Ex-astronaut Lisa Nowak pleads guilty in attack on romantic rival

[AlphaCentauri]

Source: LA Times

Nowak, who police say drove 1,000 miles to confront Colleen Shipman, pleads guilty to lesser charges of burglary and battery. She is sentenced to time served, probation and community service.
Reporting from Orlando, Fla. - Former astronaut Lisa Nowak turned to face the woman she was accused of attacking nearly three years ago after driving 1,000 miles across country: Colleen Shipman, who sat in the front row of a packed Florida courtroom.

"I am sincerely sorry for causing fear and misunderstanding and all the intense public exposure you have encountered," Nowak said.

Then Orange County Circuit Court Judge Marc Lubet accepted Nowak's guilty plea of burglary of a car, a third-degree felony, and misdemeanor battery.


Read more: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-astronaut11-2009nov11,0,3858791.story

[onehandle]

1. Man, I forgot all about that.

Now that was f_____ up.

[customerserviceguy]

2. I'm surprised that she got even token jail time

I was waiting for her lawyer to plead to a jury that being kicked out of the astronaut corps, and being labeled "the diaper astronaut" for the rest of her days (and the ones following that, in her obit) were punishment enough.

[24601]

3. And she'll retire as a Navy Captain n/t

[MrMickeysMom]

4. Perhaps she'll put her diapers on eBay along with Vitters'

One is more pitiful than piss, the other is still loaded with shit and taking up oxygen in the halls of Congress.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

5. Is this literally a "news dump?"

:shrug: