How Lorena Bobbitt Became a Household Name

Lucy Lawless of Xena: Warrior Princess fame provides her hot take on what the Lorena Bobbitt penis-severing scandal meant in the 90s and today.

On the anniversary of the acquittal of Lorena Bobbitt on all charges related to having cut off her husband's penis actress Lucy Lawless of Xena: Warrior Princess-fame provides Crime Obsession and Totally Scandalous: The 1990s host Traci Stumpf her perspective on one of the most notorious acts of the decade.

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