Catherine Kieu , 50 , is sentenced to life with possibility of parole after seven years . Kieu then called 911 about how her husband was bleeding , and he was taken to the hospital for emergency surgery , authorities said . She was convicted of severing her then - husband 's penis , putting it in a garbage can . The husband filed for divorce two days before the July 7 incident . ` ` She has torn off my identity as a man , '' then - husband says during sentencing .
Catherine Kieu , 50 , is sentenced to life with possibility of parole after seven years . She was convicted of severing her then - husband 's penis , putting it in a garbage can . The husband filed for divorce two days before the July 7 incident . ` ` She has torn off my identity as a man , '' then - husband says during sentencing .