May December True Story Explained

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00:00Hi, welcome back to my channel.

00:02In this video, I will explain the true story of May December.

00:04So, let's begin.

00:06Todd Haynes' exceptionally chilling new drama May December is based on an even more controversial

00:10real-life story of Mary Kay Letourneau.

00:13May December offers a thoughtful albeit haunting portrayal of Letourneau's true affair with

00:16Philly Follow, who was 12 years old when Letourneau initiated their sexual relationship.

00:22Letourneau would make national headlines in the late 1990s after being convicted as a

00:25sex offender who served years in prison before continuing her May-December relationship with

00:29Follow after her release.

00:32The shocking true story of Mary Kay Letourneau and Philly Follow begins in the summer of

00:361996.

00:37Mary Kay was the 2nd grade and 6th grade teacher of Philly and instigated a sexual relationship

00:42with Philly the summer before he was going into 7th grade.

00:46The two were initially found together in a car by police in Burien, Washington, where

00:49Mary Kay taught Philly.

00:51According to police reports, Mary Kay had jumped from the back seat to the front once

00:55she realized that police had approached the car while Philly pretended to be asleep in

00:59the back.

01:00Philly and Mary Kay both provided false identification, including Philly claiming that he was 18 years

01:04old.

01:06Mary Kay Letourneau was arrested on March 4, 1997, and was eventually convicted of second-degree

01:11child rape after pleading guilty on two counts.

01:14Despite prosecutors seeking an initial sentencing of six and a half years, Mary Kay's attorney

01:18had arraigned a plea agreement that only put her behind county jar bars for three months.

01:22Letourneau was also required to complete three years of a sex offender rehabilitation program

01:26and as a result, she would not have to register as a sex offender.

01:30Remarkably, Mary Kay broke her agreement by seeing Philly Folau just two weeks after she

01:35was released from her three-month jail sentence.

01:37Mary Kay Letourneau gave birth to Philly Folau's daughter while awaiting sentencing.

01:42Before going to jail, Mary Kay Letourneau gave birth to her first child with Philly,

01:46named Audrey, in May 1997 as she was awaiting her prison sentence.

01:50Mary Kay made international headlines during the time and, as a result, her mental health

01:54was reported to have taken a toll.

01:57It was later discovered by police that Mary Kay had visited Philly on several occasions

02:01after she was released from her first prison sentence.

02:04She was discovered once again with Philly in a car and was arrested at the scene.

02:09Police confiscated thousands of dollars, a passport, and baby clothes from the vehicle.

02:14Letourneau was imprisoned from 1998 to 2004, during which time she had another child with

02:19Folau.

02:20Mary Kay Letourneau was put before a judge once again in 1998 who revoked the terms of

02:24her previous plea agreement and gave her the maximum sentence of seven and a half years.

02:29She began her prison sentence in 1998 and gave birth to her second child with Philly,

02:33named Georgia, while being incarcerated that same year.

02:37This indicates that Philly Folau had impregnated her once again during the brief window when

02:40they met immediately following her three-month period in county jail.

02:44Letourneau served the entirety of her maximum prison sentence at the Washington Correction

02:48Center for Women in Gig Harbor, Washington.

02:51Due to all the attention from the international press that Letourneau received during her

02:54trials, she authored two books while she was incarcerated.

02:58One book, titled Only One Crime, Loves was published only in France in 1998.

03:03A second book was published in 1999 in the United States titled If Loving You Is Wrong,

03:08but had very little influence from Mary Kay Letourneau and Philly Folau.

03:12Letourneau spent several months in solitary confinement after the Washington Correction

03:15Center for Women intercepted letters that she had intended to send to Folau, an indication

03:20of her relentless and self-destructive determination to connect with the then 14-year-old.

03:25Letourneau and Folau married in 2005 before separating in 2019.

03:30After completing her prison sentence in 2004, Mary Kay Letourneau and Philly Folau got married

03:34in 2005.

03:36Letourneau was given a sentencing of lifetime sex offender upon her release, but that had

03:40no effect on the determination for her and Folau to be together.

03:44At 21 years old, Folau convinced the courts to terminate the no-contact order they had

03:48placed between him and Mary Kay which allowed the two to get married.

03:52While Mary Kay was in prison, Philly dropped out of high school and took care of Audrey

03:55and Georgia, all while reportedly suffering from mental health issues including depression.

04:00Mary Kay Letourneau and Philly Folau remained married for 12 years before Folau filed for

04:04legal separation from Letourneau in 2017, later revoking the filing.

04:09The two officially divorced in August 2019 for undisclosed reasons.

04:14Throughout the relationship, Philly had always claimed to be very happy and in love with

04:17Mary Kay and did not realize the strange and unhealthy dynamic between them until much

04:21later in life.

04:23Still, Philly contended as recently as 2020 that he was not a victim in the relationship

04:27and was not ashamed of his love for Mary Kay, via people.

04:31Mary Kay Letourneau died in 2020 at the age of 58 from colorectal cancer.

04:36She left most of her estate to Folau even after their legal separation.

04:40Letourneau's controversial story was chronicled in A&E's television movie All-American Girl,

04:45the Mary Kay Letourneau story in 2000 but has been widely left alone in film and television

04:49until Haines' 2023 entry May-December.

04:52With such a perturbing yet naturally fascinating subject, the Oscar-nominated director of Carol,

04:56Far From Heaven, and Safe, which also starred Julianne Moore, has many creative avenues

05:01and opportunities to explore in the upcoming Netflix film.

05:04That's all for now folks.

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