Lorena Bobbitt gives interview 15 years later

Lorena Bobbitt is talking to the press 15 years after she made headlines for cutting off her husband's penis and throwing it into a field. Lorena claimed her then-husband, John Wayne Bobbitt, raped her that night before she went into the kitchen to get a drink of water, spotting the knife and returning to cut off his manhood while he was sleeping. She says he was emotionally and physically abusive to her throughout their four year marriage and forced her to have an abortion against her will. Lorena was found not guilty of the malicious wounding charge due to temporary insanity and was ordered to spend 45 days in a mental health facility for evaluation.

John Wayne Bobbitt was acquitted of a spousal rape charge related to that incident. He went on to star in a couple of adult films, John Wayne Bobbitt: Uncut, and Frankenpenis, using his reattached member and attempting to cash in on the notoriety of his case. He had plenty of future problems with the law, including separate convictions for domestic abuse involving both an ex-fiance and his third wife and for stealing $140,000 worth of clothing from a Nevada store. [Details from Wikipedia]


In contrast to her ex-husband, Lorena Bobbitt has stayed out of the spotlight. She's been working as a real estate broker and now that the market is having so many problems she's decided to switch fields and will soon earn her hairdresser's license.

39 year-old Lorena has a fiance who she's been with for 14 years and a two and a half year-old daughter. She says "My self esteem is a lot better than it was years ago. I grew alot. I learned to cope with this. I have to make a choice."

Says ex is "wrong" for trying to make money off a tragedy
She says it bothers her that her ex John Wayne did so many TV appearances and starred in adult films and "that kind of did bother me that he was going out and try to make money off a tragedy. That was a tragedy.. if he doesn't consider it a tragedy then he's wrong." She says he needs help and continues to abuse women.

Lorena has a foundation called "Lorena's red wagon" that aims to prevents domestic abuse. She advises women "don't ever take the law into your own hands."

John Wayne Bobbit is shown below at a 2004 domestic disturbance trial in Nevada.