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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Thu Apr 18, 2013, 11:06 AM Apr 2013

California Man Describes Night Wife Cut off Penis

SANTA ANA, California April 17, 2013 (AP)

The estranged husband of a woman charged with severing his penis said it was as though his life ended the evening of the attack.

"She murdered me that night," the man said Wednesday on the first day of the trial of Catherine Kieu, 50.

Orange County Deputy District Attorney John Christl said in his opening statement that Kieu, angry because her husband was dating a former girlfriend, laced his food with sleeping pills on July 11, 2011, then tied him to a bed, severed his penis and put it in the garbage disposal.

"I will never have a sex life again," said the husband, who had surgery that allows him to urinate. The penis could not be reattached. "My mental state is improving, but it may never be what it was before," he said.

Full article:
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/calif-woman-trial-severed-penis-case-18981210#.UXALSLWThZ8

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California Man Describes Night Wife Cut off Penis (Original Post) DonViejo Apr 2013 OP
That is fucked up. That is a pretty intense violation. nt ZombieHorde Apr 2013 #1
It most certainly is n/t OhioChick Apr 2013 #2
What a horrible, horrible story Marrah_G Apr 2013 #3
She took fighting the patriarchy to a whole new level snooper2 Apr 2013 #4
is that what feminism feels like to you? your penis being cut off? do tell wtf you mean by this. seabeyond Apr 2013 #5
your snark meter is turned off snooper2 Apr 2013 #7
He was just joking,Sea. Where's your sufrommich Apr 2013 #11
wow...please elaborate Supersedeas Apr 2013 #6
okay snooper2 Apr 2013 #10
convict her swiftly and sentence her to the max cali Apr 2013 #8
her defense marions ghost Apr 2013 #9
The video at this link marions ghost Apr 2013 #12
I hope she gets convicted. HappyMe Apr 2013 #13
 

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)
5. is that what feminism feels like to you? your penis being cut off? do tell wtf you mean by this.
Thu Apr 18, 2013, 11:39 AM
Apr 2013

disturbing to say the least. insensitive at best.

 

snooper2

(30,151 posts)
7. your snark meter is turned off
Thu Apr 18, 2013, 11:43 AM
Apr 2013

I'm not driving all the way out to where you are on this rainy day to reset it again

You'll have to hit a neighbor up-

marions ghost

(19,841 posts)
9. her defense
Thu Apr 18, 2013, 11:47 AM
Apr 2013

In his opening statement, Deputy Public Defender Frank Bittar told jurors that Kieu's traumatic childhood in war-torn Vietnam caused mental illness that should prevent her from conviction on the charges of aggravated mayhem and torture.

Bittar said Kieu met the victim at a gym, and after they married he subjected her to sexual and verbal abuse, and filed for divorce while they continued to live together in his Garden Grove home.

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She was messed up -- psych defense

marions ghost

(19,841 posts)
12. The video at this link
Thu Apr 18, 2013, 11:55 AM
Apr 2013

--actually has an Interview with Lorena Gallo (ex Bobbitt) as she is today, remarried and a mom. She says that John Bobbitt agrees with her now that he was a bad husband....

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