On Tuesday, a married lady accused of beheading her lover after choking him during s*x assaulted her attorney in court.
Around 8.48 am, Taylor Schabusiness, 25, jumped on her lawyer; Quinn Jolly in a courtroom in Greenbay, Wisconsin.
After a witness who was supposed to testify on Schabusiness’ mental state during a hearing to determine if Schabusiness is competent to stand trial failed to appear, an argument ensued.
Jolly was supposed to call an expert witness to testify in court on Tuesday, but he instead informed Judge Thomas Walsh that the witness hadn’t finished writing his report. To allow for that testimony, the attorney requested an additional two weeks.
The trial was originally scheduled for March 6, but Walsh grudgingly agreed to move it up and offered a trial date of May 15.
Married lady fights her attorney after being accused of beheading her lover
At that point, Schabusiness attacked Jolly and was recorded on camera.
Schabusiness was captured on camera hopping out of her seat in the Greenbay courthouse and reaching for Jolly’s arm. Then, it seemed as though she struck him in the head.
Quickly moving into action, a sheriff’s deputy from Brown County tackled Schabusiness to the ground while fending off her attempts to escape his hold.
Stop, the officer kept telling Schabusiness as she tried to kick herself free, and wrapped her foot around a cord connected to his utility belt.
Two other sheriff’s deputies could be seen arriving to tackle the 25-year-old, trying to speak to her calmly. A woman supporting Schabusiness also tried to calm the defendant down, according to the Gazette.
Together, they were able to get Schabusiness to calm down and sit her up against a door before leading her out. Schabusiness is charged with first degree homicide, mutilating a corpse and third-degree sexual assault.
The victim’s own mother discovered her son’s severed head in a bucket, covered with a towel, in her home.
According to police Schabusiness admitted to giving oral sex and using a sex toy on her victim after he was dead. She has pleaded not guilty by reason of mental illness or defect. The question of Schabusiness’ fitness to stand trial has been a central issue of her court proceedings since she was arrested last year.
An expert hired by the court had testified that she was capable of assisting in her own defense, but an expert hired by the defense raised doubt.
If found competent, the trial will proceed as scheduled. But if she is found not competent to stand trial, the case will be put on hold as she receives additional psychiatric treatment.
Schabusiness was arrested in Feb. 2022, after Shad Rock Thyrion’s mother found his severed head in a bucket in her basement.
