John Wayne Bobbitt

A Virginia man whose penis was amputated by his wife, then reattached in a 9-hr operation

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Executive produced by Jordan Peele, 'Lorena' explores the 1993 case that dominated US headlines: Gallo, a 24-year-old Ecuadorian immigrant, cut off her husband John Wayne Bobbitt's penis with a knife and tossed it in a field in Manassas, Virginia, before calling 911.

'Lorena' looks at the dark side of domestic abuse

Then at the height of his influence, Howard Stern raised money for John Wayne Bobbitt's medical bills with a New Year's Eve telethon and once suggested that Lorena couldn't have been raped by her husband because "she's not that great-looking.

A cultural mea culpa

John Wayne Bobbitt had a history of assaulting his wife.

The week that was; The credit crunch began, and a wife cut off her husband's penis

What John Wayne Bobbitt's wife Lorena did to him as he slept in their marital bed has made their names go down in history.

The chop One wife's fury; PASSION; Shakespeare called jealousy the green-eyed monster and many monstrous acts have been committed against victims by loved ones whipped into a rage or driven by passion

The injured man - quickly dubbed The Boro Bobbitt after American John Wayne Bobbitt, whose wife chopped off part of his manhood - was from a travellers' site close to the A66.

Cops in hunt for severed penis after horror attack; Badly injured man is found on busy dual carriageway

In the United States, John Wayne Bobbitt became an international celebrity in June 1993 after his wife, Lorena, sliced his penis off.

Jealous woman castrates husband

John Wayne Bobbitt became an adult star, got married twice and was arrested many times for assaulting women before changing his ways and becoming a regular churchgoer, the Sun reported.

John Wayne Bobbitt became a pornstar after wife cut his penis

Her discussion ranges from Beverly Hills 90210 to Melrose Place to Murphy Brown; to 1990s Riot Grrrl bands; to the "national bout of castration anxiety" over the maiming of John Wayne Bobbitt by his abused wife, Lorena; to the ambiguous sexuality of Attorney General Janet Reno; to those "warrior women in thongs," Zena Warrior Princess and Buffy the Vampire Slayer; and to the surge of "new girliness" in films such as Clueless, Bridget Jones's Diary, Miss Congeniality, and Legally Blonde.

Murphy Brown feminism

IN 1993 one brutal act guaranteed John Wayne Bobbitt a notoriety he can never shake off.

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I must admit my mind set on managing a team this time last month was one of sheer disregard to the point I would have rather have had the John Wayne Bobbitt treatment than park my backside on the Glebe Park hot seat.

John Hillcoat

* His former commander considered John Wayne Bobbitt "a Marine without peer".

The 11 heterograms of Farthalomew Splib

``Think of John Wayne Bobbitt. You only have to mention his name and everybody remembers that he was the man whose wife wife nipped him in the bud, to use a euphemism.