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Peterson Heads to Court to Retrieve Guns, Cars
With grand jury hearing evidence, the former Illinois cop insists he's innocent.
Dec. 15, 2007 — -- Drew Peterson told ABC News in an interview on Saturday that he's confident he can withstand the metastasizing parade of leaks, insinuations and burgeoning suspicion that he had a hand in the disappearance of his fourth wife, Stacy Peterson.
"Everything being said is not true," Peterson said of allegations raised Saturday that he funneled more than a quarter million dollars to his son from several bank accounts, including accounts held jointly between himself and Stacy, after the 23-year-old woman disappeared earlier this year.
The former Chicago-area police officer at the center of an investigation to find his missing wife is duein court today.
Drew Peterson expects to hear from a judge about whether he will get back some guns, two vehicles, computers and other items authorities seized after Stacy Peterson vanished in late October.
Peterson has been increasingly aggressive in recent days in challenging some of the rampant media speculation that authorities are close to filing charges against him.
Numerous sources have confirmed to ABC News and other media outlets that a grand jury in Illinois has been hearing evidence targeting Peterson in the disappearance since at least last week.
Still, Peterson, a veteran former police sergeant, insists he is a cuckolded scapegoat and a convenient solution to a compelling missing mom mystery.
"As more things come up, more things get knocked down,'' Peterson told ABC News. "The whole incidence is losing credibility."
Peterson declined to directly address news reports that he wrote his son a series of checks totaling more than $250,000 after Stacy's disappearance, but said that "the truth about them will come out."
Peterson has repeatedly and vehemently denied accusations that he was involved in the disappearance of Stacy Peterson. However, an Illinois grand jury has been reviewing evidence to that end throughout the past week. Authorities are also aggressively re-examining the death of Peterson's third wife, Kathleen Savio.
The allegations that he was "funneling'' assets to his son in anticipation of his arrest were first reported by a local news station in Illinois, though rumors to that effect have been percolating in Midwest media circles for at least a week. Asked on Saturday during a telephone interview if he was worried about the new report, Peterson told ABC News, "I'm always concerned."
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