23. June 1993, going 24-year-old Lorena Bobbitt into his kitchen and finds a knife.
Then she goes into the bedroom where her husband John Wayne Bobbitt sleeps, and cuts off the penis of his.
Cut off her husband’s penis and threw it in the field. So it went with the couple that shocked the united STATES
She sits down as in his car, driving off, and throws the genitals out of the window in a field.
the Case created a pressestorm without equal. Now she tells their story in “Lorena”, a documentary in four parts from Amazon Studios. This sign Variety.
– It is a modern love story: boy meets girl, boy falls in love with girl, boy marries girl, girl cuts off boy’s penis, “says one of those who speak out in the series’ trailer.
self-Defense
the Trial that followed, did the couple from Manassas, Virginia, to the fixed name in the tabloid press.
Lorena Bobbitt claimed stubbornly that she had been insane in gjerningsøyeblikket, and that the action was a response to the rape and abuse she was subjected to by her husband.
Even though she was eventually acquitted,, she experienced that the charges against her husband drowned in the mediestøyen.
the Documentary, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival Saturday, focuses on the atrocities Bobbitt claims to have been exposed to, and addresses criticisms against the press coverage of the case.
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Director Joshua Rofé believes she acted in self-defense.
the World focused only on the reaction to her, not on the terrible things she had experienced. The way I see it, she campaigned for its life, ” he says to Variety.
the documentary series is produced by the “Get Out”-director Jordan Peele.
When we hear the name Bobbitt, we think of one of the most sensational mediesakene ever. With this project Lorena a platform where she can tell her side of the story, and where we can start a critical discussion about the kjønnsdynamikk, abuse, and her claims about justice, ” he says to the Cosmopolitan.
Believe the men must on the track
Bobbitt tells frank about how pleasantly surprised she was to see men engage in the case before her.
– To see men talk about these issues was a wake-up call for me. It means a lot that the men engaging in women’s affairs. It was essential that I was with on the project. Should we reach equality between the sexes, we must involve the men as well, says she to the Variety.
She says her main role in the documentary is to tell their story openly and authentically.
– How can I draw attention to domestic violence and sexual assault.
– Used as a joke
“Lorena” appears new interviews and old TV-recording side-by-side. Bobbitt does not hide that it was difficult to go through the old presseklippene again.
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throughout the documentary, there was a lot of that “triggered” me, ” she says of the Variety.
But the most important thing for me was to direct the spotlight towards the epidemic of violence in close relationships. And not only create awareness, but also change the lives of victims of violence and abuse. It is my duty as a woman to tell this story.
Bobbitt says the way the press handled the case in 1993 was a great strain for her.
– They used me as a joke, ” she says.
She experienced little interest in the realities of her own situation.
– instead of having a serious conversation about violence and abuse, was all about John’s organ.
porn star
John Wayne Bobbitt, on his side, used medieoppmerksomheten in a completely different way.
In 1994 and 1996, he showed up the appliqué penis in the pornofilmene “John Wayne Bobbitt: Uncut” and “Frankenpenis”.
Even if the penis according to John was “next to normal”, took his career never completely.
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despite motanmeldelser, John Wayne Bobbitt never convicted for the violence and the atrocities he allegedly exposed Lorena.
In 1994, however, he was sentenced to 15 days in prison for having exercised violence against his then-girlfriend, 21-year-old Kristina Elliott. This reports the New York Times.
the 51-year-old has since since remarried and divorced several times, according to Rolling Stone.
Lorena Bobbitt believes society has reached a turning point for victims of violence in relationships.
– Metoo-the movement has created greater awareness, and reduced stigmaet for the victims. I applaud the efforts of this movement have laid down to direct the spotlight toward sexual harassment and victims of abuse.
“Lorena” will be available on the strømmetjenesten Amazon Prime.
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