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See the trials that captivated the world and made history! Join your favorite Court TV hosts, Vinnie Politan, Julie Grant, Michael Ayala, Ted Rowlands and Ashley Willcott, and witness all the dramatic moments streaming on Court TV Legendary Trials.
The Lorena Bobbitt Trial
S1, EP23 "More Friends And Clients"With the help of a translator, a family friend of Lorena Bobbitt answered questions under cross-examination. She testified to the times she witnessed John openly ridicule her appearance in a degrading way. Next to the stand was the woman who had a nail appointment with Lorena. Just days before she cut off her husband John's genitalia and threw it out of a car window, she showed up at her salon as a manicurist physically and emotionally disheveled.
The Lorena Bobbitt Trial
S1, EP24 "Dr. Susan Feister"Expert testimony went deep into her mental wellbeing. Lorena Bobbitt's defense hired a forensic psychiatrist to evaluate her on four separate occasions after her attack on her husband, John. Dr. Susan Feister broke down her full mental health evaluation concluding that she was a battered woman in her troubled marriage to John over the years. It came after years of John allegedly taunting, teasing, manipulating, and physically abusing her.
The Lorena Bobbitt Trial
S1, EP25 "A Battered Wife"Poor self-esteem, severe depression, and self-isolation was Lorena Bobbitt's behavior during her marriage with John. Common symptoms of battered woman's syndrome according to the forensic psychiatrist who performed a full mental health evaluation on Lorena after she maimed her husband. Dr. Susan Feister even elaborated that Lorena suffered severe depression as a result in her failing marriage.
The Lorena Bobbitt Trial
S1, EP26 "Diagnosis Of Mental Disorders"Jurors listened to the forensic psychiatrist who evaluated the defendant after the incident. Dr. Susan Feister recalled how Lorena couldn't remember and did not have the capacity of right and wrong at the time of the knife attack. She concluded that not only was Lorena a battered wife but had suicidal thoughts. Her diagnosis of the defendant included: major depressive disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder and panic disorder.
The Lorena Bobbitt Trial
S1, EP27 "She Became Psychotic"The jury heard all about the mental health issues Lorena Bobbitt was going through up until the time she sliced off her husband John's penis. The forensic psychiatrist Dr. Susan Feister, who evaluated her, testified that it all stemmed from years of physical and emotional abuse she endured during her marriage to John. This mental health doctor claimed Lorena became psychotic when she mutilated her husband.
The Lorena Bobbitt Trial
S1, EP28 "The Brief Psychotic Break"The forensic psychiatrist on the stand claimed she suffered acute psychosis when she cut of the genitalia of her husband, John, while he was sleeping. Dr. Susan Feister went on to say that Lorena felt so trapped in her marriage that out of desperation she attacked the weapon of her torture - her husband's penis. Dr. Feister faced a probing cross-examination. The state wanted to challenge this expert's detail mental health diagnosis of the defendant.
The Lorena Bobbitt Trial
S1, EP29 "Acute Psychosis"In her trial, prosecution continued to challenge the mental health evaluation of Lorena Bobbitt. Dr. Susan Feister claimed Lorena's serious mental disorders led to a psychotic break when she attacked her husband, John. The state challenged the degree to which Lorena fell to acute psychosis when she attacked her husband with a kitchen knife. How long was this lapse in judgment and morality? How long was this temporary insanity? The jury would answer those questions later in their deliberations.
The Lorena Bobbitt Trial
S1, EP30 "Irresistible Impulse"The Defense's mental health expert found herself defending her expert conclusions on what caused Lorena Bobbitt to mutilate her own husband, John. Dr. Susan Feister concluded that after four separate interviews that Lorena suffered an acute psychosis when she attacked her husband. Jurors then learned about the concept of irresistible impulse. This was the criteria used in the Defense's case for insanity. Lorena claimed temporary insanity at the moment of the attack.
Sex, Cyanide And A Doctor On The Run Case
S1, EP57 "The International Manhunt"An FBI special agent testified for prosecutors in their case against Yazeed Essa for the murder of his wife, Rosemarie. Just days after police interviewed Yazeed, he fled the country and went to Lebanon. It led to a nearly 2-year international manhunt involving the FBI, CIA, the Secret Service, U.S. Marshals, and the State Department.
Sex, Cyanide And A Doctor On The Run Case
S1, EP58 "Capturing The U.S. Fugitive"The FBI special agent Phil Torsney faced cross-examination. He helped extradite Yazeed Essa to the U.S. a year and a half after his wife, Rosemarie, died. He was arrested in Cyprus, but it took several years to bring him back to the U.S. The defendant was captured using the fake alias Maurice Khalife during his life as a fugitive. The death penalty was the big issue in the extradition fight for Yazeed Essa after he was captured in Cyprus.
Sex, Cyanide And A Doctor On The Run Case
S1, EP59 "Cell Phone Records"The FBI special agent who helped extradite Yazeed Essa to Ohio wrapped up his testimony . Next, the cell phone records of Yazeed Essa made their way in as incriminating evidence. According to the State, Yazeed was at the apartment of a mistress the night Rosemarie was killed. First it was an AT&T employee and then it was someone from Verizon Wireless who testified all about the cell phone and internet records of the defendant.
Sex, Cyanide And A Doctor On The Run Case
S1, EP60 "Work Of The Secret Service"A forensic computer analyst, who worked for the Secret Service, explained his work in this case. Prosecutors alleged Yazeed Essa's internet activity in the days, hours, and minutes leading up to the death of his wife, Rosemarie, was incriminating evidence. Computer searches, deleted files, phone calls, and emails were all presented to the jury.
Someone They Knew with Tamron Hall
S1, EP12 "The Puppetmaster"When a well-respected psychiatrist and his adult son are killed as they sleep, police are baffled by the apparent randomness until an arrest in an unrelated crime leads them to the least likely of suspects.
Someone They Knew with Tamron Hall
S1, EP10 "Deadly Letter"What begins as another sun-soaked day in Boca Raton, Fla., ends in blood-soaked violence, leaving a mother of three a quadriplegic; police find that this seemingly random act may not have been so random after all.
Someone They Knew with Tamron Hall
S1, EP14 "Fortunate Son"The night begins with a birthday celebration for Susan Sutton; it ends with a nightmare when a man breaks in and opens fire, killing Susan and blinding her husband; when police track down the shooter, they can't believe who he said put him up to it.
Someone They Knew with Tamron Hall
S1, EP7 "Home Alone?"After leaving a work party late at night, Ramona Krotinea's body gets discovered in the trunk of her own car the next day, and police need to reconstruct who and what happened in the intervening hours.
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