Mary Kay Letourneau | The Media Going Easy on Women Predators | Do Abused Boys Get the Support They Deserve?
The Misery Machine13 Heinä 2020

Mary Kay Letourneau | The Media Going Easy on Women Predators | Do Abused Boys Get the Support They Deserve?

Drewby and Yergy cover the recent death of Mary Kay Letourneau, who was an American school teacher (and tabloid fixture of the 1990's) who pleaded guilty in 1997 to two counts of felony second-degree rape of a child, Vili Fualaau, who was 12 or 13 at the time, had been her sixth-grade student, and had allegedly also taught him in second grade. While awaiting sentencing, she gave birth to Fualaau's child, a daughter named Audrey Lokelani. With the state seeking a six-and-a-half-year prison sentence, she reached a plea agreement calling for six months in jail, with three months suspended, and no contact with Fualaau for life. The case received national attention.

Shortly after spending three months in jail, the police caught Letourneau in a car with Fualaau. A judge revoked her plea agreement and reinstated the prison sentence for the maximum allowed by law of seven-and-a-half years. Eight months after returning to prison, she gave birth to Fualaau's second child, another daughter named Georgia. She was imprisoned from 1998 to 2004. Letourneau served her sentence in the Washington Corrections Center for Women.

In October 1998, Letourneau and Fualaau co-authored a book, which was published in France, called Only One Crime, Love. In 1999 a second book appeared, this one published in the United States, but written with only minimal cooperation from Letourneau, and none from Fualaau: If Loving You Is Wrong.

Letourneau and Fualaau were married in May 2005, and the marriage lasted 14 years until their separation in 2019. Letourneau died of colon cancer in July 2020 after several months of treatment, with Vili Fualaau at her side.

We dive into the hard questions - Did the media go too easy on Letourneau? Although now a legal adult, could Fualaau really make an informed decision after being victimized for years by Letourneau? If Letourneau were a male teacher, would the media still be hailing their story a fairy tale romance? Do boys get the support they need when preyed upon by older women? We speculate on all of these questions, share personal thoughts and experiences - and more.

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The Case of Julissia Batties

The Case of Julissia Batties

This week, Drewby and Yergy head back to NYC to discuss the case of Julissia Batties, who was failed repeatedly by child welfare officials. Even after her grandmother, Yolanda Davis, provided recorded proof that her granddaughter was in distress, the powers that be turned a blind eye. Support Our Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/themiserymachine⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠PayPal: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.paypal.me/themiserymachine⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Join Our Facebook Group: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://t.co/DeSZIIMgXs?amp=1⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram: miserymachinepodcastTwitter: misery_podcastDiscord: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://discord.gg/kCCzjZM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠#themiserymachine #podcast #truecrimeSource Materials:https://nypost.com/2025/03/14/us-news/grandma-of-slain-bronx-girl-7-numb-after-verdict-not-fair/https://nypost.com/2025/03/12/us-news/nyc-mom-admits-she-beat-7-year-old-daughter-to-death-but-son-charged-with-molesting-girl-to-go-free/https://bdnews24.com/world/americas/at-6-days-old-she-went-into-foster-care.-at-7-years-old-she-was-deadhttps://www.bronxda.nyc.gov/downloads/pdf/pr/2022/72-2022%20bronx-mom-teen-indicted-child-homicide.pdfhttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/231395951/julissia-batties https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2022/06/30/mother--half-brother-charged-in-7-year-old-girl-s-death?utm_source=chatgpt.comhttps://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2022/06/30/mother--half-brother-charged-in-7-year-old-girl-s-deathhttps://www.insideedition.com/julissia-batties-grandmother-says-she-fought-for-custody-before-girl-died-of-injuries-suffered-athttps://www.gofundme.com/f/justice-for-julissia?utm_campaign=p_cp%20share-sheet&utm_medium=sms&utm_source=customer&fbclid=IwAR2eauyj4Xy4O6sql2a2LFaRBjFGpLXv3jeEhM0FPDF-yZzq5ggvm14i17Ihttps://nypost.com/2021/10/31/nyc-girl-julissia-batties-funeral-arrangements-scheduled/https://nypost.com/2021/11/02/julissa-batties-wake-draws-nyc-mourners-demanding-justice-for-abused-7-year-oldhttps://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/7-year-old-bronx-girl-dies-julissia-battieshttps://meaww.com/julissia-batties-murder-bronx-girl-begs-granny-to-not-send-her-with-mom-in-audiohttps://youtu.be/WnEIAuwHuvk?si=qpBDrbgDTOsZVatLhttps://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2022/06/30/mother--half-brother-charged-in-7-year-old-girl-s-deathhttps://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/public-safety/2023/04/24/the-case-of-7-year-old-julissia-battieshttps://pix11.com/news/local-news/bronx/julissia-batties-stomach-injuries-old-new-grandmother-says/https://childwelfaremonitor.org/2021/https://dreamindemon.com/community/threads/sentenced-7yo-girl-found-dead-in-nyc-apartment-with-head-body-injuries.125276/https://bdnews24.com/world/at-6-days-old-she-went-into-foster-care.-at-7-years-old-she-was-deadhttps://www.insideedition.com/julissia-batties-7-barely-knew-her-mom-before-she-died-of-injuries-suffered-at-her-bronx-homehttps://www.insideedition.com/julissia-batties-7-barely-knew-her-mom-before-she-died-of-injuries-suffered-at-her-bronx-homehttps://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/public-safety/2023/04/24/the-case-of-7-year-old-julissia-batties https://www.englishoutdoors.org/blog/8-surprising-facts-about-brooklyn#:~:text=Brooklyn%20is%20one%20of%20the,its%20fast%20growth%20and%20development

