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Article: Ex-astronaut Lisa Nowak apologizes
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- Oakland Tribune
- Article date:
- August 25, 2007
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ORLANDO, Fla. -- Lisa Nowak faced her romantic rival in court
Friday during a tense day in the NASA love triangle case that was
capped with the ex-astronaut apologizing to the other woman for
"frightening her in any way."
It was their first exchange of words and looks since Nowak was
arrested and charged with trying to pepper spray and kidnap Colleen
Shipman after a frantic 1,000-mile drive to confront her over shared
feelings for another astronaut.
"The past six months have been very difficult for me, my family
and others close to me," a halting Nowak said after a five-hour
hearing in which her lawyers sought to remove the ankle bracelet