Is famous for maiming then-husband John Wayne Bobbitt's penis after years of
alleged domestic violence and assault. When she drove away from their
home within minutes after committing the act, she threw his penis and
the knife with which she used to cut it to the curb. She was later
tried for the crime and was found not guilty by reason by insanity. John Wayne Bobbitt
was cleared of the domestic violence and battery charges.
[Interview with The Early Show (1954), February, 2009]: All of a sudden, my private life is out in the open and it's an open book and a lot of people know my history. Sometimes I couldn't even go to the grocery store to buy food because I would be recognized.