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The Case of Reygan Ajai Moon

The Case of Reygan Ajai Moon

This week, Drewby and Yergy head back to Georgia to discuss the case of Reygan Ajai Moon, a 2-year-old little girl who never had a chance at life. While her mother, Devin, was working 12-hour shifts at a local "adults only" club, little Reygan was locked in a feces filled closet without food or water.Support Our Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/themiserymachine⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠PayPal: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.paypal.me/themiserymachine⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Join Our Facebook Group: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://t.co/DeSZIIMgXs?amp=1⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram: miserymachinepodcastTwitter: misery_podcastDiscord: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://discord.gg/kCCzjZM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠#themiserymachine #podcast #truecrime***Source Materials Available Upon Request As The Sheer Amount Of Links Exceeds The Character Count Allowed On Spotify***

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The Case of UK Necrophile David Fuller & the Bedsit Murders

The Case of UK Necrophile David Fuller & the Bedsit Murders

This week, Drewby and Yergy head back over across the pond to discuss the case of David Fuller, a British man who committed a serious of heinous crimes in the 1980's known as the Bedsit Murders. But it wasn't until recently that the full scope of David's crimes would come to light... In addition to the murders, David had defiled the corpses of over 100 victims ranging in ages from 9 to 100 years old, and videotaped his deprived acts. Support Our Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/themiserymachine⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠PayPal: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.paypal.me/themiserymachine⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Join Our Facebook Group: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://t.co/DeSZIIMgXs?amp=1⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram: miserymachinepodcastTwitter: misery_podcastDiscord: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://discord.gg/kCCzjZM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠#themiserymachine #podcast #truecrimeSource Materials:https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/mortuary-sex-corpse-murder-fuller-b1951834.html#:~:text=On%2023%20June%201987%2C%20the,sexually%20assaulted%2C%20beaten%20and%20strangledhttps://news.sky.com/story/david-fuller-what-were-his-crimes-and-how-did-he-evade-justice-for-so-long-13018147#:~:text=Five%20months%20after%20killing%20Ms,restaurant%2C%20which%20he%20had%20visitedhttps://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/oct/08/david-fuller-1987-killings-of-two-women-in-tunbridge-wells#:~:text=A%2067,UK%E2%80%99s%20longest%20unsolved%20homicide%20caseshttps://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/dec/15/david-fuller-jailed-for-of-two-women-and-abuse-of-over-100-corpses#:~:text=Handing%20down%20a%20whole,Fuller%20would%20die%20in%20jailhttps://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/david-fuller-sentence-trial-family-kent-morgue-b971925.html#:~:text=Fuller%20had%20met%20Ms%20Knell,his%20photographs%20to%20be%20developedhttps://people.com/david-fuller-case-british-hospital-necrophiliac-murderer-8729224#:~:text=Knell%2C%2025%2C%20was%20found%20naked,But%20there%20was%20no%20suspecthttps://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/R-v-David-Fuller-sentencing-remarks-071222.pdf#:~:text=Sentencing%20Remarks%201,and%20well%20publicised%20investigation%2C%20youhttps://deanwilson.co.uk/nhs-trust-agrees-compensation-protocol-for-families-of-david-fullers-mortuary-victims#:~:text=On%208th%20November%202021%2C%20The,to%20report%20in%20early%202023https://www.nusghani.org.uk/campaigns/leading-action-extending-sentencing-necrophilia#:~:text=The%20Independent%20inquiry%20announced%20and,%E2%80%9Dhttps://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/crime/mortuary-abuser-killer-david-fuller-who-sexually-abused-the-bodies-of-more-than-100-women-and-girls-is-jailed-for-longer-3945940#:~:text=Fuller%20is%20originally%20from%20Portsmouth,Crown%20Court%20in%20the%201970shttps://www.kentonline.co.uk/tunbridge-wells/news/man-on-trial-for-1987-bedsit-murders-256651/#:~:text=Mr%20Atkinson%20said%3A%20,addresses%20where%20victims%20were%20residenthttps://www.lbc.co.uk/news/david-fuller-wife-bedsit-killer-david/#:~:text=The%2067,know%20the%20names%20of%2078https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-58250043https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-kent-59134272

