https://padlet.com/mattio_riordan/jfa4lty7grah By: Riordan Mattio en-us 2019-01-15 16:03:40 UTC 2026-01-25 23:27:12 UTC hello@padlet.com mattio_riordan https://padlet.com/mattio_riordan/jfa4lty7grah/wish/324202522 On June 23, 1993, John Bobbitt came home drunk and raped his wife Lorena.]]> 2019-01-25 01:28:23 UTC https://padlet.com/mattio_riordan/jfa4lty7grah/wish/324202522 mattio_riordan https://padlet.com/mattio_riordan/jfa4lty7grah/wish/324203938 She didn't do this to teach him a lesson or out of revenge, she did this out of fear. She saw this as a life or death situation. She feared for her life.]]> 2019-01-25 01:37:36 UTC https://padlet.com/mattio_riordan/jfa4lty7grah/wish/324203938 mattio_riordan https://padlet.com/mattio_riordan/jfa4lty7grah/wish/324204068 McDonell-Parry, Amelia. “John and Lorena Bobbitt, 25 Years Post-Castration.” Rolling Stone, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2018, www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/lorena-bobbitt-john-bobbitt-25-years-696573/.

Walsh, S.M. “John & Lorena Bobbitt: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know.” Heavy.com, Heavy.com, 4 Jan. 2019, heavy.com/news/2019/01/lorena-bobbitt-john-husband-wife/.

https://www.biography.com/people/lorena-bobbitt-235414]]> 2019-01-25 01:38:31 UTC https://padlet.com/mattio_riordan/jfa4lty7grah/wish/324204068 mattio_riordan https://padlet.com/mattio_riordan/jfa4lty7grah/wish/324205994 Prior to the incident, John had been sexually and physically abusing Lorena. He had previously forced her to get an abortion; she was given the choice of staying with him and getting an abortion or he would leave her if she kept it. After she was forced to get an abortion, she never wanted to have sex with her husband again and she felt like she was falling apart. Along with this, he admitted to having an affair.]]> 2019-01-25 01:52:10 UTC https://padlet.com/mattio_riordan/jfa4lty7grah/wish/324205994 mattio_riordan https://padlet.com/mattio_riordan/jfa4lty7grah/wish/324206098 Later that night, she took an 8-inch kitchen knife and cut off his penis. ]]> 2019-01-25 01:52:57 UTC https://padlet.com/mattio_riordan/jfa4lty7grah/wish/324206098 mattio_riordan https://padlet.com/mattio_riordan/jfa4lty7grah/wish/324206147 He woke up to her fumbling around in his boxers; he thought the sex was consensual and that she was 'trying to make him hard again.']]> 2019-01-25 01:53:15 UTC https://padlet.com/mattio_riordan/jfa4lty7grah/wish/324206147 mattio_riordan https://padlet.com/mattio_riordan/jfa4lty7grah/wish/324206202 After removing his penis, she left the apartment penis in hand. She took the penis and his Game Boy and threw both into a field across from a 7-Eleven.]]> 2019-01-25 01:53:38 UTC https://padlet.com/mattio_riordan/jfa4lty7grah/wish/324206202 mattio_riordan https://padlet.com/mattio_riordan/jfa4lty7grah/wish/324206239 She eventually called 9-1-1 and police had to go out and locate his detached penis, they were also told to put it on ice by medical staff. John was in surgery for nine hours. During this time, they were able to reattach his penis.]]> 2019-01-25 01:53:56 UTC https://padlet.com/mattio_riordan/jfa4lty7grah/wish/324206239 mattio_riordan https://padlet.com/mattio_riordan/jfa4lty7grah/wish/324207745 Lorena and John got divorced in 1989]]> 2019-01-25 02:05:26 UTC https://padlet.com/mattio_riordan/jfa4lty7grah/wish/324207745 mattio_riordan https://padlet.com/mattio_riordan/jfa4lty7grah/wish/324207784 John Bobbitt went to work in the porn industry. He starred in two adult films, called "uncut" and "frankenpenis".]]