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Lorena Bobbitt answered questions under cross-examination. Prosecutors alleged that she intentionally severed her husband John's penis out of frustration with their sex life and the possibility of a divorce. The state tried to discredit Lorena as she testified in her own trial. Prosecutors spent time trying to portray the defendant - not as a gullible, innocent, domestic violence victim. But instead as someone who played a part in the couple's constant physical confrontations.
Lorena Bobbitt answered questions under cross-examination. Prosecutors alleged that she intentionally severed her husband John's penis out of frustration with their sex life and the possibility of a divorce. The state tried to discredit Lorena as she testified in her own trial. Prosecutors spent time trying to portray the defendant - not as a gullible, innocent, domestic violence victim. But instead as someone who played a part in the couple's constant physical confrontations.
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S1, EP26 "Diagnosis Of Mental Disorders"Jurors listened to the forensic psychiatrist who evaluated the defendant after the incident. Dr. Susan Feister recalled how Lorena couldn't remember and did not have the capacity of right and wrong at the time of the knife attack. She concluded that not only was Lorena a battered wife but had suicidal thoughts. Her diagnosis of the defendant included: major depressive disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder and panic disorder.
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S1, EP27 "She Became Psychotic"The jury heard all about the mental health issues Lorena Bobbitt was going through up until the time she sliced off her husband John's penis. The forensic psychiatrist Dr. Susan Feister, who evaluated her, testified that it all stemmed from years of physical and emotional abuse she endured during her marriage to John. This mental health doctor claimed Lorena became psychotic when she mutilated her husband.
The Lorena Bobbitt Trial
S1, EP28 "The Brief Psychotic Break"The forensic psychiatrist on the stand claimed she suffered acute psychosis when she cut of the genitalia of her husband, John, while he was sleeping. Dr. Susan Feister went on to say that Lorena felt so trapped in her marriage that out of desperation she attacked the weapon of her torture - her husband's penis. Dr. Feister faced a probing cross-examination. The state wanted to challenge this expert's detail mental health diagnosis of the defendant.
The Lorena Bobbitt Trial
S1, EP29 "Acute Psychosis"In her trial, prosecution continued to challenge the mental health evaluation of Lorena Bobbitt. Dr. Susan Feister claimed Lorena's serious mental disorders led to a psychotic break when she attacked her husband, John. The state challenged the degree to which Lorena fell to acute psychosis when she attacked her husband with a kitchen knife. How long was this lapse in judgment and morality? How long was this temporary insanity? The jury would answer those questions later in their deliberations.
The Lorena Bobbitt Trial
S1, EP25 "A Battered Wife"Poor self-esteem, severe depression, and self-isolation was Lorena Bobbitt's behavior during her marriage with John. Common symptoms of battered woman's syndrome according to the forensic psychiatrist who performed a full mental health evaluation on Lorena after she maimed her husband. Dr. Susan Feister even elaborated that Lorena suffered severe depression as a result in her failing marriage.
The Lorena Bobbitt Trial
S1, EP24 "Dr. Susan Feister"Expert testimony went deep into her mental wellbeing. Lorena Bobbitt's defense hired a forensic psychiatrist to evaluate her on four separate occasions after her attack on her husband, John. Dr. Susan Feister broke down her full mental health evaluation concluding that she was a battered woman in her troubled marriage to John over the years. It came after years of John allegedly taunting, teasing, manipulating, and physically abusing her.
The Lorena Bobbitt Trial
S1, EP23 "More Friends And Clients"With the help of a translator, a family friend of Lorena Bobbitt answered questions under cross-examination. She testified to the times she witnessed John openly ridicule her appearance in a degrading way. Next to the stand was the woman who had a nail appointment with Lorena. Just days before she cut off her husband John's genitalia and threw it out of a car window, she showed up at her salon as a manicurist physically and emotionally disheveled.
The Lorena Bobbitt Trial
S1, EP22 "Bruises & Tears"The Defense continued to bring in more friends and clients of hers who spoke about what she allegedly went through while married to John. It included testimony verbal abuse and physical abuse. One of them on the stand recalled how Lorena was crying all the time and had bruises all over her body. The state alleged Lorena attacked her allegedly abusive husband because he wanted to divorce her.