15 Syys 21min

(Yergy + Drewby Episode) Enthusiastic Lady Chops Off S*x Offender's Willy

(Yergy + Drewby Episode) Enthusiastic Lady Chops Off S*x Offender's Willy

If you need a break from our normal true crime content, then you've found the place... Join Yergy and Drewby as they discuss lighthearted topics from around the internet, travel to far off lands (if only in their minds), and hang out with the kitties. Help them get their "funny" back one story at a time 💜Support Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/themiserymachineJoin Our Facebook Group: https://t.co/DeSZIIMgXs?amp=1PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/themiserymachineOfficial Merch Store: https://miserymachine-shop.fourthwall.com/Instagram: miserymachinepodcastTwitter: misery_podcastDiscord: https://discord.gg/kCCzjZMFair Use Disclaimer: "Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for 'fair use' for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use."

12 Syys 23min

(Yergy + Drewby Episode) Crazy Woman Has Multiple Babies With a Mannequin

(Yergy + Drewby Episode) Crazy Woman Has Multiple Babies With a Mannequin

If you need a break from our normal true crime content, then you've found the place... Join Yergy and Drewby as they discuss lighthearted topics from around the internet, travel to far off lands (if only in their minds), and hang out with the kitties. Help them get their "funny" back one story at a time 💜Support Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/themiserymachineJoin Our Facebook Group: https://t.co/DeSZIIMgXs?amp=1PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/themiserymachineOfficial Merch Store: https://miserymachine-shop.fourthwall.com/Instagram: miserymachinepodcastTwitter: misery_podcastDiscord: https://discord.gg/kCCzjZMFair Use Disclaimer: "Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for 'fair use' for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use."

12 Syys 11min

(Yergy + Drewby Episode) Feces: The Internet's Hip New Drug To Get High On

(Yergy + Drewby Episode) Feces: The Internet's Hip New Drug To Get High On

If you need a break from our normal true crime content, then you've found the place... Join Yergy and Drewby as they discuss lighthearted topics from around the internet, travel to far off lands (if only in their minds), and hang out with the kitties. Help them get their "funny" back one story at a time 💜Support Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/themiserymachineJoin Our Facebook Group: https://t.co/DeSZIIMgXs?amp=1PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/themiserymachineOfficial Merch Store: https://miserymachine-shop.fourthwall.com/Instagram: miserymachinepodcastTwitter: misery_podcastDiscord: https://discord.gg/kCCzjZMFair Use Disclaimer: "Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for 'fair use' for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use."

12 Syys 17min

(Yergy + Drewby Episode) Are Labubus Secretly Satan’s Beanie Babies?

(Yergy + Drewby Episode) Are Labubus Secretly Satan’s Beanie Babies?

If you need a break from our normal true crime content, then you've found the place... Join Yergy and Drewby as they discuss lighthearted topics from around the internet, travel to far off lands (if only in their minds), and hang out with the kitties. Help them get their "funny" back one story at a time 💜Support Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/themiserymachineJoin Our Facebook Group: https://t.co/DeSZIIMgXs?amp=1PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/themiserymachineOfficial Merch Store: https://miserymachine-shop.fourthwall.com/Instagram: miserymachinepodcastTwitter: misery_podcastDiscord: https://discord.gg/kCCzjZMFair Use Disclaimer: "Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for 'fair use' for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use."

