An Orange County woman pleaded not guilty to cutting off her estranged husband’s penis and throwing it in a garbage disposal.
Catherine Kieu, 48, entered her plea in Orange County Superior Court Friday on the charges of torture and aggravated mayhem. She also faces sentencing enhancement allegations of inflicting great bodily harm and use of a dangerous or deadly weapon.
Her bail of $1 million was continued, according to the court, and she was served with a protective order directing her to stay away from the victim.
Kieu could be sentenced to life in prison without parole if convicted, according to prosecutors.
Kieu allegedly cut off her 60-year-old husband's penis after the two had an argument about friends staying at his Garden Grove residence.
The man told police that he did not feel well after eating a meal that Kieu had prepared for him. He went to lie down. When he awoke, he found his arms and legs were bound to each corner of the bed. Kieu pulled off his pants and used a 10-inch kitchen knife to remove the penis, according to authorities.
She then threw the penis in a garbage disposal and turned on the disposal, police said.
The husband started divorce proceedings about six months ago, according to police, but he agreed to allow Kieu to stay at his residence because she had nowhere else to go.
She was arrested on July 11 and made her first court appearance July 13, but did not enter a plea. Her arraignment was postponed on July 22 by an OC Superior Court judge who set her bail at $1 million.
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