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Article: Nowak wants monitor removed
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- Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)
- Article date:
- August 25, 2007
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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Former astronaut Lisa Nowak, accused of
attacking a romantic rival, asked a judge Friday to let her remove
her electronic monitoring ankle bracelet, saying that it cuts her
ankle and gets in the way of her military boot laces.
Nowak promised to abide by all court orders if the GPS monitoring
device is removed, including not having any contact with Air Force
Capt. Colleen Shipman, the woman she is accused of pepper spraying in
an airport parking lot.
Shipman's attorney fought the request.
On the witness stand, Shipman told the judge 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 ...