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Norman Mailer's Stabbing of Adele Morales: Difference between revisions
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Mailer was arrested at the hospital around 10 pm. Initially, Mailer pleaded “not guilty,” but later changed his plea to “guilty” to avoid harmful publicity for his family.{{sfn|Lennon|2013|p=269}} | Mailer was arrested at the hospital around 10 pm. Initially, Mailer pleaded “not guilty,” but later changed his plea to “guilty” to avoid harmful publicity for his family.{{sfn|Lennon|2013|p=269}} | ||
After the stabbing, Mailer was committed to Bellevue | After the stabbing, Mailer was committed to Bellevue Mental Hospital. "I was very upset, because me feeling was I committed a crime." His criminal lawyer had suggested he go into the hospital. "He was thinking like a criminal lawyer" Mailer spoke. They used the mental hospital as a way to save him if his wife did end up dying from the injuries inflicted upon her. Mailer hated this, he felt he would go crazy if he'd be there any longer. {{sfn|Legs|2020|p=51}} | ||
Morales, despite her wounds being superficial, pressed no charges against Mailer. He was confined to the | Morales, despite her wounds being superficial, pressed no charges against Mailer. He was confined to the Bellevue Mental Hospital for seventeen days as a result.{{sfn|Merill|1978|p=23}} | ||
This incident wasn't well received in the public eye. They weren't amused by Mailer's published poem in 1962 indirectly poking at the stabbing. "So long as you use a knife, there's some love left."{{sfn|Mailer|1962}} | This incident wasn't well received in the public eye. They weren't amused by Mailer's published poem in 1962 indirectly poking at the stabbing. "So long as you use a knife, there's some love left."{{sfn|Mailer|1962}} | ||