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Jun 2023
13m 37s

Bobbitt

The Retrospectors
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Lorena Bobbitt cut off her husband John Wayne Bobbitt’s penis with a kitchen knife while he was asleep in their apartment in Manassas, Virginia on 23rd June, 1993. After a nine-hour surgery, Bobbitt’s penis was successfully reattached - and the case became an international news sensation. The 24 year-old manicurist was charged with malicious wounding and fac ... Show More
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