Posted on 07/21/2005 10:23:53 AM PDT by Rodney King
The trial began Wednesday for a woman accused of slicing off her estranged boyfriend's penis. Delmy Margoth Ruiz said she attacked her ex-boyfriend because he had been unfaithful and had physically abused her.
Rene Aramando Nunez, 34, took the stand to explain to jurors how his longtime girlfriend, Ruiz, 49, mutilated him.
Ruiz, a Salvadoran immigrant, was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after police said she cut off 80 percent of Nunez's penis with a kitchen knife on Oct. 29, 2004, as he slept at a northeast Houston home he co-owned with Ruiz.
If convicted, Ruiz could be sentenced up to 20 years in jail.
Nunez, the prosecution's second witness, told the jury through a court translator that he was not awake when his penis was cut off.
He said he and Ruiz lived together in a house they co-owned until she accused him of assault in 2003.
Nunez admitted that he had pleaded guilty to assaulting Ruiz, but said he had only grabbed her arm to protect himself after she threw a telephone at him. He said he never hit her. He was placed under a restraining order.
Nunez testified that he went to the house after work to deliver papers to transfer his stake in the house to Ruiz. He said he fell asleep on her bed while she was making coffee. He testified that he awoke to a burning sensation in his crotch and then passed out. When he came to later in the hospital, he learned his penis had been severed.
Under cross-examination, Ruiz's attorney accused Nunez of raping his client that morning. Nunez denied it and said he had never been violent with Ruiz in the four years they had known each other.
Ruiz's sister took the stand Wednesday afternoon. She testified that she heard Nunez crying that morning and found him doubled-up on the bed with a bloody towel covering his groin.
Prosecutors plan to present 10 witnesses. The case could go to the jury as early as Thursday.
The couple lived together in the United States for about four years, but is not believed to be legally married. Detectives said Ruiz was still married to another man in her homeland of El Salvador in November 2004.
Nunez has had two skin grafts and faces more reconstructive surgery to replace his penis.
....wimper.... .. .. ... cringe . . . .. .. I need to go away from the computer for a while ...... .. . ... SIGH!
*chuckle*
I was only worried about women who handled knives if I was slightly sleepy.
;-)
If the prosecution proves it's case and this crunt is convicted, I believe the perfect punishment would be to deport her to some friendly Islamic country where I'm sure the local city fathers would be happy to perform a ritual circumcision on Ms. Ruiz, so that she might conform to their highly stringent, religious standards.
Brutal?
You bet, but so was what she did to Mr. Nunez.
Let the punishment fit the crime.
Feh, 80%.
80% of what is the question. I guess is new nickname is "Stubby".
Not that I'm eager in the least to be proven right or wrong on this, but it seems to me that, as painful as this sounds, there must be some sort of nerve down there that does not make it this painful. Both this guy and Bobbit apparently only woke up to find it missing. Y'would think that you'd wake up at some point, well, in the process.
If anyone has information on the nerve or why either of them slept through, I'm really not sure you need to reply to my post. I've done about as much thinking on this subject as I can stand.
Reminds me of the Bobbitt joke:
Two blonde "working girls" were driving home early one morning when Lorena Bobbitt approached them in a speeding car going the opposite way. As the cars passed Bobbitt threw out her husband's member and it bounced off the windshield of the "working girls'" car.
One girl turned to the other and said, "did you see the size of the d__k on that bug!"
He'll never have to worry about performance anxiety again. ;-)
Ya think?
Time to shop for a new girlfriend. Maybe a less-firey one? Yowee!!
Yeah, true, but now he can sing led for King Missile. http://music.yahoo.com/ar-253946-videos--King-Missile (first video on list)
I think I'm going to have to wait until later to watch/listen to that. :-)
This is another one for the gals!
Gee Dasher, this guy has nothing that would interest me...anymore. ;)
LOL!
Well, I don't want it now, either!
Let me get this straight -- They were cohabitants in a house they co-owned.... she was a bigamist, and apparently both were illegals????
If this man hit her, fine...she could have him arrested, hit him back, or even just blow his $hit away if he pushed too hard.
He was unfaithful? Kick his butt out!
Mutilating him for life and costing the taxpayer thousands for reconstructive surgery????
THIS chick should be walled up into a prison cell or left on a deserted island to live like the animal she is!
Better yet, deport HER a la the "Lord of the Rings" ~Release the prisoners~ scene. :)
Oh...when he gets better, deport his butt, too!
Well, no. . . .
It's a video for a song called Detachable Penis by King Missile. It's rather humorous.
I would kind of take that as a given.
I looked--after I spoke. Boy, is that typical of me!
:-o
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