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Mary Kay Letourneau - Teacher who initiated a sexual relationship with her 12-year-old pupil, bore his child, and later married him (en.wikipedia.org)

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[–] [email protected] 80 points 11 months ago

[Her father] intended to run for the U.S. Senate in 1982, but his political career was permanently damaged that year when it was revealed that he had fathered two children out of wedlock during an extramarital affair with a female former student at Santa Ana College, where he had taught political science.

Guess it runs in the family.