John Bobbitt now working in house of prostitution

Saturday, Jan. 17, 1998 | 11:55 a.m.

MOUND HOUSE -- John Wayne Bobbitt, who gained fame in 1993 when his penis was sliced off by his then-wife, is now working as a host-chauffeur-bartender at a house of prostitution about 10 miles east of Carson City.

Bobbitt put in his first full shift at the Moonlight Bunny Ranch Friday night and one of the topics of conversation was the surgery that reattached his penis.

One of the working girls wanted to look at the scar.

Bobbitt moved from Las Vegas to Fallon, where he has relatives. But he said he had a hard time finding a job because of the publicity he received from the 1993 incident when his wife Lorena took a knife to him.

"I was wrong with my marriage to Lorena," Bobbitt said. "I failed to love her the way I should."

After the marriage breakup, he tried acting in pornographic films.

About his new job, Bobbitt said, "I wanted to take a step back anyway and take a break and reassess myself."

His duties include picking up customers at the airport in a limousine and telling them what's available. And he will do a stint as bartender.

"This is a great job for anybody," Bobbitt said. "It's better than working at a steel plant for $8 an hour."