Woman pleads guilty to assault in castration case

Lillington, N.C. — A Harnett County woman pleaded guilty Monday to assault in the castration of a man at a Christmas party two years ago.

Rebecca Dawson, 36, pleaded guilty to assault inflicting serious injury, a misdemeanor. She had been charged with malicious castration, a felony.

A jury deadlocked in the case last December, and a second trial was scheduled to begin Monday when the plea deal was reached.

Dawson was accused of using her fingernails to tear off Kevin Russ' scrotum at a Christmas party in 2006.

Prosecutors said Russ, 40, and Dawson were drinking at the party and got into a fight.

Russ said he was trying to keep Dawson from driving home because she had too much to drink when she clawed his face and grabbed his scrotum. The defense contended Dawson acted in self defense because she was being held after Russ wanted her to have sex with him and his girlfriend.

Dawson received a 75-day suspended jail sentence and was placed on 18 months of supervised probation. She was ordered not to drink alcohol while on probation, and she must complete an anger management course.

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if it were a man who tore off a womans breasts he would have life in prison

alx
August 26, 2008 4:34 p.m.

His kohiba's must of been bare and dangling....maybe he should of kept his tight undies on and not try to assault a woman. It could of been alot worse...her last name could be Bobbitt

pam2
August 26, 2008 3:35 p.m.

ZOIKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Coach K is GREAT
August 26, 2008 2:35 p.m.

LOL I BET HAD SHE RIPPED YOU, YOU WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO KNOCK HER TEETH OUT OR BREAK HER JAW..LOL

pebbles262004
August 26, 2008 2:17 p.m.

OK... Now I am going to go buck wild like a lot of posters and say "GIVE HER THE DEATH PENALTY!!!" A death sentence should be the minimum punishment for ripping the scroat. Damage to the taint, likewise, should buy you life in prison with no possibility of parole.

Justin T.
August 26, 2008 10:49 a.m.