Nowak's car had bondage photos, pills

Associated Press and Yahoo News ^ | 11 April 07 | JIM ELLIS

[SkyPilot]

ORLANDO, Fla. - A police search of former astronaut Lisa Nowak's car turned up bondage photos on a computer disk, British currency and pills, according to documents released Tuesday by prosecutors.

_{This photo released by the Orlando State's Attorney office on Tuesday April 10, 2007, shows a floppy disk and portable storage devices that were recovered from the car driven by NASA astronaut Lisa Nowak after she was arrested for trying to kidnap a romantic rival. Nowak was arrested in February 2007 after police say she drove from Houston to Florida to confront Air Force Capt. Colleen Shipman. Authorities have said Nowak had an affair with Shipman's boyfriend, Bill Oefelein. The disk contained 16 images, 15 of them showing a woman sometimes nude, according to a forensic examination report by the Orlando Police Department. Nearly all of the images depicted scenes of bondage, the report said. (AP Photo/Orlando State Attorney's office)}

A judge last week agreed to unseal some of the documents in the Nowak's case. She is accused of trying to kidnap a rival for a space shuttle pilot's affections.

Nearly all of the 16 images found on the disk depicted bondage scenes, according to a forensic examination report by the Orlando Police Department. Some of the images showed a nude woman while others were drawings.

The documents did not make clear whether Nowak was the woman in the photos or who the disks belonged to.

Also found were nearly $600, 41 British pounds and four brown paper towels with 69 orange pills. State law enforcement are testing the pills to determine what they are, authorities said.

Investigators also examined two USB drives found in the car that contained family pictures, digital movies and NASA related materials.

They concluded that information found on the disk or the two USB drives did not have any direct evidence related to the attempted kidnapping, the report said.

Nowak's attorney, Donald Lykkebak, declined to comment Tuesday on the newly released documents.

Nowak was arrested in February after police say she drove from Houston to Florida to confront Air Force Capt. Colleen Shipman. Authorities have said Nowak had an affair with Shipman's boyfriend, Bill Oefelein. She pepper-sprayed Shipman through a partially lowered car window, an arrest affidavit said.

Police said they found a BB gun, new steel mallet, a knife and rubber tubing in Nowak's possession. Nowak, 43, pleaded not guilty to attempted kidnapping, burglary with assault and battery. NASA released Nowak from the astronaut corps a month after her arrest. Her trial has been moved to September.

[SkyPilot]

All that is missing in this case is an accusation that the Duke Lacrosse team raped her.

[SmoothTalker]

She sounds like a real space cadet.

[nctexan]

Can you imagine below trapped in the shuttle with that crazy woman?

"Mission Control... We have a problem here!"

[SkyPilot]

The documents did not make clear whether Nowak was the woman in the photos...

Mmmmm K.

[RC2]

I agree..............love is wonderful ain’t it?

[dirtboy]

Can you imagine below trapped in the shuttle with that crazy woman? "Mission Control... We have a problem here!"

In space no one can hear you scream ... especially if the crazy biotch has your mouth duct-taped shut.

[johnny7]

So when’s her next launch?

[Oberon]

They weren’t photos of her face, in other words.

[Al Gator]

Bondage photos???

I KNEW there was something about her I liked!!

[mainepatsfan]

Hopefully NASA is reevaluating their psychological screening process.

[Killborn]

“The disk contained 16 images, 15 of them showing a woman sometimes nude, according to a forensic examination report by the Orlando Police Department. Nearly all of the images depicted scenes of bondage, the report said.”

Are they ABSOLUTELY SURE she was lusting after Oefelein and not Shipman?

[mewzilla]

Jeez, did they have to make that public? I feel for her kids.

[null and void]

69 pills? Do they make your tongue hard?

[pissant]

She looks pretty tasty in that pic.

[Teacher317]

The disk contained 16 images, 15 of them showing a woman sometimes nude

How can a photo show a woman nude "sometimes"? Is it one of those "Magic Eye" pics?

[Lee'sGhost]

OK, now I’m liking this story. If there is any justice to this stupid celebrity worship culture the picture are of Nowak and we WILL get to see them.

[aft_lizard]

BWahahaha, lol I will be laughing in during lectures today thanks.

[randog]

LOL!!

[antiRepublicrat]

A floppy? How 90s!