> 2019-01-25 02:05:45 UTC https://padlet.com/mattio_riordan/jfa4lty7grah/wish/324207784 mattio_riordan https://padlet.com/mattio_riordan/jfa4lty7grah/wish/324207816 Lorena started a foundation to help domestic violence survivors. It is called the Lorena Gallo Foundation. Its main focus is to help prevent domestic violence.]]> 2019-01-25 02:06:05 UTC https://padlet.com/mattio_riordan/jfa4lty7grah/wish/324207816 mattio_riordan https://padlet.com/mattio_riordan/jfa4lty7grah/wish/324207862 Lorena Bobbitt was tried and found not guilty for malicious wounding. This was because of temporary insanity.]]> 2019-01-25 02:06:27 UTC https://padlet.com/mattio_riordan/jfa4lty7grah/wish/324207862 mattio_riordan https://padlet.com/mattio_riordan/jfa4lty7grah/wish/324208052 Lorena was born on October 31, 1969 in Ecuador and arrived in the United States in 1987. She did so via student visa and went to Northern Virginia Community College. ]]> 2019-01-25 02:07:52 UTC https://padlet.com/mattio_riordan/jfa4lty7grah/wish/324208052 mattio_riordan https://padlet.com/mattio_riordan/jfa4lty7grah/wish/324208578 2019-01-25 02:12:07 UTC https://padlet.com/mattio_riordan/jfa4lty7grah/wish/324208578 mattio_riordan https://padlet.com/mattio_riordan/jfa4lty7grah/wish/324210550 In 1999, he was charged for grand larceny and had to spend 5 years on probation. He pled guilty to stealing $140,000 worth of clothes from a store in Nevada. ]]> 2019-01-25 02:26:51 UTC https://padlet.com/mattio_riordan/jfa4lty7grah/wish/324210550 mattio_riordan https://padlet.com/mattio_riordan/jfa4lty7grah/wish/324210780 After four months of probation, he was found guilty of harassing his ex-girlfriend Desiree A. Luz. She was an adult-film actress, like him.]]> 2019-01-25 02:28:33 UTC https://padlet.com/mattio_riordan/jfa4lty7grah/wish/324210780 mattio_riordan https://padlet.com/mattio_riordan/jfa4lty7grah/wish/324212143 After the divorce, she stopped going by the surname "Bobbitt" and returned to her maiden name "Gallo"]]> 2019-01-25 02:38:03 UTC https://padlet.com/mattio_riordan/jfa4lty7grah/wish/324212143 mattio_riordan https://padlet.com/mattio_riordan/jfa4lty7grah/wish/324212225 She has been with David Bellinger for the past two decades and they have a daughter together. Her name is Olivia and she was born in 2005, two years prior to the creation of Lorena's foundation.]]> 2019-01-25 02:38:38 UTC https://padlet.com/mattio_riordan/jfa4lty7grah/wish/324212225 mattio_riordan https://padlet.com/mattio_riordan/jfa4lty7grah/wish/324213740 The temporary insanity was caused by continuous abuse by her husband. She had to stay in a psychiatric hospital for 45 days and undergo a psychological evaluation.]]> 2019-01-25 02:49:12 UTC https://padlet.com/mattio_riordan/jfa4lty7grah/wish/324213740 mattio_riordan https://padlet.com/mattio_riordan/jfa4lty7grah/wish/324213846 2019-01-25 02:50:11 UTC https://padlet.com/mattio_riordan/jfa4lty7grah/wish/324213846 mattio_riordan https://padlet.com/mattio_riordan/jfa4lty7grah/wish/324214334 When she wanted a divorce, she was told he would kick her out. She got a tape recorder to get evidence of abuse for divorce lawyers. He was verbally abusing; he insulted her nationality, her appearance, and more.
He eventually found the tape recorder and the evidence and he beat her for it. He pulled her hair and hit her. He demanded an explanation and she didn't give one so he continued to hurt her and raped her then. He specifically kicked her stomach and threw her across a wall at the time.
