John Wayne Bobbitt has had all his toes amputated due to contaminated Camp Lejeune water three decades after wife Lorena chopped off his penis.
John Wayne Bobbitt, who rose to fame in 1993 after his then-wife cut off his penis while he slept, has now lost 10 more appendages – his toes.
Bobbitt has been diagnosed with toxic peripheral polyneuropathy after being exposed to contaminated water at the Camp Lejeune military base in North Carolina in the late 1980s.
The condition causes nerve damage to the extremities, which has led to the amputation of his toes over a period of several years. The last few digits were removed in 2023.
Bobbitt, now 57 and a former Marine, said he now has only two stumps for his feet and needs special prosthetic shoes.
The condition has caused him to experience chronic infections and painful skin problems.
John Wayne Bobbitt, now 57, who became famous after his wife cut off his penis in 1993, has now lost his toes due to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune
The exposure caused nerve damage, leading to all of his toes being amputated
Bobbitt’s toes were amputated over a period of several years, with the last few digits removed in 2023
Bobbitt’s condition has caused him to experience chronic infections and painful skin problems
Bobbitt has been updating followers with his health issues and continues to post photos online
Bobbitt also says his experiences at Camp Lejeune affected both his physical health, including his cognitive functioning, and mental well-being, which he believes may have affected his relationship with his ex-wife Lorena.
‘I didn’t behave as I should have. “Maybe I would have made better decisions if my cognitive function wasn’t distorted by the chemicals,” he said. The sun.
The Camp Lejeune contamination has been described as ‘one of the worst cases of water pollution in US history’ and saw oil, industrial sewage and toxic chemicals all deliberately dumped into local storm drains at the army base between 1952 and 1987, contaminating the local water. delivery for 35 years.
‘They knew. They tested the water and it was up to 3,500 times above normal safety standards,” Bobbitt said.
In 1993, Lorena Bobbitt famously accused him of raping and beating her before the shocking incident in which she cut off his penis with a kitchen knife in their Virginia home.
She then jumped into her car and drove to her boss’ house and threw her husband’s penis out the window into a field before calling the police and confessing what she had just done.
Bobbitt, now 57 and a former Marine, said he now has only two stumps for his feet and needs special prosthetic shoes.
Bobbitt, a former Marine, was diagnosed with toxic peripheral polyneuropathy after being exposed to contaminated water at the Camp Lejeune military training facility in the late 1980s
Bobbitt has had his toes removed over a number of years. This photo was taken in 2018
Morbid water pollution has caused Bobbitt and many of his fellow soldiers to suffer from serious physical and mental problems
John Wayne Bobbitt on his wedding day to Lorena in June 1989
Lorena Bobbitt gained massive global attention after she cut off her husband John Wayne Bobbitt’s penis in 1993 after saying he raped her
John Wayne Bobbitt is seen during his trial in 1993
Lorena used this kitchen knife to cut her husband’s organ after she alleged he raped her
John Wayne Bobbitt maintains he did not abuse or rape her the night she cut off his penis 30 years ago
Amazingly, authorities were able to locate it after Lorena described its exact location.
Doctors were able to save and reattach it during a nine-hour operation.
Bobbitt says it has returned to “normal” function and was even able to launch a career as a porn star in 2013, where he claims to have slept with more than 70 women.
Lorena was charged with malicious wounding. At her trial she took the stand and was later acquitted on grounds of temporary insanity.
She was sent to a mental hospital, where she was discharged after a month.
John Wayne Bobbitt was accused of marital sexual abuse. He was acquitted in a 1994 trial and continues to maintain his innocence.