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Bondage photos found in ex-astronaut’s car

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.
This photo, released by the Florida State Attorney's Office in Orlando on Tuesday, shows items including a wig, a bag, a hammer and a stun gun that were recovered from the car driven by NASA astronaut Lisa Nowak after she was arrested in February and accused of trying to kidnap a romantic rival.
This photo, released by the Florida State Attorney's Office in Orlando on Tuesday, shows items including a wig, a bag, a hammer and a stun gun that were recovered from the car driven by NASA astronaut Lisa Nowak after she was arrested in February and accused of trying to kidnap a romantic rival.State Attorney's Office via AP
/ Source: The Associated Press

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 the 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 found on the disk depicted bondage scenes, according to a forensic examination report by the Orlando Police Department. Some of the images showed a nude woman while others were drawings.

The documents did not make clear whether Nowak was the woman in the photos or who the disks belonged to.

Also found were nearly $600, 41 British pounds and four brown paper towels with 69 orange pills. State law enforcement are 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.

Lisa Marie Nowak
**FILE** In this undated file photo released by the Orange County Sheriff's Department, NASA astronaut Lisa Marie Nowak is shown. The judge presiding over the trial of the fired astronaut asked lawyers on both sides Thursday, April 5, 2007 to limit media contact, and temporarily sealed court documents that were to be released soon. (AP Photo/Orange County Sheriff's Department, FILE)ORANGE COUNTY SO

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, new steel mallet, a knife and rubber tubing in Nowak's possession. Nowak, 43, pleaded not guilty to attempted kidnapping, burglary with assault and battery. NASA released Nowak from the astronaut corps a month after her arrest. Her trial has been moved to September.