John Wayne Bobbitt says when he woke up to discover that his then-wife Lorena Bobbitt had cut off his penis with a kitchen knife, he tried to remain calm and stop the bleeding. Bobbitt, who was 26 at the time, claims he had been sleeping when his then-wife, 24-year-old Lorena Bobbitt, cut off his penis with a kitchen knife in what would become one of the most notorious American pop culture sagas of the tabloid-driven 1990s. Lorena Bobbitt became famous 25 years ago when she cut off her husband John Bobbitt's penis. In the circus, what was missed about domestic violence?
Lorena Bobbitt became famous 25 years ago when she cut off her husband John Bobbitt's penis. In the circus, what was missed about domestic violence? John Wayne Bobbitt was a 26-year-old Marine turned warehouse worker. Lorena was an Ecuadorian immigrant whose English wasn’t great. Nearly overnight, they became global celebrities. And Manassas was their blindingly spotlit stage. In the culmination of a sensational eight-day trial that captivated headlines, on Jan. 22, 1994, a jury found Lorena Bobbitt not guilty by reason of insanity of slicing off her husband John Wayne Bobbitt’s penis the summer before. On June 23, 1993, 24-year-old Lorena Bobbitt took a 12-inch kitchen knife and sliced off her 26-year-old husband John Wayne Bobbitt 's penis while he was asleep in the bedroom of their... Four months later, a jury found John Wayne Bobbitt not guilty of raping Lorena, and a few months later she was acquitted too on a charge of “malicious wounding.” After Lorena spent 45 days in a...
In the culmination of a sensational eight-day trial that captivated headlines, on Jan. 22, 1994, a jury found Lorena Bobbitt not guilty by reason of insanity of slicing off her husband John Wayne Bobbitt’s penis the summer before. On June 23, 1993, 24-year-old Lorena Bobbitt took a 12-inch kitchen knife and sliced off her 26-year-old husband John Wayne Bobbitt 's penis while he was asleep in the bedroom of their... Four months later, a jury found John Wayne Bobbitt not guilty of raping Lorena, and a few months later she was acquitted too on a charge of “malicious wounding.” After Lorena spent 45 days in a... John Wayne Bobbitt was enjoying a night out at a bar on the Quantico Marine Corps base when he met Lorena. She was only 19 and not yet fluent in English, but the pair hit it off and began dating.