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.
A judge last week agreed to unseal some of the documents in 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 on the disk depicted bondage scenes, according to a forensic examination report by the Orlando Police Department. Some of the images were photos that showed a nude woman, and others were drawings.
Also found were nearly $600, 41 British pounds and four brown paper towels with 69 orange pills. State law enforcement is 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, a steel mallet, a knife and rubber tubing in Nowak’s possession. Nowak, 43, pleaded not guilty to attempted kidnapping and burglary with assault. NASA released her from the astronaut corps a month after her arrest.
