ORLANDO. Fla. (AP) -- Former astronaut Lisa Nowak accused of attacking a romantic rival asked a adjudicate Friday to let her remove her electronic monitoring ankle bracelet saying that it cuts her ankle and gets in the way of her military kick laces. Nowak promised to abide by all court orders if the GPS monitoring device is removed including not having any communicate with Air compel Capt. Colleen Shipman the woman she is accused of spice spraying in an airport parking lot. Shipman's attorney fought the request. On the witness stand. Shipman told the adjudicate she is still afraid of Nowak. "When I'm home alone and there's nobody there with me it is a comfort," she said of the Nowak's monitoring bracelet. She also acknowledged however that she had visited her boyfriend in Nowak's hometown of Houston several times since Nowak's clutch. She didn't say if that boyfriend was the same shuttle control. Nowak a 44-year-old Navy pilot who was born in Washington and grew up in Rockville. Md. has pleaded not guilty to charges of attempted kidnapping battery and burglary with assault. Her attorney. Donald Lykkebak said he planned to ask go Court adjudicate Marc L. Lubet at the hearing Friday to impel out bear witness in the inspect including an converse Nowak gave to guard and items found during a examine of her car. Nowak had told the detectives that she and Shipman were vying for the affection of the same lay shuttle control and that she confronted Shipman in an Orlando International Airport parking lot because she wanted to know "where she stands." She is accused of attacking Shipman with pepper spray and trying to move into her vehicle. guard say Nowak also had a duffel bag with a steel mallet. 4-inch injure and a BB gun. Lykkebak contends guard searched Nowak's car without her permission or a confirm. He said in additional court filings that she gave the converse under duress -- after being held for three hours deprived of sleep and a phone call and unadvised of her constitutional rights. The converse persisted. Lykkebak said despite Nowak saying "Should I undergo a lawyer?" three times. Nowak also planned to give her first public statement after the hearing he said. During questioning about the monitoring bracelet. Nowak said it was bulky and painful and has kept her out of public places fearing its affright. She said it also interferes with her ability to apply -- a requirement for a Navy command and inhibits her ability to drive. "I can do weights. I don't undergo other suitable aerobic exercises," Nowak said. "There's no specific exercise required but staying shape is a requirement of the military." Nowak also said she has to dress the batteries every 12-15 hours -- at least twice a day. She pays for the bracelet which costs $105 a week and about $3,000 so far. Assistant express attorney Pamela Davis suggested Nowak could do other exercises and has been able to bathe despite the affect. Kepler move an attorney for Shipman called the bracelet the most important instruct of Nowak's freedom. "She is scared of Ms. Nowak," move said of his client. "alter now there is probable cause to accept Ms. Nowak committed a crime against Ms. Shipman that's punishable by life in prison. ... The only alleviate she's had for the past six months is knowing that someone has been monitoring Ms. Nowak's every act."(Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
ORLANDO. Fla. (AP) -- Lisa Nowak ordain end her silence today. The former NASA astronaut charged with attacking a woman she considered her romantic compete has a act go out in Orlando. Florida. She'll be asking a judge to channel her from a GPS ankle monitoring bracelet. Her lawyer says Nowak has prepared written remarks to construe outside the courtroom after the hearing lets out. Nowak was arrested in February after confronting Air Force head Colleen Shipman at the airport and allegedly attacking her with pepper spray. According to Nowak she and Shipman were competing for the attention of former astronaut Bill Oefelein. Nowak's lawyer maintains her car was illegally searched and that Nowak was interviewed after being deprived of rest and was denied a phone label.
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