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did you ever have consensual sex with him? never. prosecutors said she was lying. she was insulted that you didn t believe her. i was insulted that she thought someone would. a tutor and her pupil breaking all of the rules, but who was telling the truth? we both knew what we were doing was wrong. he owned me. i never had as much evidence against someone as i had in this case. i m lester holt, and this is dateline. here s keith morrison with dangerous liaisons. you two were in co-hoots. reporter: it didn t have to end here. he keeps stating things that he has no evidence for as though it s fact. reporter: with attorneys at war. you ve got the evidence. no. don t just say that. it was theater of the absurd. reporter: detectives upset. i thought it was disgusting. i thought it was just really horrible the way they dragged that family through the mud. reporter: nor did there have to be a sobbing witness. i m trying to be honest up ....
did you ever have consensual sex with him? never. prosecutors said she was lying. she was insulted that you didn t believe her. i was insulted that she thought someone would. a tutor and her pupil breaking all of the rules, but who was telling the truth? we both knew what we were doing was wrong. he owned me. i never had as much evidence against someone as i had in this case. i m lester holt, and this is dateline. here s keith morrison with dangerous liaisons. you two were in co-hoots. reporter: it didn t have to end here. he keeps stating things that he has no evidence for as though it s fact. reporter: with attorneys at war. you ve got the evidence. no. don t just say that. it was theater of the absurd. reporter: detectives upset. i thought it was disgusting. i thought it was just really horrible the way they dragged that family through the mud. reporter: nor did there have to be a sobbing witness. i m trying to be honest up ....
five people full-time in a town the size of grand rapids, that tells you something, doesn t it? correct. reporter: do you find that dispiriting? very. i think most people would find it dispiriting the amount of cases that we have to investigate of this nature. reporter: but this one needed to be investigated not only because of what the detective saw on the phone, no. it was more than that. the lawyer who called the detective worked for the catholic diocese of grand rapids and told her the young man in question was a student and star athlete here at grand rapids catholic central high school. and the woman worked here. she wasn t just any school employee. she was the student s school appointed tutor. she is a person of authority. obviously an inappropriate relationship. i knew she was in her 30s. and that he was only 15 years old. so regardless, it was an illegal relationship. reporter: detective lowrie went over to see the boy s parents. had they questioned ....
prosecutors said she was lying. she was insulted that you didn t believe her. i was insulted that she thought someone would. a tutor and her pupil breaking all of the rules, but who was telling the truth? we both knew what we were doing was wrong. he owned me. i never have had as much evidence against someone as i had in this case. i m lester holt, and this is dateline. here s keith morrison with dangerous liaisons. you two were in cahoots. reporter: it didn t have to end here. he keeps stating things that he has no evidence for as though it s fact. reporter: with attorneys at war. you ve got the evidence. no. don t just say that. it was theater of the absurd. reporter: detectives upset. i thought it was disgusting. i thought it was just really horrible the way they dragged that family through the mud. reporter: nor did there have to be a sobbing witness. i m trying to be honest up here, and it s so disrespectful. just a minute. ....
did you ever have consensual sex with him? never. prosecutors said she was lying. she was insulted that you didn t believe her. i was insulted that she thought someone would. a tutor and her pupil breaking all of the rules, but who was telling the truth? we both knew what we were doing was wrong. he owned me. i never have had as much evidence against someone as i had in this case. i m lester holt, and this is dateline. here s keith morrison with dangerous liaisons. you two were in cahoots. reporter: it didn t have to end here. he keeps stating things that he has no evidence for as though it s fact. reporter: with attorneys at war. you ve got the evidence. no. don t just say that. it was theater of the absurd. reporter: detectives upset. i thought it was disgusting. i thought it was just really horrible the way they dragged that family through the mud. reporter: nor did there have to be a sobbing witness. i m trying to be hones ....