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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.
S1, EP16 "The Violent And Abusive Marriage"
Jurors heard what life was like in the Bobbitt home, at least according to the defendant. Lorena Bobbitt took the stand to defend herself from the claim that she intentionally and maliciously chopped off her husband John's penis after allegedly being raped by him. According to her, John was a cheater, a rapist and an abuser. They separated twice - he left her. But they would eventually reunite.
S1, EP17 "Violence, Abortion And Rape"
The second day of Lorena Bobbitt's testimony on the stand continued. She already told jurors that her immigration status as a green card holder was in jeopardy when she and John separated just two years into their marriage. Domestic violence, a forced abortion, and rape was what Lorena claimed went on during her marriage to John. On the stand, she got descriptive for jurors about their private life.
S1, EP18 "The Day Of The Attack"
Lorena Bobbitt emotionally recalled her version of the night she cut off her husband's penis. She claimed things started with a vicious rape and then it ended with her with a knife mutilating John. On the stand she told jurors that she couldn't breathe and even felt like her vagina was ripping out of her. Sobbing during her testimony she recalled throwing the severed penis out of her car window and discarding the knife in a trash can outside of her place of employment.
S1, EP19 "Facing Cross Examination"
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.
S1, EP15 "Marital Abuse"
Jurors heard directly from the defendant about the abuse she said John Bobbitt leveled against her in the early part of their relationship. Lorena claimed that included punches, shoves, slaps and things got worse. The claims of domestic abuse against John came straight from Lorena herself. She was on the stand testifying during her own trial as to how much she allegedly endured in the months leading up to the attack on her husband.
S1, EP14 "Defendant Defends Herself"
Lorena Bobbitt took the stand in her own defense as she stood trial for mutilating her husband, John. After hearing from nearly a dozen people in her social circle, the jury would now hear her side of the story about what happened that night. She was trying to convince the jury in her trial that she did not understand the nature of her actions the night she attacked John, her husband. She had cut off his penis and was pleading not guilty by reason of insanity.
S1, EP13 "Clients, Neighbors And Friends"
Jurors listened to testimony from two of Lorena Bobbitt's clients from the salon where she worked as a manicurist. They testified how sad, depressed, and distressed she seemed at work. Her defense claimed this was the result of her rocky marriage. Lorena's social circle who testified told the jury what she was going through during her turbulent marriage to John and how it negative impacted her.
S1, EP12 "Lead Detective Recalled"
He often has sex while sleeping and can't remember. That's what John Bobbitt told the lead detective when he was questioned the day after his wife, Lorena, cut off his penis. Her lawyers wanted to discredit what John had said. Detective Peter Weintz was recalled by the defense to go over exactly what and how she told her side of the story. Her remembered Lorena telling him all about her sex life with her husband.
