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- Birth nameLorena Gallo
- Lorena Bobbitt was born in 1970 in Quito, Ecuador. She is an actress, known for I Was Lorena Bobbitt (2020), Lorena (2019) and Entertainment Tonight (1981). She was previously married to John Wayne Bobbitt.
- SpouseJohn Wayne Bobbitt(June 18, 1989 - 1995) (divorced)
- Is famous for maiming then-husband John Wayne Bobbitt's penis after years of alleged domestic violence and assault. When she drove away from their home within minutes after committing the act, she threw his penis and the knife with which she used to cut it to the curb. She was later tried for the crime and was found not guilty by reason by insanity. John Wayne Bobbitt was cleared of the domestic violence and battery charges.
- Was mentioned indirectly (though not by name) in Fight Club (1999) by Tyler Durden. See quotes for that film.
- Was committed to an insane asylum after a well publicized trial where she was accused of cutting off her husband's penis.
- [Interview with The Early Show (1999), February, 2009]: All of a sudden, my private life is out in the open and it's an open book and a lot of people know my history. Sometimes I couldn't even go to the grocery store to buy food because I would be recognized.
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