<![CDATA[Jezebel: debra lafave]]> http://tags.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/jezebel.com.png <![CDATA[Jezebel: debra lafave]]> http://jezebel.com/tag/debralafave http://jezebel.com/tag/debralafave <![CDATA[Mary Kay Letourneau Weighs In On Debra Lafave]]>
Debra Lafave, the Florida teacher convicted of having sex with one of her male students, was spared jail yesterday after violating her probation. In honor of the occasion, Larry King got "original" naughty schoolteacher, Mary Kay Letourneau (what is it with these pedophile women and surnames with the sound "Lay" in them?), on the phone to weigh in. Mary Kay, 46, told King that she thinks yesterday's court decision regarding LaFave was "fair", and chatted briefly about her family life with her former child lover/now-husband Vili Fualaau, 24, and their two daughters. And even though she's not allowed to teach ever again, Letourneau couldn't help but gently correct King's pronunciation of her husband's last name. (It's about time someone called King out on his idiotic, ignorant utterances. Doesn't he listen to his producers?). Clip above.

Hugs, 'Girl Talk' Won't Send Sex Scandal Teacher To Jail [CNN]

]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=343787&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Teacher Who Had Sex With Student Back In The Clink Because Of "Girl Talk"]]> Debra LaFave, the Tampa-area middle school teacher who was caught schtupping a 14-year-old male student a few years ago was arrested yesterday for violating her probation. (As Tampa's CBS affiliate puts it, Debra was caught in flagrante with her pupil "inside a portable at the school." We really hope "portable" means port-a-john!) Anyway, Debra's more recent transgression involved an "intimate" friendship with a 17-year-old female coworker at Danny Boy's Restaurant. The terms of her probation barred her from having unchaperoned contact with anyone under 18, and, according to the St. Petersburg Times, LaFave dished with her not-quite-legal coworker on "non-work related issues such as family problems, friends, high school, personal life, boyfriend issues and sexual issues in both private one-on-one conversations."



While her lawyer, John Fitzgibbons, dismisses Debra's parole violation as mere "girl talk," Debra's ex-husband, Owen LaFave, thinks she deserves to get thrown in the slammer. "I think now that she has violated her probation, she should go to jail. I think at least a year in jail. You know, it needs to be a deterrent. Everyone needs to know that if you act as inappropriately as she has, you go to jail."

Sure, seducing a 14-year-old student is unquestionably wrong (though Cate Blanchett made it seem almost okay and, uh, kind of hot in Notes On A Scandal), but Debra LaFave's friendship with her nearly-grown coworker seems completely harmless. Do you think her arrest was warranted?

Debra LaFave Timeline [Tampa Bay Channel 10]
Former teacher Debra LaFave Arrested [St. Petersburg Times]

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