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Man's penis cut off, put through garbage disposal
By AMY TAXIN, Associated Press – 6 hours ago
WESTMINSTER, Calif. (AP) — Prosecutors say an argument over houseguests led
a Southern California woman to cut off her estranged husband's penis and
put it down a garbage disposal.
Catherine Kieu, 48, was charged Wednesday with torture in a case that has
garnered international attention and could land her behind bars for life.
Kieu appeared briefly in Orange County Superior Court in a navy blue jail
jumpsuit, hiding her face with her long, dark hair. She was appointed a
public attorney and denied bail.
She was placed in the jail's medical ward to be psychologically evaluated,
sheriff's spokesman Jim Amormino told the Orange County Register.
The petite woman whose chains clanked as she shuffled into the caged area of
the courtroom where inmates are held will return to court July 22 for her
arraignment, which was continued on Wednesday, and a bail review hearing.
Kieu and her husband were still living together in a Garden Grove condo that
he owned. He had filed for divorce in May, and they argued before the
attack about friends staying at the condo, authorities said.
On Monday night, police say Kieu spiked a meal and served it to the victim.
The 60-year-old man started to feel sick and went to lie down, then awoke
tied to the bed as Kieu attacked him with a 10-inch kitchen knife, police
said.
She then put the penis down a garbage disposal, police said.
"It's hard to believe what would motivate a person to do this sort of thing,
" the district attorney's chief of staff, Susan Kang Schroeder, said outside
court. "It's one of the worst things you could do to a person short of
killing him."
Police did not release the victim's name. He underwent surgery and was
listed in good condition at University of California at Irvine Medical
Center, hospital spokesman John Murray said.
Murray declined to say whether the penis was reattached or provide any
additional details about the victim's condition, citing patient privacy laws.
Dr. Joel Gelman heads UC Irvine's Center for Reconstructive Urology, didn't
comment on the victim specifically but said a severed penis is "a terrible
loss and it's the hardest thing, in our specialty, to deal with surgically."
In cases of penis loss, a penis-like structure with limited utility can be
constructed using flesh and skin from the forearm, said Gelman.
Kieu was charged with one felony count of torture, one felony count of
aggravated mayhem and sentencing enhancements for great bodily injury and
personal use of a knife. If convicted of all counts, she could face life in
prison without the possibility of parole.
Garden Grove Police Lt. Jeff Nightengale said Kieu called police Monday
night to report a medical emergency and told arriving officers "he deserved
it" before pointing to the room where the victim was found bleeding
profusely. She was taken into custody without incident and refused to talk
to officers further.
The couple was married in December 2009. When the victim filed for divorce,
he cited irreconcilable differences, court records show. Kieu was slowly
moving her things out of the condo, authorities said.
The victim declined to comment when he was reached by phone Tuesday by the
Register.
"This is a private matter," he said.
A call by The Associated Press to a phone number listed on court documents
for the victim was answered Wednesday by a person who promptly hung up.
Officers visited the victim on Tuesday and found him in "amazingly good
spirits considering everything he has gone through," Nightengale said.
In 1993, Lorena Bobbitt cut off her husband's penis in Virginia and threw it
out of her car window into a field on the side of the road. She claimed
years of sexual abuse drove her to the attack, and she was acquitted by
reason of insanity.
The penis was later reattached.
Associated Press video journalist John Mone contributed to this report. |
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