12 Syys 11min

The Story of Terry Blanchette, Hailey Dunbar-Blanchette, & Hanne Meketech

The Story of Terry Blanchette, Hailey Dunbar-Blanchette, & Hanne Meketech

In the quiet province of Alberta, Canada, a crime unfolded so disturbing it sounds more like a nightmare than reality. A man slaughtered a father, a defenseless toddler, and an elderly neighbor… but it didn’t stop there. In a scene that defies comprehension, he cut into the little girl, tore out her heart, and drank her blood. This was no ordinary murder... it was a descent into pure evil, a night of horror that left a community shaken and the world asking how something so monstrous could ever happen. Tonight, we uncover the story of Canada’s cannibal killer, Derek Saretzky.Support Our Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/themiserymachine⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠PayPal: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.paypal.me/themiserymachine⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Join Our Facebook Group: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://t.co/DeSZIIMgXs?amp=1⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram: miserymachinepodcastTwitter: misery_podcastDiscord: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://discord.gg/kCCzjZM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠#themiserymachine #podcast #truecrimeSource Materials:https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/hailey-dunbar-blanchette-timeline-vigils-fundraisers-1.3233210 https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/article/timeline-of-events-hailey-dunbar-blanchette-abduction-case https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0LCexA3VuQhttps://www.thefreepress.ca/news/saretzky-to-undergo-psychiatric-assessment-5089442https://globalnews.ca/news/2249477/derek-saretzky-to-make-first-court-appearance-in-blairmore-murders/  https://www.fantinsfuneralchapel.ca/obituary/Hailey-Lynn-Dunbar-Blanchette https://lethbridgenewsnow.com/2017/06/21/mother-of-hailey-dunbar-blanchette-testifies-in-saretzky-triple-murder-trial https://globalnews.ca/news/3522447/victims-father-takes-stand-at-derek-saretzky-murder-trial https://globalnews.ca/news/3504914/derek-saretzky-murder-trial-day-1/https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2017/06/13/blood-in-crib-jury-hears-details-about-home-where-father-was-killed-girl-taken/https://lethbridgenewsnow.com/2017/06/19/he-had-done-something-bad-really-bad-aunt-of-derek-saretzky-warning-story-contains-graphic-details/https://globalnews.ca/news/2221431/amber-alert-what-we-know-so-far-about-terry-blanchette-and-daughter-hailey https://globalnews.ca/news/2224110/she-was-my-baby-hailey-dunbar-blanchettes-mother-cheyenne-breaks-down https://lethbridgenewsnow.com/2017/06/21/former-friend-mother-of-dead-alberta-girl-faces-accused-killer-in-court/https://globalnews.ca/news/2242484/derek-saretzky-out-of-medically-induced-coma-after-suicide-attempt-source/https://globalnews.ca/news/3531093/court-hears-derek-saretzky-tell-police-about-death-of-hailey-dunbar-blanchette/https://www.thefreepress.ca/news/disturbing-video-confessions-played-at-derek-saretzkys-triple-murder-trial-5099467https://globalnews.ca/video/3532445/first-of-3-derek-saretzky-video-confessions-played-at-triple-murder-trialhttps://globalnews.ca/news/2222343/her-dad-was-the-highlight-of-her-life-godmother-pleads-for-missing-alberta-girls-return/https://globalnews.ca/news/2249477/derek-saretzky-to-make-first-court-appearance-in-blairmore-murders/https://globalnews.ca/news/2939076/derek-saretzkys-mother-and-grandmother-break-their-silence-on-anniversary-of-blairmore-tragedy/https://globalnews.ca/news/3534085/derek-saretzky-trial-court-hears-accused-murderer-re-enacted-childs-killing-for-police/https://lethbridgenewsnow.com/2017/06/16/god-did-it-not-me-jury-shown-confession-video-in-saretzky-trial-warning-graphic-details/https://globalnews.ca/news/6534558/alberta-appeal-derek-saretzky-murder/https://globalnews.ca/news/3535324/derek-saretzky-triple-murder-trial-to-continue-with-disturbing-evidence-monday/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/murders-who-received-more-than-25-year-sentences-canada-1.4240611 https://www.gofundme.com/f/zm4hucks (Full source list exceeds character limit, but is available upon request)

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