I cringe everytime I read one of these stories and think about what Lorena Bobbitt has wrought. A local woman was arrested and charged with mayhem after she called police and admitted what she had done. What did she do you ask? Well, her husband filed for divorce in May which apparently did not sit well with Catherine Becker so she invited her husband over for dinner, drugged his food, cut off his penis and threw it into the garbage disposal. Owwwwwww. Yeah, I am going to need a minute.
Yeah, I am going to need another minute. Hang on. When paramedics arrived they found the man bleeding profusely. Umm, really? He just had an organ severed and there was bleeding? They did manage to retrieve his penis from the garbage disposal and I guess were working on trying to reattach it. Really? The guy is expected to survive. Catherine is currently being held on $1M bail and faces life in prison if convicted.
Why was she charged with mayhem rather than assault?
ReplyDeleteMust be a New Zealand thing, Treesap ;)
ReplyDeleteI'm guessing cheating was an issue?
I know a paramedic who answered a call like this. The patient was schizophrenic and cut his own off (and tried to flush it, but they found it floating in the toilet). Needless to say, the area is very vascular, and bleeding out is a very real risk here.
ReplyDeleteThe garbage disposal detail here makes this one especially cringe-worthy.
Didn't Lorena Bobbitt throw John's in a field or something?
Uhhh...good call filing for divorce, dude. I imagine there were PLENTY of red flags before this incident occurred.
ReplyDeleteAt least Lorena Bobbit had a good reason for her uh, lapse of judgment in that she was the victim of domestic abuse and spousal rape. I don't care if you attack your wife, your daughter, your neighbor, or your basset hound: if you're a rapist, you don't deserve to keep your penis. I'll always feel pretty bad for Lorena, but this Becker chick is just batshit cray-cray.
@Ida - Yeah, call me sadistic but I always gave Lorena a pass because of her history as a domestic violence/rape victim.
ReplyDeleteThis woman was clearly not taking any chances that her husband overcome the cut to join a band called "The Severed Parts" or star in porn.
She's lucky he didn't bleed out. Ow.
ReplyDeleteI bet there is more to this story than meets the eye. I am sure the wife has a pretty good story to tell about what went on in their marriage. Not excusing what she did at all, but the truth will come out. I bet the victim is no saint here.
ReplyDelete...and this is why I will NEVER get married...
ReplyDeletewhy do they cut off the penis? why not the balls? i think there are a lot of men in the world that should be eunuchs.
ReplyDeletejoking aside, that is really disgusting. the woman is beyond psycho.
RocketQueen, did this happen in New Zealand? Because now all I can picture is that shrew stripper from PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT screaming "I'm your wife!!!"
ReplyDelete@ Kid Sis - yep :)
ReplyDeleteWhy cut it off at all? If he wanted a divorce it was his mind and emotions that came to that conclusion - not his penis. Same with John Bobbitt. He was a deranged sicko jerk - but that was because of emotional and psychological issues. Why is everyone assuming this victim is a - pardon the pun - dick? If a woman is crazy enough to do this, then she must have been showing signs of instability for a while.
ReplyDeleteLorena snapped - this woman was calculating and planned the whole scenario out in advance. And it doesn't sound like there was any evidence of abuse in this case. I hope she gets life in prison. But she won't. She'll be out in 2 years.
On a snarkier note - at least the garbage disposal wasn't turned on.
@Kathryn - Should a man be a little suspicious next time you invite one over for dinner? ;)
ReplyDeleteOh good god..I'm so glad I didn't have a chance to eat before I read this...
ReplyDeleteYou can ruin your ex's life in other, non mutilating, ways.
ReplyDeleteI hate to ask this, but what is John Wayne Bobbitt up to these days? No pun intended.
ReplyDelete@ Sue Ellen, yep you can and I did! ; )
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ReplyDeleteAny woman who has any sense about her goes this route and, honestly, it's more fun to watch them squirm.
@brendalove - This was the latest thing I could find on both of them.
ReplyDeleteDoes anyone remember the SNL skit about them? Rosie O'Donnell was Lorena....
this woman will be a hero in the woman's prison....
ReplyDeleteI wonder if this woman ever watched Hard Candy? That movie seems like the blueprint for this real-life incident.
ReplyDeleteEverytime I see this picture, I think it is Lucy Liu.
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