Lorena Bobbitt
Lorena Bobbitt (née Gallo; born 1969 or 1970) is an American woman who severed the penis of her then-husband John Bobbit in 1993. Bobbit severed John's penis with a food knife while he was asleep in bed. John's penis was successfully surgically reattached.
John and Lorena Bobbitt were married on June 18, 1989. Lorena, an Ecuadorian immigrant claimed that her husband John, a bar bouncer and former U.S. Marine, had raped and abused her for years. John was charged with rape later that year but was acquitted. The next year, Lorena was acquitted of assault by reason of insanity and went on to start a foundation for domestic abuse victims and their children. The couple divorced in 1995.
After the trial, Lorena attempted to keep a low profile and reverted to the use of her birth name, Gallo. In October 1996, she made a visit to her native Ecuador, where she met with then-President Abdalá Bucaram for an official dinner. Some time later Lorena Bobbitt and Bucaram would baptize a child as a godmother and a godfather. Bucaram was criticized for inviting Lorena to the dinner.
In December 1997, Lorena made news when she was charged with assault for punching her mother, Elvia Gallo, as they watched television. She was eventually acquitted of assault, and her mother continued to live with her. In 2007, she was working at a beauty salon in Washington, D.C. and in the same year founded Lorena's Red Wagon organization, which helps prevent domestic violence through family-oriented activities.
In June 2008, Lorena appeared on the CBS News program The Early Show, where she talked about her life since the incident. In the interview, she said that she was in a long-term relationship with a man named Dave Bellinger and that they had a two-and-a-half-year-old daughter.
The Bobbitt case brought attention to the issue of domestic violence and marital rape. Within days of the incident, some anti-domestic violence advocates and some feminist groups rallied around Lorena Bobbitt, citing the alleged abuse she suffered at the hands of John that led her to attack him, albeit in an unusual and violent manner.
The severing of John Bobbitt's penis was the source of many jokes and depictions in popular culture. A lyric from Lizzo's 2022 song "Grrrls" is:
"I'ma go Lorena Bobbitt on him so he never fuck again, no-oh, oh".
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