Scott Peterson says he’s an ‘a-hole’ for cheating on slain wife but maintains innocence

Scott Peterson walks into a courtroom at the San Mateo county superior court in Redwood City, California, on 11 August 2022. Photograph: Jeff Chiu/AP

In his first on-camera remarks in two decades, the convicted double murderer Scott Peterson called himself “a total a-hole” for cheating on his pregnant wife, Laci, before her slaying – but he insisted he did not murder her or their unborn son, Conner.

“It’s horrible. I was a total a-hole to be having sex outside our marriage,” the 51-year-old Peterson said in an interview shown as part of a three-part documentary series premiering on the NBC streaming platform Peacock on 20 August, according to People.com. But, during the interview conducted over a video call from California’s Mule Creek state prison, he added: “I didn’t kill my family.”