By Jacqui Lang
Tamara Broome, the Adelaide woman who, famously, was jailed in the US because of her love for the teenager she met online, is at last in the arms of her young American.
“We couldn’t be happier,” sighs Tamara, 32, nuzzled up to tall, lanky John Martini, 14 years her junior. “We’ve wanted to be together for so long.”
“I feel the same way as Tamara — it feels so great to be here with her at last,” John tells Woman’s Day, flashing a shy grin.
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After turning 18 last month, John, from North Carolina, was finally able to fly to Australia and be united with Tamara following a two-year cyber-romance and much anguish.
Sitting on the couch at the holiday home of Tamara’s parents in the picturesque Adelaide Hills, the controversial couple talk openly of their extraordinary love affair, which has made headlines in Australia and the US.
“We can’t wait to get married now,” Tamara beams.
Her devotion to John — a schoolboy when she met him — has cost her thousands of dollars in airfares and phone calls, as well as the devastation of a “month from hell” in jail and humiliating headlines.
“It was all worth it for this moment, to be with the man I love and to finally have him in my arms!” she insists.
For the full story, see this week’s Woman’s Day (on sale June 30, 2008).
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