Posted on 03/06/2007 1:50:58 PM PST by Palladin
ORLANDO, Fla. - The space shuttle pilot at the center of a bizarre love triangle that now has astronaut Lisa Nowak facing attempted kidnapping charges told detectives Nowak "seemed a little disappointed" but accepting when he told her he was dating another woman, court records released Tuesday show.
That conversation was in January. On Feb. 5, Nowak drove 900 miles from Houston to Orlando to confront the other woman.
Police say Nowak, a mother of three, donned a wig and followed Colleen Shipman from an airport terminal to her car to confront her, then pepper sprayed her through a cracked window when Shipman wouldn't unlock the door. Police who arrested Nowak and searched her car reported finding a BB-gun, new steel mallet, knife and rubber tubing.
Nowak, 43, pleaded not guilty to attempted kidnapping and burglary with assault and was released on bond with an ankle monitoring device.
Investigation documents released late Monday and Tuesday by the Orange-Osceola State Attorney's Office discuss shed some light on the astronauts' relationships.
They include the shuttle pilot, Navy Cmdr. William Oefelein's, conversations with detectives about the romantic relationship he had had with Nowak since 2004 and how she reacted with no emotion when he said he was dating another woman.
"She seemed a little disappointed, but she seemed to be accepting of that," Oefelein told detectives, according to the documents.
The documents also include an undated letter to Oefelein's mother in which Nowak wrote that she was taking steps to divorce her husband so she could be with Oefelein.
"Bill is absolutely the best person I've ever known and I love him more than I knew possible," Nowak wrote.
A NASA spokesman didn't immediately return a call seeking comment Tuesday.
Since her arrest, Nowak, has told police that her relationship with Oefelein was more than a working relationship but less than a romantic one. But Oefelein, 41, told investigators they had been romantically involved since 2004.
Nowak's frantic road trip to confront Shipman _ she wore adult diapers to avoid having to stop for breaks _ may have been sparked after she uncovered steamy e-mails Shipman sent to Oefelein, including one he received during his mission aboard the shuttle Discovery in December, according to documents released Monday. The e-mails do not mention Nowak.
"First urge will be to rip your clothes off," Shipman wrote to Oefelein. "But honestly, love, I want you to totally and thoroughly enjoy your hero's homecoming."
There is a huge difference between actual knowledge and doubt of innocence. You can post your opinion on as many threads as you wish, but they still remain.....your opinion.
Not fact.
It is always instructive to read the rantings of idiots who would write things they wouldn't dare say to my face. The only way to excuse what you wrote, is to understand that you probably lack the ability to comprehend what you read.
Lovely what this site has become, though. Lovely.
I wonder what effect this scandal will have on Oefelein's career. I also wonder if he was already divorced when he started the affair with Nowak. I hear that he is a super nice guy, but it sure doesn't sound like it from these articles.
"...as Officers, neither party is subject to Navy discipline."
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Are you sure about that? Isn't there an even higher standard of conduct for officers than for enlisted?
He IS a nice guy, one of the best around. He was not divorced, but you cant call what he was 'married' either.
Some people understand that there can actually be something in between.
Yeah, right. I'll be sure to tell my wife that I'm having an affair with two women at the office, four women from the gym and the nun at church. After all, according to you a common usage of the word refers to something other than illicit sex, so it shouldn't pose a problem. Right?
No, because CLEARLY, I know nothing about the Navy.
I'm sorry, I hate to be sarcastic, but this thread is ridiculous.
Uh oh...I sense Opus #3 may be on the way.
You're obviously emotionally invested in this guy. I'm afraid that it's interfering with your judgment.
"It is always instructive to read the rantings of idiots who would write things they wouldn't dare say to my face."
Address please.
"The only way to excuse what you wrote....."
There really is no way to excuse a shrill for an adulterous home wrecker. Is his behavior really OK with you?
But that said, please dont worry that I give two shakes what you personally think of me.
Uh huh. What's already out there in public is damning enough to stand on its own, notwithstanding your attempts to salvage this clown's reputation.
Why thank you.
Bill O. says a bit more about his relationship with Lisa here.
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/03/06/national/a131102S29.DTL
"The e-mails, along with statements taken from Oefelein and Shipman, confirm publicly for the first time that Oefelein had a romantic relationship with Nowak. It lasted two or three years before he broke it off to date Shipman late last year.
Oefelein said he considered Nowak to be one of his best friends at NASA.
"We had a relationship but, you know, never really said the word `girlfriend,'" Oefelein told investigators. "We were somewhat exclusive. Nobody prohibited anything, but I would consider her exclusive for a period of time."
Lisa, you threw it all away for this clown. Notwithstanding her wrecked marriage, I think Bill O.'s ex-wife got the last laugh in this sad story.
"Nowak "seemed a little disappointed"
Yet again, another man fails to understand women.
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Always let them break up with you, even if it takes a while...or face the consequenses.
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