Polishing the brass on the Titanic

I can't imagine how bad the defense of former astronaut Lisa Nowak is going to be when the best they can say about the allegations she faces is that she in no way wore diapers on her little road trip.

The Star Tribune has story they grabbed from the Associated Press about the defense attorney vehemently denying the whole diaper thing as she drove to have a little showdown with another woman in that strange love triangle mess from a few months back.

According to the story:

"The biggest lie in this preposterous tale that has been told is that my client drove from Houston, Texas, to Orlando, Florida, nonstop, wearing a diaper," Donald Lykkebak said after filing motions to suppress evidence in Nowak's criminal case. "That is an absolute fabrication."

Um, OK... Great, I guess...

It goes on to explain:

The tidbit that Nowak wore diapers during her trip was written in the police report filed after Nowak's arrest in February. "I then asked Mrs. Nowak why she had baby diapers," according to the charging affidavit written by Officer William "Chris" Becton.

"Mrs. Nowak said that she didn't want to stop and use the restroom, so she used the diapers to collect her urine."

Now, the reason this is all so important is that her attorney is because he's worried that his client is becoming a target because of this information.

"It jeopardizes our ability to have a fair trial when the accused is the butt of jokes," Lykkebak said.

I'm sure all of this helps.

(Image from germes-online.com)