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How They Met And Married
- Lorena Bobbitt met John Wayne Bobbitt near the Quantico Marine base and married him at age 20 to stay in the U.S.
- Their marriage was tumultuous from the start with financial strain and separation periods.
Legal Gaps Shaped The Case
- Virginia law then prevented charging marital rape if spouses lived together without physical injury, complicating Lorena's case.
- The episode reframes the incident as part of a pattern of coercive consent across the marriage, not just one night.
The Night Of The Mutilation
- Lorena says she grabbed a kitchen knife after an alleged assault and cut off John's penis, then drove away holding it.
- She later handed it to her boss who stored it in a 7-Eleven Big Bite container on ice before police retrieval.