FIRST BROADCAST INTERVIEW. IT WAS A FASCINATING
CONVERSATION, TOO.
CONVERSATION, TOO. >> IT REALLY WAS.
WHO COULD FORGET THIS ONE?
I RECENTLY SPOKE WITH LORENA WHO
USES HER MAIDEN NAME GALLOW.
A NEW DOCUMENTARY REVISITS HER
STORY AND TOUCHES ON HOW HER
LIFE HAS CHANGED SINCE THEN.
>> WE THE JURY FIND THE
DEFENDANT LORENA LENOIR BOBBITT
NOT GUILTY OF MALICIOUS
WOUNDING.
WOUNDING. >> 25 YEARS AGO LORENA BOBBITT
WAS FOUND NOT GUILTY BY REASON
OF TEMPORARY INSANITY.
LORENA CLAIMED THAT HER HUSBAND
AT THE TIME JOHN HAD REPEATEDLY
ABUSED HER, VERBALLY,
PHYSICALLY, AND SEXUALLY, SO ON
JUNE 23rd, 1993, SHE TOOK A
KNIFE FROM HER KITCHEN AND CUT
OFF HIS PENIS WHILE HE WAS
ASLEEP.
ASLEEP. >> HE WAS HURTING ME.
HE HURT ME.
>> WERE YOU AFRAID OF HIM THEN?
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH. >> Reporter: JOHN WAYNE BOBBITT
WHO DENIED THE ABUSE IN COURT
HAD A SEPARATE TRIAL AHEAD OF
HIS WIFE’S AND WAS FOUND NOT
GUILTY OF MARITAL SEXUAL
ASSAULT.
ASSAULT. NOW, A NEW AMAZON DOCUSERIES
BEARING LORENA’S NAME
RE-EXAMINES THE CASE.
>> PEOPLE WERE TALKING ABOUT MY
BACKGROUND, SAYING I WAS JUST A
HOT BLOODED LATINA WOMAN.
IT HURTS MY HEART.
IT HURTS MY BRAIN.
IT HURTS MY WHOLE BODY.
>> WHEN YOU THINK BACK TO THAT
NIGHT, WHAT DO YOU REMEMBER?
>> I DON’T REMEMBER ANYTHING,
HOW IT HAPPENED, BUT I HONESTLY
DON’T EVEN WANT TO KNOW WHAT
HAPPENED BECAUSE I WOULD BE
TRAUMATIZED AGAIN.
TRAUMATIZED AGAIN. >> AND WHAT ABOUT OF THE DAYS
FOLLOWING, OF THE TRIAL?
>> I WAS UNDER SO MUCH STRESS.
IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO GO
THROUGH STRANGERS AND TO EXPOSE
MY PERSONAL LIFE.
THE JURORS, THE JUDGE, IT WAS
VERY INTIMIDATING.
VERY INTIMIDATING. >> DO YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT
HAPPENED TO YOU EVERY DAY?
>> I DON’T LIVE IN THE PAST.
I TRY TO LIVE A HAPPY LIFE.
I DON’T THINK ABOUT MEMORIES
THAT I HAVE WITH MY EX-HUSBAND.
>> SO YOU DON’T FEEL LIKE THAT
DEFINES YOU?
DEFINES YOU? >> JOHN DID NOT DEFINE ME AT
ALL.
ALL. THE WHOLE SITUATION DID NOT
DEFINE ME AT ALL, NO.
>> DO YOU REGRET THE ACTION YOU
TOOK?
TOOK? >> OH, MY GOD, HOW COULD YOU
REGRET SOMETHING THAT WAS NOT
PLANNED?
PLANNED? YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND, I WASN’T
IN MY RIGHT MIND-SET.
PSYCHOLOGICALLY I WAS NOT WELL.
>> BOBBITT WHO NOW GOES BY
LORENA GALLOW HAS MOVED ON WITH
HER LIFE AND IS MOTHER TO A
13-YEAR-OLD.
13-YEAR-OLD. >> WHAT IS YOUR LIFE LIKE NOW?
IT’S VERY BUSY.
I DO HAVE A FOUNDATION CALLED
THE LORENA GALLOW FOUNDATION.
I HELP DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
SURVIVORS AND VICTIMS, AND I DO
THAT THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.
MY DAUGHTER KEEPS ME BUSY AS
WELL WITH HER VOLLEYBALL
PRACTICES AND SWIMMING, SO
IT’S -- BEING A MOTHER IS
ANOTHER JOB.
ANOTHER JOB. >> WHAT DO YOU TELL HER ABOUT
YOUR PAST?
YOUR PAST? I TOLD MY DAUGHTER A LONG TIME
AGO, OBVIOUSLY WHO I AM, AND
JUST A LITTLE BIT WHAT HAPPENED
BUT NOT TOO MUCH.
SHE SAW THE DOCUMENTARY WHEN WE
WERE IN SUNDANCE.
>> AND WHAT WAS HER REACTION TO
SEEING IT?
SEEING IT? >> YOU KNOW WHAT, IT’S
INCREDIBLE.
INCREDIBLE. SHE SAID, MOM, I DIDN’T REALIZE
HOW STRONG YOU ARE, AND I MELT.
MY HEART JUST, YOU KNOW, MELT.
>> Reporter: LORENA SAYS THAT
FAITH IS WHAT GUIDED HER ALL
THESE YEARS.
THESE YEARS. >> HAVE YOU FORGIVEN JOHN?
>> I FORGIVE HIM, BUT I DON’T
FORGET WHAT HE DID TO ME.
I MEAN, SOMETIMES THROUGH
VERY -- I MEAN THINGS LIKE THAT
YOU JUST DON’T FORGET.
>> DID IT TAKE A LONG TIME TO
FORGIVE HIM?
FORGIVE HIM? >> I WOULD SAY YES AND NO.
YES, BECAUSE I DIDN’T UNDERSTAND
WHY HE DID THAT, BUT I MEAN, I
DON’T LIVE WITH A GRUDGE.
IN ORDER FOR ME TO MOVE FORWARD,
I HAVE TO BE HAPPY WITH MYSELF
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I
HAVE TO UNDERSTAND IS LEARN TO
FORGIVE AND I FORGIVE HIM.
BUT I NEVER FORGET WHAT HE DID
TO ME.
TO ME. SO WHILE LORENA SAYS SHE’S
FORGIVEN EX-HUSBAND JOHN WAYNE
BOBBITT, HE WAS FOUND NOT GUILTY
OF MARITAL SEXUAL ASSAULT IN
COURT.
COURT. >> DOES SHE WANT HER STORY BACK
OUT IN THE SPOTLIGHT THINKING
THAT MAYBE HISTORY WILL JUDGE
HER A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY NOW IN
THE WAKE OF ALL THE THINGS GOING
ON?
ON? >> I DIDN’T GET THE SENSE SHE
WAS DOING THIS BECAUSE SHE
WANTED TO TALK ABOUT IT AGAIN OR
WANTED TO BE IN THE HEADLINES
AGAIN, BUT SHE REALLY DOES CARE
ABOUT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
SURVIVORS, AND SHE WAS HOPING IN
THIS #METOO ERA MAYBE HISTORY
WOULD LOOK AT IT A LITTLE BIT
MORE DIFFERENTLY AND MAYBE AS A
SOCIETY WE’D BE ABLE TO TALK
ABOUT DOMESTIC ABUSE VERSUS WHAT
SHE DID.
SHE DID. >> THANK YOU.
WE SHOULD ALSO NOTE WE REACHED
OUT TO JOHN WAYNE BOBBITT ABOUT