as the case against scott peterson slowly made its way from arrest to trial, what really happened to laci peterson became a kind of televised courtroom theater. the defense is asking that the jury be sequestered for up to five months. the cast included legal celebrities like defense attorney mark geragos, who signed on to defend scott peterson. scott looks forward to finding out who did this to his wife and to his child, conner. and women s advocate thank you for coming today. i m attorney gloria allred. to my right is amber frey. gloria allred, who erected a protective wall around the story s wild card, amber frey. amber was not going to be doing any interviews during the course of the case, even though so many people wanted to interview her. sure, yeah. wasn t she offered immense amounts of money to do covers and things like that? there were many offers to amber, if she would only provide an interview. but she needed to protect her testimony for the actual cas
i would say that there was a mutual attraction. what did he tell you about himself? on the first date he told me about his family and the plans that he had upcoming, like thanksgiving and fishing trips and going to maine with his family in a cabin. he was planning go to europe with some friends. he wooed her fast with strawberries and champagne. it was early, bright and exciting. absolutely. eager to bond with amber s little girl. he was really sweet with her. she was excited. we planned a picnic and a little hike. she held both hands and was comfortable. must have been sweet. it was. he bought them gifts, made dinner, considerate, caring. driving to the gym to do my weekly five-minute workout. see how you are doing. i am go to give you a call tomorrow. bye. he was always complementing
than fair and impartial. in a written ruling issued nearly three months later, the court sided with peterson on the jury question. it overturned his death sentence. but the court also affirmed his murder conviction. meanwhile, the california supreme court delivered another ruling. the very same justices who overturned peterson santas, now say they also wanted his conviction reexamined. ordering a lower court to determine if he should get a new trial. at issue, whether a juror conducted presidents just short on misconduct. expect the process to take years before this is fully resolved, and in the meantime, scott peterson remains in prison. no one has survived untouched. amber s life certainly never returned to what it was, but if
the reporter was right there. oh, boy. yeah. january 24th. local news showed up at amber s workplace. national tabloids were not far behind. did you talk to them? no. i refused to talk to anybody. reporter: trapped in her office, she called detective buehler. that s when the modesto pd decided that, if amber s story was going to break anyway, they d break it on their terms. we believed at the time it was probably best to get her up there, almost like exploding your own bomb. he sent two colleagues to fetch her with a statement all prepared. we were speeding back, in a sense, getting there. and you know, having this statement written out, you know, trying to read it a few times so it s not too foreign. as they drove to modesto, headquarters gathered the media. big news a coming. we are waiting for modesto police to come out any moment and speak on developments in the laci peterson investigation. and this is the moment when
the cops? they kept looking. bringing dogs, divers, lacey s friends held all the wild amber secretly recorded her conversations with scott. how i was shaking, and trying to catch my breath, come down, there was just too much nerves there. and i would pay s back and forth. one of those calls, of course she didn t know that the time, was going to be notorious. new year s eve. that was the big? one yeah. coming up. first of all i met scott beater s in november 20th 2002. revealing the truth of the world. amber firestorm. we believe that the time was best to get her up there. it was like exposing your own bomb. i was introduced to him, i was told he was unmarried. scott told me he was not