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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, EP11 "The Downstairs Neighbor"
Lorena Bobbitt's defense was calling a number of witnesses to give quick testimonies about the different fights between the defendant and her husband, John. Her lawyers claimed she was sexually assault for 45-minutes straight by her husband, John before she went to the kitchen, got a knife and attacked him in a heat of passion. On the stand was a neighbor of the Bobbitt's who claimed to have heard a woman screaming for about forty minutes during the night in question.
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.
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, 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, EP10 "Witnesses To The Rocky Marriage"
Weeks before the Lorena Bobbitt trial, prosecutors had a separate trial to try to convict John Bobbitt of sexually assaulting his wife. But in Lorena's case, he was being painted as the victim, as she was accused of severing his penis and throwing it out the car window. Jurors listened to a rapid fire of witnesses on the stand who each testified about different incidents between John and Lorena. These witnesses included: neighbors, friends, and police officers.
S1, EP9 "Dirty Laundry"
The Defense's case was to expose all the dirty laundry when it came to John Bobbitt's sex life. Witnesses they called to the stand accused him of not only enjoying rough sex, but they said he liked causing pain and hearing the women yell for help. Lorena's friends and co-workers claimed as a husband John was jealous, controlling, and violent. Testimony had been emotional and graphic at times during this trial as witnesses talked about the Bobbitt's' sex life.
S1, EP8 "Rough Sex"
John Bobbitt was defending himself on the stand, as his wife stood trial for cutting off his penis. He denied repeatedly that he beat Lorena, and instead, he claimed it was Lorena who was violent with him over the years. The jury then learned from witnesses who claimed that John enjoyed rough sex and hurting his partners. What would the jury make of that, since his wife, Lorena, claimed he sexually assaulted her.
S1, EP7 "John Bobbitt's Side Of The Story"
During the Defense's case, John Bobbitt returned to the stand in his wife's trial. He explained the fights they had during their rocky 4-year marriage. It was just 5 days after their anniversary that Lorena cut off his penis with a kitchen knife. Her defense tried to discredit her husband in the eyes of the jury during her trial. On the stand, they grilled John with questions about physical and verbal fights the couple had during their marriage.
