Names in the News : Nussbaum Out of Mental Hospital
Hedda Nussbaum, the battered woman who testified against Joel Steinberg in the death of their illegally adopted 6-year-old daughter, has been released from a psychiatric hospital and has moved to an apartment.
One of Nussbaum’s lawyers, Betty Levinson, was quoted in today’s Daily News as saying Nussbaum was discharged from Four Winds Psychiatric Hospital in Katonah several weeks ago and now is in outpatient therapy.
Nussbaum, a former children’s book editor, is on disability insurance until she finds a job, Levinson said. She has also filed a $3-million suit against Steinberg and sold the TV rights to her story, reportedly for $100,000.
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