Scott Peterson admits he had extramarital affair
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – Scott Peterson admits he was having an affair last year before his pregnant wife vanished, and claimed he told her about it. He denied killing his wife. “It (the affair) was not a positive, obviously … but it was not something that we weren’t dealing with,” Peterson told ABC News’ “Good Morning America” in an interview broadcast Tuesday.
“It wasn’t anything that would break us apart.”
Laci Rocha Peterson, 27, disappeared on Christmas Eve from her home in Modesto, Calif.
Scott Peterson, 30, told police he was fishing at the Berkeley Marina at the time, and that his wife, due to deliver a boy Feb. 10, had planned to take her dog for a walk that morning.
Asked on ABC if he had murdered her, he said, “I had absolutely nothing to do with her disappearance.”
Noting that there is no proof she had been killed, he said the murder theory “is not one we’re ready to accept.”
Police have not named him as a suspect but attention has focused on him, in part because of the affair. Peterson had previously denied having an affair.
Laci Peterson’s family issued a statement Tuesday saying: “We are not going to make any comments on his appearance. We would just like him to continue to speak with the police.”
On Friday, Amber Frey came forward and told reporters she had a “romantic relationship” with Peterson, whom she met in November.
“I’m very sorry for Laci’s family and the pain that this has caused them and I pray for her safe return as well,” a tearful Frey said.
She said Peterson told her he was single, and she said she contacted police when she realized he was the husband of the missing woman.
Said Peterson: “It was inappropriate, and I owe a tremendous apology to everyone, obviously including Amber.”
His wife’s family publicly broke with Peterson on Friday.
Brent Rocha, brother of the missing woman, said his brother-in-law “has not been forthcoming with information regarding my sister’s disappearance and I am only left to question what else he may be hiding.”
Peterson said he told police about the affair immediately after his wife disappeared. Later, Modesto Police spokesman Doug Ridenour said investigators have seen the interview, but declined to comment on it.
Peterson said he had told his wife about the affair in early December.
Asked if viewers should believe that she took the news of the affair unhappily – but not with a lot of anger – he said, “No one knows our relationship but us.”
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