PASSION: The Truth Behind the Tabloids: The Lorena Bobbitt Case

2026-02-24

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Lorena Bobbitt became one of the most infamous women of the 1990s after she severed her husband John Bobbitt’s penis in 1993. But behind the sensational headlines was a harrowing story of domestic violence, marital rape, and a system that repeatedly failed her. Sabrina and Corinne unpack the Lorena Bobbitt case, unpacking the abuse, the trials, and the crime of passion that forever reshaped public conversations about gender-based violence. Content warning: This episode contains discussions of domestic violence, sexual assault, marital rape, and g...

Content warning: This episode contains discussions of domestic violence, sexual assault, marital rape, and graphic injury. Please listen with care.

Show notes:

National Domestic Abuse Hotline
-Call: 1-800-799-SAFE
-Text: START to 88788
-Line for those deaf and hard of hearing: 1-800-787-3224.
-Thehotline.org

Office on Violence Against Women:

-https://www.justice.gov/ovw/resources-for-survivors

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