Taylor Denise Schabusiness and her then-attorney, Curtis Paul Julka, on April 4, 2025 (Law&Crime Network).

This is a reminiscent scene from 2023. Taylor Denis Schabusiness, a convicted murderer aged 27, on Friday, attempted to attack her defense attorney during a court hearing concerning her alleged assault on a prison worker. A deputy from the Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Office swiftly subdued her by pinning her to the ground. He was joined by four other officers in restraining her, highlighting a series of outbursts both in court and beyond.

Schabusiness is currently serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole in Wisconsin for the heinous murder and dismemberment of her partner, Shad Thyrion, who was 25, in February 2022.

“This crime is an affront to human decency; it strikes against human dignity and the fabric of the human community,” declared Brown County Circuit Judge Thomas Walsh during the 2023 sentencing. “When a life is taken in the manner it was in this case — with the victim’s remains dismembered and stored in containers — it becomes challenging to see any human nature in those actions. It truly is. The situation is deeply disturbing.”

At the time, she showed up to court with a wrapping around her mouth. This was months after she lashed out at her then-attorney Quinn Jolly during a hearing. They struggled. Again, law enforcement took her to the ground.

That brings us to 2024, when she was charged in an ongoing case for battery by a prisoner. She and current lawyer Curtis Paul Julka showed up to court on Friday for a preliminary hearing. As seen on footage, she suddenly yelled out and lashed at her attorney.

Julka was pretty deadpan about it all, shrugging as the guards swarmed his client.

Online court records show that later, the defense formally made a not guilty plea after the state called a detective to the stand, and Julka did the cross-examination.

After the hearing was over, Schabusiness’ lawyer took an unsurprising path.

“Attorney Julka withdrawn from case,” records state.

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