Woman Pleads Guilty to Lying About Astronaut Accessing Bank Account From International Space Station (cnbc.com) 34
It was the first allegation of a crime committed in space — back in 2019. But by 2020 it had led to
charges of lying to federal authorities.
And now a former Air Force intelligence officer "has pleaded guilty to lying to a federal agent," reports CNBC, "by falsely claiming that her estranged astronaut wife illegally accessed her bank account while aboard the International Space Station for six months, prosecutors in Houston, Texas, said Friday."
The guilty plea by Summer Worden, 50, on Thursday comes more than five years after she was indicted in the space case for lying about actions by her wife, Anne McClain, a U.S. Army colonel, West Point graduate and Iraq war combat veteran, while they were in the midst of a divorce. The claim came at a time when Worden said that the couple was engaged in a custody battle over what Worden's then-6-year-old son, who had been conceived through in vitro fertilizationand carried by a surrogate...
McClain was aboard the Space Station from December 2018 through June 2019. She recently commanded the SpaceX Crew-10 crew mission to the Space Station from March this year until August.
Worden, who remains free on bond, is scheduled to be sentenced on February 12. She faces a maximum possible sentence of up to five years in prison.
McClain was aboard the Space Station from December 2018 through June 2019. She recently commanded the SpaceX Crew-10 crew mission to the Space Station from March this year until August.
Worden, who remains free on bond, is scheduled to be sentenced on February 12. She faces a maximum possible sentence of up to five years in prison.
She has the perfect alibi... (Score:1)
Explains declining marriage rate (Score:2, Informative)
The reason why people are not getting married is their role models dads, uncles, and grandfathers have been on the bad side of an accusation like this.
Common bits: "falsely claiming that her estranged astronaut wife ... while they were in the midst of a divorce ...that the couple was engaged in a custody battle over ... 6-year-old son"
This case is for two women, though the false accusation "silver bullet" tactic has been used to damage men in divorce for decades.
The false allegation has little or no repercu
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Called out the both women aspect and was there to point out that such accusations are used to 'win' in divorce / custody cases. If it is rare or never used, then why are there hundreds of law firm blog articles on the "silver bullet divorce" topic?
Fixing this, such as Kentucky's presumption of equal 50/50 custody in divorce custody can lead to far fewer divorces (25% fewer in Kentyucky) and more families staying together.
Kentucky's law handles the abusive relationship aspect by a rebuttable presumption o
Federal Title IV Part D (Score:2)
State governments get $0.50 for every dollar of child support money collected. The money is a grant to the state government for use in any way and does not go to the child or custodial parent.
In other words, a financial profit motive for the state government to maximize child support collected. The child support collected is maximized if the lower earning parent (usually the mother) gets the child 75percent of the time and the higher earning parent (usually the father) gets the child 25 percent of the tim
Re:Wait.. (Score:4, Informative)
Serious answer? Because they were in the "Don't ask; don't tell" phase of military policy.
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Swapped in someone else's urine for the test.
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I was not aware you could tell whether someone was gay from their urine.
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oh well... (Score:4, Funny)
she was only a bit spaced out when she made the false claim.
Heights of Delusion. (Score:1)
If any man was questioning the heights at which female deception and delusion can reach, look no further than..wait, are we fucking serious? A space station?
This is as if Believe All Women said "hold my vegan cat and watch this."
the new "Florida" (Score:1)
Texas is now the new "Florida"
Easy peasy, pardon sleasy. (Score:3)
has pleaded guilty to lying to a federal agent
Former national security adviser Michael Flynn pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI and he got a pardon from the current President. If she doesn't have the political connections, this might cost just her some $$$ -- crypto or cash, they're not picky. /s
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He will also accept bars of gold:
https://www.axios.com/2025/11/... [axios.com]
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Stop making up shit
Hope it wasn't for Amazon purchases. (Score:5, Funny)
Even with next day premium delivery it would take a bit to have it delivered.
Collect your parcel from:
Low Earth Orbit
Check this url for up-to-date location.
Modern day story (Score:2)
Two women
Married
A child that neither gave birth or genes to.
Astronaut
AF intelligence officer
This is definitely NOT a story that you would have seen 20 years ago.
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A child that neither gave birth or genes to.
Yeah, it's not like adoption exists.
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The only one who found that line noteworthy was you.
The rest of us only find it noteworthy in the context it was in.
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I so want twenty years ago back.
Women turning on each other. (Score:2)
her wife (Score:2)
That's all you need to know.