Lorena Bobbitt, who cut off husband's penis in 1993, tells her story in documentary


  • World
  • Thursday, 21 Mar 2019

Twenty-five years on, Lorena Bobbitt now goes by her maiden name Gallo. She tells her side of the story in Lorena, a four-part documentary on Amazon.PHOTO: AFP.

LOS ANGELES (AFP): Mention the name Lorena Bobbitt and the reactions are all too predictable: the knowing snigger, the grimace that indicates pain combined with a protective gesture over the crotch area.

Less frequently do people talk of the sensational case in terms of the domestic violence that led her to cut off her husband's penis in 1993.

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