Lowery's Friends and Family Freak Out

Natavia Lowery, the personal assistant of Linda Stein -- who she is accused of murdering, was indicted on the murder charges yesterday. Last week Lowery confessed to bludgeoning her old boss with a yoga stick, claiming Stein blew pot smoke in her face. Despite the confession, Lowery's friends and family are insisting she is innocent, and shouted out some choice pull quotes at yesterday's hearing:

"Liars!" several people among more than a dozen supporters of 26-year-old Natavia Lowery shouted as they left.

"She's a sweet, innocent child," the mother cried. "The only thing she could be guilty of is having compassion."

"Do a good job next time, a--hole!" one yelled as the angry group filed past the two arresting NYPD detectives in the back of the room.

Prior to the two groups being separated in the courtroom, Lowery came out "dressed in a tan pantsuit, smiled at her parents and about a dozen other relatives attending the Manhattan Criminal Court hearing." They claim that Lowery was under interrogation for 18 hours before confessing, and coerced into admitting to the crime. Currently Lowery is back in jail and being held without bail, she'll return to court November 27th, and her attorney is going to try to get the confession thrown out. In the meantime, the family claims, "Ms Stein loved her. We still have pictures in our house of Ms Stein. We loved Ms Stein."

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By Jen Carlson in News on November 15, 2007 5:01 PM

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AnnaZed

At Salon we used to have (I haven't posted there in a long while - so I don't know if they still do) a "ignore this user" function. So, a registered user could just click on a poster's name and block them and never see their posts again. Also, that user couldn't email them. Couldn't this site have something like that? Sure they can re-register, but trolls get tired of it and fade away after a while.

Reality Czech

She did it. She confessed. Jesus knows innocent people do not confess. Another crack child gone mad.

MrNoMoniker

We're itching to have you shut the hell up.

Isn't there a forum somewhere out there that is more inline with your racist agenda? The internet is vast, so take a look around.

You sound like a broken record and you're not promoting any kind of meaningful discussion.

You're clearly just trying to incite an argument by rehashing derogatory stereotypes making crass generalizations based on race.

From the Gothamist comment policy:

"we reserve the right to delete any comments we find offensive"

So, hey, Gothamist, everything about commenter "c00n" is blatantly offensive, care to do anything about it?

c00n

Come on now people. If you're itching to flag, head on over to craigslist and flag away.

Have you seen this video? Why is he so angry?!?

http://wcbstv.com/video/?id=105256@wcbs.dayport.com

MrNoMoniker

How about one of those "flag as inappropriate or offensive" links for comments?

Or maybe just a "commenter is being a douchebag" link.

c00n

She's got big lips. Are those her real hair?

Elderta

Hi, Jesus! There are three persistent commentators who make racist commnents on this board. Their names are prominently displayed in this thread. Gothamist won't ban them (something about free speech), but we try to ignore them, particularly when they talk to themselves. Mental illness is a sad situation.

freddyhere

does anyone else think that ms stein is extremely ugly?

I think with the right lighting and proper makeup she could pass for just "ugly"...lol

nonumentalart

does anyone else think that ms stein is extremely ugly? you know what, she probably was incredibly cruel. i don't condone this act of violence, but maybe we should think of the greater good

Hi_its_ME_Jesus

holy christ mi chiquitos

there is mucho negativo energhya in thiso boardo

mucho anti-racialisto

thou shallt bee strickwen with mightys lords dong upon thy heads for thou arst withoute minds

freddyhere

A.S. Yes, but they do a VERY fine job at that...

Snoopy

I must admit that Gothamist did straighten things out by eliminating guest comments.

Thanks once again.

c00n

Oops! I guess she was being herself when she bludgeoned Stein. My bad.

c00n

She looks like she's going for that white/asian look. Why was she trying to be white/asian instead of just being her nappy headed self?

freddyhere

I'm thinking perhaps that it was all just rough lesbian sex gone awry - Stein does look like someone who likes a good whack or two now and then...

Snoopy

This is what the world needs, a Geisha from Ghiana.

Snoopy

A yoga shtick is something Henny Youngman used on his wife when she blew pot smoke in his face after finding him humping an Oriental girl in their one bedroom apartment's bathroom on Hester street.