Astronaut gets time to file claim
The lawyer for former NASA astronaut Lisa Nowak was granted an additional 60 days to consider filing a claim that Nowak was insane when she drove across the country in a diaper reportedly to try to kidnap her romantic rival.
At a hearing in Orlando, Circuit Judge Marc Lubet also granted defense lawyer Donald Lykkebak’s request for copies of tapes recorded of Nowak at the time of her arrest. He was given the extra time to review those tapes.
Nowak will be tried beginning Sept. 24 on charges of attempted kidnapping, battery and burglary for allegedly stalking and attacking Air Force Capt. Colleen Shipman on Feb. 5 at the Orlando International Airport.
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