A Tale of Torn Testicles

Benea, the ball-buster

In a symbolic victory for women everywhere, a fed-up wife ripped off her Romanian husband’s testicles with her bare hands after he refused to help with the housework on International Women’s Day.

39-year-old Ionel Popa of Vaslui county, Romania, was rushed to hospital with his scrotum torn open after his 40-year-old wife Marinela Benea launched a vicious attack.  He had failed to giver her flowers on and then refused to help with the housework.

The mother-of-one grabbed hold of her husband's testicles during a fight and pulled violently.  Popa's left testicle was left hanging out of his scrotum after the skin was ripped apart.  He was forced to undergo emergency surgery to repair the damage and remains in a stable condition.

Following the incident, Benea said she did not know her own strength, adding that her husband deserved what had happened to him.  "Ionel had been given a bottle of wine for that day's work instead of getting paid, and had arrived home drunk," she told reporters.

'In the morning I opened the curtains and told him to go out and do some work, or at least to help with the household chores but he shouted that I’m not entitled to give him orders," she continued.  "I told him he was not any kind of man and I grabbed his testicles.   It was not my fault that he pulled away, and that’s when it happened."