The Wrong Stuff - Pt. 1

Monday, September 10, 2007 5:47 PM

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The times they are different now.

The story
Navy Captain and Former NASA Astronaut Lisa Nowak, was arrested in February after confronting Air Force Capt. Colleen Shipman, the girlfriend of an astronaut Nowak had been seeing romantically, Bill Oefelein. Nowak allegedly stalked Shipman at the Orlando airport, then attacked her as Shipman arrived at her car.
Borrowing from a chapter in the life of former Survivor: The Australian Outback contestant and current co-host on the The View , Elisabeth Hasselbeck—or Hasselbeck borrowed it from Nowak (http://www.ifilm.com/video/2875317)—, Nowak had driven nearly 1,000 miles from Houston to Orlando, using diapers to avoid taking breaks , and then pepper-sprayed Shipman while trying to get into her vehicle. Nowak disguised herself in a dark wig, glasses and trench coat, her hood pulled over her head. Shipman was able to drive away, and Nowak was arrested. Police found Nowak at a nearby bus stop. After searching her duffel bag and car, they found a loaded, CO2-powered BB pistol, a 4-inch knife, about six feet of rubber tubing, rubber gloves, a 2-pound steel mallet and a box of large garbage bags. Nowak was charged with attempted kidnapping, battery and burglary with assault and has pleaded not guilty, and faces charges of attempted murder and the possibility of life in prison.
Nowak suffered from major depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, insomnia and “brief psychotic disorder with marked stressors,” her defense attorney wrote in his notice of intent to rely on the insanity defense. He also noted that the already petite Nowak recently lost 15 percent of her body weight.
A spokeswoman for the state attorney’s office, said prosecutors would address the issue in court and declined to elaborate.

From her NASA bio: Lisa enjoys bicycling, running, skeet , sailing, gourmet cooking, rubber stamps, crossword puzzles, piano, and African violets.
While assigned to Electronic Warfare Aggressor Squadron 34, she qualified as Mission Commander and EW Lead. Oh, and lest we forget the eBay connection, http://mfile.akamai.com/12939/wmv/vod.ibsys.com/2007/0216/11031667.200k.asx

No Room at the Inn
Her attorney wants to get something straight—Lisa Nowak did not wear diapers to avoid bathroom breaks as she drove from Houston to Orlando to confront her romantic rival in February. Instead the diapers found in her car that night were size "toddler 3," hardly big enough for an adult , and were left over from her family's evacuation from Houston in 2005 as Hurricane Rita approached…the diapers were used by kids and adults in that evacuation because the Nowak family could not get into a hotel r

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