref name="SPI-L+F">{{cite news |title= Letourneau Now Allowed to See Former Student |url =http://www.seattlepi.com/local/185267_mary07.html |department= Local |work= [[Seattle Post-Intelligencer]]|date= August 7, 2004 |access-date= May 11, 2009}}</ref> Letourneau and Fualaau married on May 20, 2005, in the city of [[Woodinville, Washington]], in a ceremony at the [[Columbia Winery]].<ref name="SPI-Wedding"/> Exclusive access to the wedding was given to the television show ''[[Entertainment Tonight]]'',<ref name="SPI-Wedding"/> and photographs were released through other media outlets. Letourneau said she planned to have another child and return to the teaching profession. She indicated that by law, she was permitted to teach at private schools and community colleges.<ref name="Dateline">{{cite web |title= Letourneau and Fualaau, One Year Later |url= https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna13064459 |work= [[Dateline NBC]] |publisher= [[NBCUniversal]]|location=Los Angeles, California|date= June 2, 2006 |access-date= January 21, 2010}}</ref>

Attorney Anne Bremner, who met and befriended<ref name="usatoday2004">{{cite news |title=Mary Kay Letourneau released from prison |url=https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/nation/2004-08-03-teacher-released_x.htm |newspaper=[[USA Today]]|access-date=July 9, 2020 |date=August 3, 2004}}</ref> Letourneau in 2002, during Fualaau's civil suit, said that Letourneau considered her relationship with Fualaau to be "eternal and endless." According to Bremner, "nothing could have kept the two of them apart."<ref name="Spi-SO"/> In a 2006 interview with [[NBC News]], Letourneau "conceded she knew it would be wrong to let the relationship go any further, but she said as soon as the school year ended, she and Vili did cross that line."<ref name="crime"/> She said that "it did not cross her mind," at the time, that having sex with Fualaau would be a crime.<ref name="crime"/> In a later interview, she stated, "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. 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."<ref name="Helling">{{cite news|last=Helling|first=Steve|title=Mary Kay Letourneau Says She 'Did Not Know' Having Sex with Her 12-Year-Old Student Was a Crime|work=[[People (magazine)|People]]|location=New York City|date=September 25, 2018|access-date=June 28, 2020|url=https://people.com/crime/mary-kay-letourneau-did-not-know-having-sex-student-was-crime/}}</ref> The television series ''[[Barbara Walters]] Presents American Scandals'' covered the case in December 2015 with an interview to discuss the couple's relationship and their two daughters.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mary Kay Letourneau: Forbidden Love {{!}} Barbara Walters Presents {{!}} Investigation Discovery GO|url=http://www.investigationdiscoverygo.com/barbara-walters-presents/mary-kay-letourneau-forbidden-love/|website=[[Investigation Discovery GO]]|access-date=April 5, 2017|language=en-us|date=December 21, 2015|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20231211121020/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7_cwu2raok|archivedate=December 11, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Barbara Walters Presents American Scandals – Season 1 Episode 8: Mary Kay Letourneau: Forbidden Love|url=http://www.tvbuzer.com/tv-shows/Barbara-Walters-Presents-American-Scandals/Season-1/episode-8|website=TVBuzer|access-date=April 5, 2017}}</ref>

On May 9, 2017, after almost 12 years of marriage, Fualaau filed for separation from Letourneau, but he later withdrew the filing.<ref>{{cite news|first=Kristina |last=Sgueglia|url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/30/us/husband-files-for-separation-from-former-teacher-mary-kay-fualaau/index.html|title=Husband files for separation from former teacher Mary Kay Letourneau|work=[[CNN]]|publisher=[[Turner Broadcasting Systems]]|location=Atlanta, Georgia|date=May 31, 2017|access-date=June 4, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/mary-kay-letourneau-apos-husband-142601731.html|title=Mary Kay Letourneau's Husband, Vili Fualaau, Arrested for DUI: Report|date=March 30, 2018|website=[[Yahoo!]]}}</ref>

As of April 2018, Fualaau was working at a home improvement store and as a professional DJ, while Letourneau was working as a legal assistant. An article in ''[[People (magazine)|People]]'' quoted an inside source who said, "They know what everyone thinks about their relationship, and they don't care. They really never have. The wrong stuff that happened was so long ago. They are two grown adults who are living their lives now."<ref>{{cite web|first=Steve|last=Helling|url=https://people.com/crime/mary-kay-letourneau-vili-fualaau-relationship-today-source/|title=Mary Kay Letourneau 'Will Go to the Ends of the Earth' to Help Her Student-Turned-Husband: Source|website=[[People (magazine)|People]]|date=April 2, 2018}}</ref>

The couple finalized a legal separation in August 2019.<ref name="Yahoo Entertainment"/><ref>{{cite web |last=Helling |first=Steve |title=Mary Kay Letourneau and Vili Fualaau Will Legally Separate by August 1: 'This Is the End' |url=https://people.com/crime/mary-kay-letourneau-vili-fualaau-legally-split-by-august-1/ |website=People |access-date=July 9, 2020 |language=EN |date=May 24, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://komonews.com/news/local/report-this-time-its-really-over-between-mary-kay-letourneau-vili-fualaau|title=Report: This time it's really over between Mary Kay Letourneau, Vili Fualaau|date=March 4, 2019|website=KOMO}}</ref> Earlier in the marriage, Fualaau said he was not a victim, and he was unashamed of the relationship.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/whats-next-for-letourneau/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104200844/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/07/30/earlyshow/living/main633157.shtml|url-status=dead|title=What's Next For LeTourneau?|archive-date=November 4, 2013|website=cbsnews.com}}</ref> According to ''People'' in May 2020, an unnamed source "close to Fualaau" said that "he sees things clearly now, and he realizes that this wasn't a healthy relationship, from the start."<ref>{{cite web |title=Vili Fualaau Saw 'Things Clearly' After Split from Mary Kay Letourneau: Source |url=https://people.com/crime/vili-fualaau-split-mary-kay-letourneau-he-sees-things-clearly/ |website=[[People (magazine)|People]] |access-date=July 9, 2020 |language=EN |date=May 8, 2020}}</ref>