Fualaau noted the similarities are too jarring not to notice. Both he and the lead male star, Charles Melton, who portrays Joe Yoo (Moore’s underage love interest), are Asian/Pacific Islanders.
Yoo and Fualaau both married the women who served jail time for their crimes and both fathered children born behind bars.
“I’m offended by the entire project and the lack of respect given to me — who lived through a real story and is still living it,” Fualaau told The Hollywood Reporter.
Letourneau was 34 and Fualaau was 12 and a student in her sixth grade class when a sexual relationship developed between them.