FOND DU LAC, Wis. (Court TV) — Convicted killer Taylor Schabusiness returned to court on Monday to be sentenced after she attacked a prison guard.
Taylor Schabusiness appears in court for her sentencing on Dec. 1, 2025. (Court TV)
Schabusiness is serving a life sentence for the murder of Shad Thyrion, whom she was convicted of killing during a drug-fueled sexual encounter.
In October, Schabusiness pleaded no contest to a reduced charge of disorderly conduct just days ahead of her scheduled trial. She had been charged with battery after an incident behind bars. In a criminal complaint, prosecutors said Schabusiness told them she had a staple in her arm. When a nurse grabbed tweezers to remove it, Schabusiness allegedly “lunged” at her. A guard intervened, and prosecutors say Schabusiness hit the guard in the head with a tray and swung a metal table at her.
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At Monday’s sentencing hearing, prosecutor Tessa Button played the body camera video showing the violent assault. Schabusiness appears to lunge in the video, as the officer yells “stop resisting!” repeatedly.
Schabusiness was wheeled into the courtroom wearing shackles and spoke only briefly.
“Well, I ain’t no r****d, and I didn’t mean to go off on that bitch like that at all,” Schabusiness said. “I’m sorry for that and how it came off like that. It didn’t need to happen that way and it shouldn’t have.”
Schabusiness was represented by Christopher Froelich, who also represented her in her murder trial. Froelich stepped into the current case after Schabusiness lunged at her previous attorney, Curtis Julka, at a preliminary hearing in this case. Froelich asked Judge Anthony Nehls to sentence his client to the minimum of 10 days, citing her life sentence, severe mental health issues and drug addiction.
“I think my client does want to become a better person,” Froelich said.
Judge Nehls ultimately sided with the prosecution, sentencing her to the maximum of 90 days, to be served consecutively to her life sentence.
