"They also said she wore a diaper during the drive." hahaaaaORLANDO, Fla. -- Donald A. Lykkebak, a lawyer for former astronaut Lisa Nowak announced Thursday that her camp is withdrawing a previously filed notice seeking insanity as her defense.
Nowak is accused of driving from Houston to Orlando to try to kidnap her romantic rival, Colleen Shipman, on Feb. 7, 2007. Both women were involved with fellow astronaut Bill Oelfelein. Oelfelein and Nowak have since been fired by NASA.
The news of the withdrawal comes after a judge appointed a psychiatrist and a psychologist to evaluate Nowak's sanity last month and report to the court. Prosecutors said Nowak dressed in a disguise and stalked Shipman through the airport, then attacked her with Mace in a parking lot. They also said she wore a diaper during the drive.
That insanity defense notice, filed in 2008, was required by court rules to be timely filed at that time in order to preserve the option of bringing an insanity defense at the time of trial.
Lykkebak filed a withdrawal notice and said Nowak will not rely on insanity as a defense in trial.
The former astronaut has plead not guilty to the attempted kidnapping, burglary and battery charges for the alleged attack.
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