John denied all of this.]]> 2019-01-25 02:54:54 UTC https://padlet.com/mattio_riordan/jfa4lty7grah/wish/324214334 mattio_riordan https://padlet.com/mattio_riordan/jfa4lty7grah/wish/324217544 John Bobbitt was tried for marital sexual assault and aquitted, both crimes have a maximum sentence of 20 years. Neither of them served jail time.]]> 2019-01-25 03:18:48 UTC https://padlet.com/mattio_riordan/jfa4lty7grah/wish/324217544 mattio_riordan https://padlet.com/mattio_riordan/jfa4lty7grah/wish/324218007 In 1994, he was convicted with misdemeanor domestic battery against his ex-girlfriend. He was charged with battery against his third wife on several occasions.]]> 2019-01-25 03:22:54 UTC https://padlet.com/mattio_riordan/jfa4lty7grah/wish/324218007 mattio_riordan https://padlet.com/mattio_riordan/jfa4lty7grah/wish/324219694 He had extra surgeries to enlarge his penis in 1996, then reduced in 2014, 20 years later.]]> 2019-01-25 03:35:53 UTC https://padlet.com/mattio_riordan/jfa4lty7grah/wish/324219694 mattio_riordan https://padlet.com/mattio_riordan/jfa4lty7grah/wish/324220042 He broke his neck in a car accident in 2014 and has been living on disability ever since. He spends his time looking for a billionaire's buried treasure.]]> 2019-01-25 03:38:36 UTC https://padlet.com/mattio_riordan/jfa4lty7grah/wish/324220042 mattio_riordan https://padlet.com/mattio_riordan/jfa4lty7grah/wish/324220196 Contrary to John, Lorena stayed away from the spotlight. She turned down a million dollar offer to be on the cover of Playboy.]]> 2019-01-25 03:39:47 UTC https://padlet.com/mattio_riordan/jfa4lty7grah/wish/324220196 mattio_riordan https://padlet.com/mattio_riordan/jfa4lty7grah/wish/324220364 After the divorce, she became a citizen and went back to college.]]> 2019-01-25 03:41:01 UTC https://padlet.com/mattio_riordan/jfa4lty7grah/wish/324220364 mattio_riordan https://padlet.com/mattio_riordan/jfa4lty7grah/wish/324220877 2019-01-25 03:45:20 UTC https://padlet.com/mattio_riordan/jfa4lty7grah/wish/324220877 mattio_riordan https://padlet.com/mattio_riordan/jfa4lty7grah/wish/324221026 2019-01-25 03:46:35 UTC https://padlet.com/mattio_riordan/jfa4lty7grah/wish/324221026 mattio_riordan https://padlet.com/mattio_riordan/jfa4lty7grah/wish/324221602 2019-01-25 03:52:05 UTC https://padlet.com/mattio_riordan/jfa4lty7grah/wish/324221602 mattio_riordan https://padlet.com/mattio_riordan/jfa4lty7grah/wish/324221711 https://www.nytimes.com/1994/01/22/us/lorena-bobbitt-acquitted-in-mutilation-of-husband.html

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https://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/20-years-today-lorena-bobbitt-cuts-husband-penis-case-horrified-fascinated-nation-article-1.1379112]]> 2019-01-25 03:53:08 UTC https://padlet.com/mattio_riordan/jfa4lty7grah/wish/324221711 mattio_riordan https://padlet.com/mattio_riordan/jfa4lty7grah/wish/324221900 Domestic violence is a large factor in this crime of passion. Lorena Bobbitt's actions were directly caused by the abuse she had to endure by her ex-husband's hands. She was physically, sexually, and verbally abused continuously throughout her first marriage. ]]> 2019-01-25 03:54:53 UTC https://padlet.com/mattio_riordan/jfa4lty7grah/wish/324221900 mattio_riordan https://padlet.com/mattio_riordan/jfa4lty7grah/wish/324222278 2019-01-25 03:57:33 UTC https://padlet.com/mattio_riordan/jfa4lty7grah/wish/324222278 mattio_riordan https://padlet.com/mattio_riordan/jfa4lty7grah/wish/324222352 2019-01-25 03:58:14 UTC https://padlet.com/mattio_riordan/jfa4lty7grah/wish/324222352 mattio_riordan https://padlet.com/mattio_riordan/jfa4lty7grah/wish/324222493 2019-01-25 03:59:07 UTC https://padlet.com/mattio_riordan/jfa4lty7grah/wish/324222493 mattio_riordan https://padlet.com/mattio_riordan/jfa4lty7grah/wish/324222685 2019-01-25 04:00:27 UTC https://padlet.com/mattio_riordan/jfa4lty7grah/wish/324222685 mattio_riordan https://padlet.com/mattio_riordan/jfa4lty7grah/wish/324222871 2019-01-25 04:01:45 UTC https://padlet.com/mattio_riordan/jfa4lty7grah/wish/324222871 mattio_riordan https://padlet.com/mattio_riordan/jfa4lty7grah/wish/324223784 John Bobbitt is an ex-marine, conservative, American. He got married to Lorena in 1989.]]> 2019-01-25 04:05:24 UTC https://padlet.com/mattio_riordan/jfa4lty7grah/wish/324223784 mattio_riordan https://padlet.com/mattio_riordan/jfa4lty7grah/wish/324260081 https://img.wennermedia.com/480-width/17690907d297dd037ee709ac72e1f96e83a15042.jpg

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