Nowak walked through Orlando International Airport with a jacket covering her head and a police escort as television cameras followed her. She was accompanied by chief astronaut Steve Lindsey, who has said she would return to Texas.
Nowak was charged with attempted first-degree murder, attempted kidnapping and three other crimes Tuesday, all stemming from what police described as a love triangle involving a fellow astronaut. It was a remarkable downfall for Nowak, whose life seemed to be on a perfect trajectory until a few months ago.
Our Escape Velocity reporters were on the scene, at the courthouse, during Lisa Nowak's initial appearance. She was wearing an orange jumpsuit reminiscent of her astronaut garb and stood quietly next to her lawyer.
Her lawyer, Giuseppe Manicott, is here in Orlando on an experimental lawyer exchange program with Italy. Either that, or he's been separated from his group at Disney and wandered into the courthouse. Either way, he spoke for the defendant. The Presiding Judge was Waldo Fottombeeder.
Judge: State your client's name.
Giuseppe: She's a No-wack.
Judge: Let the record show the defendent's name is Lisa Nowak.
Judge: How does your client plead?
Giuseppe: She's a No-wack.
Judge: We are looking for a plea of guilty or not guilty. You may plead your client's mental state at a later hearing.
Giuseppe: She's a No-wack.
Judge: Well, if she isn't, she has a lot of explaining to do. But, right now, all I need is a simple plea.
Giuseppe: She's a No-wack.
Judge: What's the matter with you?
Judge: O.K. I'm going to enter a plea of not guilty for your client. Since the charge is attempted murder and attempted kidnapping and since the defendant lives out of state, but because I hear she is currently between men, I'm going to set the bail at $25,500 and require that she wears a GPS tracking device while she is awaiting trial. However, due to the nature of her job, we will set the limit to . . . let's say . . . 40,000 miles. Court is adjourned.
Judge: And Miss Nowak? I must say, that diaper thing really works for you.
After the hearing we caught up with Lisa Nowak's lawyer.
Escape Velocity: Mr. Manicott. Are we to understand that you are NOT going to plead some sort of insanity defence?
Giuseppe: She's a No-wack.
Escape Velocity: Is it true your client wouldn't hurt a fly?
Giuseppe: She's a No-wack.
Escape Velocity: There you have it folks. Giuseppe Manicott, Lisa Nowak's lawyer, says his client is not insane and is no danger to anyone. We will continue to keep you informed as this story unfolds.
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