What Was Mary Kay Letourneau's Relationship With Her First Husband Like?

Then Mary Kay Schmitz, the future convicted child sex offender met her first husband, Steve Letourneau, while attending Arizona State University. From the very beginning, their relationship was one of physical attraction and convenience rather than a solid love match, according to the TruTV Crime Library. Nonetheless, by 1985 Mary Kay was pregnant with the first of four children she'd have with Letourneau, and unwilling to have an abortion, the couple decided to marry despite Mary Kay's misgivings about what her feelings for Steve truly were. As it turned out, Mary Kay was pregnant with twins, one of which she miscarried.

Following Mary Kay's marriage to Steve Letourneau, the couple dropped out of college and relocated. Eventually, Mary Kay ended up back in school and she graduated from Seattle University in 1989, after which point she became a school teacher. Over the course of their marriage, Mary Kay and Steve Letourneau reportedly struggled financially, and emotional and physical abuse was alleged, based on a 1998 report from the Los Angeles Times. And both parties in Mary Kay Letourneau's first marriage were also purportedly unfaithful, as TruTV Crime Library goes on to explain. After her abusive relationship with Fualaau (above) was exposed, Steve Letourneau filed for divorce, as 9Honey also notes.

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