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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, EP41 "Anger Not Insanity"
According to her mental health evaluation, Lorena Bobbitt was getting ready to leave her marriage to John. That was just days before she attacked her husband. So, why did she attack him? That'll be a question for jurors ahead in their deliberations. Cross-examination began on the third court-appointed mental health doctor who evaluated her. Dr. Evan Nelson was also the third expert to dismiss the idea that Lorena suffered from temporary insanity when she attacked her husband and mutilated him.
S1, EP42 "Closing Arguments"
Closing arguments began for the jury. Soon they would decide Lorena Bobbitt's culpability when she sliced off her husband John's penis and then got rid of the severed organ in the neighborhood - forcing police to find and retrieve it. The prosecutor began by addressing the international media attention this case garnered and the notoriety of the defendant's unthinkable act in sexually maiming her husband.
S1, EP43 "Heat Of Passion"
In their final remarks to the jury, the prosecution team went over their timeline of events that led up to the moment John's penis was chopped off while he was sleeping. The State alleged Lorena Bobbitt was acting rationally when she chose to retrieve a kitchen knife and aimed for her husband's genitalia. Next, it was Lorena Bobbitt's team to address jurors. Her lead attorney stressed to the jury the mental and emotional trauma she endured up until the point of the attack.
S1, EP44 "Who's The Real Victim?"
Jurors listened to a fiery closing arguments from Lorena Bobbitt's attorney. He told them that she was a good girl from another country who got trapped in an abusive marriage to John. He dismissed any idea that she acted rationally and with a plan when she attacked her husband that day. Next, the State gave its rebuttal to the jury. The lead prosecutor began by calling this case bizarre before claiming there was mutual conflict between John and Lorena over the years.
S1, EP40 "A Third Medical Opinion"
The third licensed psychologist working at the same psychiatry hospital in Virginia took the stand. Prosecutors wanted to convince the jury that Lorena Bobbitt was fully aware and knew right from wrong when she chose to chop off her husband John's genitalia and throw it away. Dr. Evan Nelson read through his report and noted for the jury the conduct of his interview with the defendant.
S1, EP39 "The Forensic Psychologists"
More expert testimony from a court-appointed forensic psychologist continued. Lorena Bobbitt's attorney was challenging Dr. Henry Gwaltney's report that concluded she did not suffer temporary insanity when she maimed her husband, John. Next to the stand was the third and final court-appointed mental health doctor who evaluated the defendant-Dr. Evan Nelson.
S1, EP38 "The Capacity For Control"
Jurors were brought back to expert evaluation as to Lorena Bobbitt's state of mind when she mutilated John, her husband. The court-appointed forensic psychologist claimed that Lorena lacked the threshold needed to meet the criteria for temporary insanity. During the cross-examination of Dr. Henry Gwaltney, he pointed out how Lorena suffered severe depression and PTSD when she attacked John, her husband, mutilating him. But he disagreed that a psychotic break was the reason for the maiming.
S1, EP37 "The Court-Appointed Evaluation"
Jurors heard a different mental health evaluation of Lorena Bobbitt. It came from a court-appointed forensic psychologist. Dr. Henry Gwaltney concluded after his hours-long evaluation that Lorena did not suffer from acute psychosis or temporary insanity. He also noted that she didn't remember a lot of what happened. Dr. Gwaltney confirmed that he interviewed the defendant for two intensive days.
