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Lawyer Blasts 'Astronaut Diaper' Report

Posted Jun 29, 07 5:50 PM CDT in US 

(Newser) – The most attention-getting detail to emerge from the astronaut love triangle story is also the "biggest lie," Lisa Nowak's lawyer said today. The ex-astronaut did not drive from Houston to Orlando wearing a diaper, and that information, which originally appeared in the police report about the incident that ended Nowak's road trip, was "an absolute fabrication," Donald Lykkebak said.

The diapers had been in the car since Nowak's family fled a 2005 hurricane, her lawyer said. Apparently unfamiliar with the concept of a self-fulfilling prophecy, he went on, "It jeopardizes our ability to have a fair trial when the accused is the butt of jokes on Letterman, on Leno." Nowak faces trial on kidnapping and other charges in September.

Source Houston Chronicle

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Space Shuttle Discovery Mission Specialist Lisa Nowak waves prior to boarding the astrovan en route to the orbiter at the Kennedy Space Center, Fla., in this July 2, 2006, file photo. An attorney for...   (Associated Press)
Lisa Nowak, foreground, a NASA astronaut, makes her initial court appearance, in a Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2007 file photo, in Orlando, Fla., after being arrested Monday, Feb. 5, at the Orlando International...   (Associated Press)
In this undated file photo released by the Orange County Sheriff's Department, NASA astronaut Lisa Marie Nowak is shown. A police search of former astronaut Lisa Nowak's car turned up bondage photos on...   (Associated Press)
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