Flashback: The Lorena Bobbitt Trial

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4.6 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 23 April 2020

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

A quarter of a century ago a young immigrant bride and her Marine veteran husband found themselves in the center of media storm due to a night of domestic violence. She claims he drunkenly raped her. He claims that in an unprovoked rage she took a kitchen knife and sliced off his “manhood.” Their names -- Lorena and John Bobbitt and their story captivated the nation, become fodder for late night comedians, tabloids and cable news talking heads for years as both faced a jury of their peers for their part in the incident. This week’s Vinnie and Seema dig deep into the Court TV archives and take us into the courtroom, discussing the issues of domestic violence as they existed in the mid-1990s and how their story would play out had it happened in today’s “#MeToo” era. For the latest updates, tune into Court TV and catch Vinnie and the entire team live weeknights 8-11pm on Court TV Live.

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0:00.0	The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are simply that opinions all are presumed innocent until proven otherwise in a court of law sensitive topics are discussed. Discretion is advised.
0:14.0	A 24-year-old woman is home alone in bed.
0:18.0	A man enters the apartment.
0:19.8	She says he rips off her clothes and brutally rapes her.
0:23.2	That man, her very own husband.
0:26.6	He falls asleep in the bed.
0:28.6	She goes to the kitchen, grabs a 12-inch fillet knife, returns to the bedroom, and slices off his penis.
0:40.0	25 years ago, one trial caught the attention of America and quickly became one of the
0:48.1	most talked about cases ever.
0:50.3	Everything about this case is crazy and bizarre.
0:53.0	This is a court TV podcast special,
0:56.0	The Trial of Lorena Bobbit.
0:59.0	Welcome to the court TV podcast.
1:01.0	I'm Vinny Pollitin, along Sima Ier who is seated with me and
1:05.0	Sima you ready to do something a little different a little special I think it's special I
1:09.3	think it's different we're cool yeah and I think it's an opportunity for us to kind of go into the court TV vaults and reminisce and take a look at a case that people will never ever forget.
1:21.0	Vinnie, it's been 25 years since the crime that forever put terror into the hearts and
1:28.6	bodies of men everywhere.
1:30.6	Oh, absolutely. Myself included.
1:33.0	And I think a lot of people think they kind of know what this story is about.
1:38.4	Sure, me too.
1:39.7	But I don't think they really know the whole procedural history in terms of what happened
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