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John Bobbitt and Lorena Gallo Meet 16 years After She Cut Off Penis
London Times ^ | May 04th 2009

Posted on 05/04/2009 5:24:51 PM PDT by Steelfish

May 5, 2009

John Bobbitt and Lorena Gallo meet 16 years after she cut off penis

James Bone in New York

John Wayne Bobbitt still harbours tender feelings for the wife who made him a household name by maiming him in a fit of rage.

The Bobbitts, who divorced after the infamous genital mutilation on June 23, 1993, held their first reunion in 16 years on an episode of the US tabloid TV show Insider last night.

“He keeps on leaving me messages or sending me Valentine’s cards or flowers, roses,” Lorena, who has reverted to her maiden name of Gallo, told the audience. “Maybe he thinks that we’re still married.”

Lorena sliced off more than half of her husband’s penis as he slept after he returned home drunk from a night on the town and allegedly raped her. She left the house with the severed object and threw it out of the car window into a field — where it was found and surgically reattached.

He was acquitted of spousal rape; she was found not guilty of malicious wounding by reason of temporary insanity. Reunited on-air, the couple argued over what went wrong in their six-year marriage. “John, you did a lot of things to me that were very painful,” Mrs Bobbitt said, claiming he had forced her to have an abortion.

“I didn’t really understand how sensitive you are,” Mr Bobbitt replied. “You take things really seriously.”

(Excerpt) Read more at timesonline.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Society
KEYWORDS: bobbitt; domesticviolence; lovehurts
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1 posted on 05/04/2009 5:24:52 PM PDT by Steelfish
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To: Steelfish

What was it Twain said about getting married again?

“The triumph of hope over experience”...


2 posted on 05/04/2009 5:30:03 PM PDT by null and void (We are now in day 105 of our national holiday from reality.)
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To: Steelfish

Slow learner hall of fame contender.


3 posted on 05/04/2009 5:31:15 PM PDT by Nachoman (Think of life as an adventure you don't survive.)
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To: Steelfish

Slow learner hall of fame contender.


4 posted on 05/04/2009 5:31:28 PM PDT by Nachoman (Think of life as an adventure you don't survive.)
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To: null and void

> “I didn’t really understand how sensitive you are,” Mr Bobbitt replied. “You take things really seriously.”

Now that’s an understatement.


5 posted on 05/04/2009 5:31:39 PM PDT by max americana
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To: Steelfish

Slow learner hall of fame contender.


6 posted on 05/04/2009 5:31:44 PM PDT by Nachoman (Think of life as an adventure you don't survive.)
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To: Steelfish

Slow learner hall of fame contender.


7 posted on 05/04/2009 5:32:00 PM PDT by Nachoman (Think of life as an adventure you don't survive.)
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To: Steelfish
James Bone in New York

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8 posted on 05/04/2009 5:32:00 PM PDT by dragonblustar ("... and if you disagree with me, then you sir, are worse than Hitler!" - Greg Gutfeld)
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To: Steelfish

The reporter is named James Bone??? :^)


9 posted on 05/04/2009 5:32:49 PM PDT by mkmensinger
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To: Steelfish

Thanks a whole lot for reminding me of these idiots (NOT).


10 posted on 05/04/2009 5:34:29 PM PDT by Poser (Typed on my Woot-off $169 Asus Web Book (Linux of course))
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To: Nachoman

Of all the comments to have multiple posts on.


11 posted on 05/04/2009 5:34:45 PM PDT by Nachoman (Think of life as an adventure you don't survive.)
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To: Steelfish

Geez this guy just won’t get this message. I mean some women give really subtle messages...she isn’t one of them. For me at least what she did would be a deal breaker!! LOL


12 posted on 05/04/2009 5:38:22 PM PDT by jakerobins
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To: Nachoman

You mean that wasn’t deliberate?


13 posted on 05/04/2009 5:41:05 PM PDT by null and void (We are now in day 105 of our national holiday from reality.)
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To: Steelfish

I just love these “slice of life” stories.


14 posted on 05/04/2009 5:44:57 PM PDT by andy58-in-nh (You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.)
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To: Steelfish

Ain’t love grand!!


15 posted on 05/04/2009 5:45:30 PM PDT by taillightchaser (!)
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To: Steelfish

>John Wayne Bobbitt still harbours tender feelings for the wife who made him a household name by maiming him in a fit of rage.

Wow - She is an IDIOT if she can’t appreciate the man there. (I was under the impression that womenfolk wanted to be loved and appreciated.)


16 posted on 05/04/2009 5:46:23 PM PDT by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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To: Steelfish

She say’s “John , you did a lot of things to me that were very painful”-———Bwahahahaha

Well getting your crank cut off doesnt exactly send anyone into spasm’s of ecstasy either dingbat.


17 posted on 05/04/2009 5:49:57 PM PDT by Venturer
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“He keeps on leaving me messages or sending me Valentine’s cards or flowers, roses,” Lorena, who has reverted to her maiden name of Gallo, told the audience. “Maybe he thinks that we’re still married.”

I think she probably reverted her last name because no man in his right mind would date Ms. "Bobbit".

18 posted on 05/04/2009 5:51:25 PM PDT by gogogodzilla (Live free or die!)
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To: andy58-in-nh

You’re a real cut-up.


19 posted on 05/04/2009 5:53:28 PM PDT by swain_forkbeard (Rationality may not be sufficient, but it is necessary.)
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To: jakerobins

Yes. I would have severed the relationship immediately.


20 posted on 05/04/2009 5:55:11 PM PDT by swain_forkbeard (Rationality may not be sufficient, but it is necessary.)
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