Man who wed his rapist speaks out in US

A man who was 12 when he had sex with his teacher, impregnated her, and later wedded the woman after she served a prison term for statutory rape, has opened up about their marriage in an interview.

Man who wed his rapist speaks out in US

Mary Kay Letourneau was 34 and a married mother of four at the time of the scandal in 1997, which triggered a storm of media coverage including books and a made-for-TV movie.

Her student, Vili Fualaau, is now 31, and she is 53.

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