Who achieved a certain level of international celebrity when his wife Lorena severed half his penis, tossing said member into a field, which was later surgically reattached?
John and Lorena Bobbitt John and Lorena Bobbitt John Wayne Bobbitt and Lorena Bobbitt (née Gallo) were an American couple, married on June 18, 1989, whose relationship made world-wide headlines in 1993 when Lorena cut off her husband's penis with a knife while he was asleep in bed. The penis was subsequently surgically reattached. The incident occurred on June 23, 1993, in Manassas, Virginia, and the legal case surrounding the incident subsequently took place during 1993 and 1994. Lorena stated in a court hearing that, after coming home at night on June 23, 1993, her husband raped her. After her husband had gone to
John and Lorena Bobbitt sleep, Lorena grabbed a knife from the kitchen, entered their bedroom, and removed her husband's penis at its base. After this, Lorena left the apartment with the severed appendage and drove away in her car. After a while, she threw it into a field. She eventually stopped and called 9-1-1. John's penis was found after an exhaustive search, and it was reattached in the hospital where he was treated. The operation took nine and a half hours. However, it never regained full sensation. Lorena was taken into custody. When she was arrested the night of June 23, she told the