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Lorena Bobbitt Cut Off Her Husband's Genitals After Years of Alleged Abuse. Inside Her Life Today (people.com)
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Since making headlines in June 1993 for severing her then-husband’s penis, Lorena Bobbitt has used her platform to advocate for domestic violence survivors

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[-] The_v@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago

For those that don't know why it made headlines.

According to Lorena, in the early hours of June 23, 1993, her husband came home drunk. He then raped her in their apartment. After the attack, she spotted a knife when she went into the kitchen. She returned to the bedroom and cut off her sleeping husband's penis.

Lorena, still holding the knife and the severed organ, then drove away from their apartment building. She tossed the penis into a field before ending up at a friend's house. At her friend's urging Lorena contacted the police and told them where she had thrown the penis. Police located it and reattachment surgery was a success.

Real life is crazier than fiction.

[-] Jessicat@lemmy.world 16 points 2 days ago

What’s crazy is that he was exonerated of rape because he didn’t remember it. Then proceeds to commit violence against future partners. Who could have guessed.

[-] CADmonkey@lemmy.world 1 points 22 hours ago

Guess she should have thrown it farther.

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