Acquitté du viol, John vit sous les projecteurs, Lorena risque 20 ans de prison. L'accusation l'attaque sans relâche sur son comportement instable et sa malhonnèteté. Mais John s'avére un témoin à charge terrible et les avocats de Lorena mettent en avant des années de violence, mais ils doivent apporter la preuve qu'elle était légalement folle quand elle a coupé le pénis de son mari.
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00:00This story was irresistible.
00:03What did he do to make her do something like that?
00:09This was a modern love story.
00:14Boy meets girl.
00:15Boy falls in love with girl.
00:18Boy marries girl.
00:20Girl cuts off boy's penis.
00:23The interest level was huge.
00:26Court TV is bringing the proceedings into millions of homes.
00:30People were like, that's crazy.
00:31This story was irresistible.
00:34Everybody was looking to get an interview.
00:36Guilt or innocence will come down to whom the jurors believe.
00:40What did he do to make her do something like that?
00:47She wanted me to hurt.
00:49That's why she did that.
00:53She is a jealous wife whose American dream has been destroyed.
00:57This trial had it all.
01:00The defense says the years of abuse put her over the edge.
01:04She was way too scared to leave him.
01:06He was very dominating.
01:08Physical abuse, sexual abuse.
01:10We had found multiple witnesses.
01:13I saw him push it against the wall.
01:17Did you ever forcibly have sex with your wife?
01:19I thought it was kind of stunning.
01:24We don't need a judge or jury to tell us whether or not Lorena is telling the truth.
01:28She said, my husband says, if I leave him, he will kill me.
01:31There is a battle of the sexes.
01:45What it meant in 1993 is not that different from what it means today.
01:48We were being entertained on the fodder of someone else's suffering.
01:54It's still going on.
01:55I didn't choose to be in the spotlight.
01:59But there's no going back.