Peterson's Mistress Seeks To Stop Sale Of Nude Photos

NBC4.com ^ | Oct 21, 2003

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Peterson's Mistress Seeks To Stop Sale Of Nude Photos
Amber Frey Admits To Posing Nude

Peterson's Mistress Seeks To Stop Sale Of Nude Photos
Amber Frey Admits To Posing Nude

POSTED: 8:27 a.m. PDT October 21, 2003
UPDATED: 8:38 a.m. PDT October 21, 2003

LOS ANGELES -- The woman who admitted having an affair with accused killer Scott Peterson filed a federal lawsuit Monday in an attempt to stop attempts to sell nude photos of her.

Amber Frey said she posed nude and partially clothed for a Clovis modeling agency in 1999. Though she decided not to continue with the agency, she didn't pick up the photos, the suit states.

Frey claims that after she made a public statement about her romantic relationship with Peterson, David Hans Schmidt tried to sell the photographs of her on the World Wide Web.

Peterson now faces trial on charges he murdered his wife, Laci, who was pregnant.

Frey contends Schmidt, an Arizona resident, got the photos illegally. She also alleged he "attempted to sell the photographs to third parties, including Larry Flynt for publication in Hustler."

Schmidt said he could not comment because he had not seen the .......

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Cadaver Dog Indicated Laci Peterson's Body was in Husband's Boat

Cadaver Dog Indicated Laci Peterson's Body was in Husband's Boat

Prosecutors believe Laci Peterson's body was in her husband's warehouse and boat before it was dumped in San Francisco Bay, according to court documents filed late Friday.

According to a report by the dog's handler, the cadaver dog showed "mild interest" in the boat and displayed some interest in containers in the warehouse during a search.

The defense team for Scott Peterson contends that the dog's failure to "alert" on the boat is proof that the body was never in the craft.

However, prosecutors argue that the dog did not fully alert was because it was distracted by the heavy smell of chemicals in the warehouse.

Scott Peterson used the warehouse located on Emerald Avenue as an office and storage area for his job as a fertilizer salesman.

The debate over the cadaver dog started when Peterson's lawyers sought to have wiretap information thrown out. Defense attorneys argued an investigator "purposely omitted" information from the dog handler's report in affidavits to a judge when seeking warrants for the wiretaps.

Stanislaus County Superior Court Judge Al Girolami will decide whether to exclude the wiretaps and information from the dog's search after the preliminary hearing. That hearing was scheduled to begin today but has been postponed to October 28.

Scott Peterson is facing two counts of murder in the killings of his wife and unborn son. A conviction on the charges could result in the death penalty.

Laci Peterson was eight months .........

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Report: Dog 'interest' noted

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Report: Dog 'interest' noted

By JOHN COTÉ
BEE STAFF WRITER

Published: October 20, 2003, 09:08:05 AM PDT

Prosecutors contend that Laci Peterson's body was in her husband's warehouse and boat before the body was dumped in San Francisco Bay.

The assertion is in a document filed late Friday in Stanislaus County Superior Court, where Scott Peterson is due for a preliminary hearing Oct. 28 on charges that he murdered his pregnant wife and their son, Conner.

A cadaver dog "showed mild interest" when placed in Peterson's boat and was interested in containers under a small workbench in his Modesto warehouse, according to the newly filed document, a partial report from the dog handler.

Peterson's defense contends that because the cadaver dog, Twist, did not "alert" -- or indicate that she had found the sought-after scent -- in the boat, "the prosecution's own investigation proved that Laci Peterson's body was never in Scott Peterson's boat."

That contention "grossly misstates" the dog handler's report, Senior Deputy District Attorney Rick Distaso wrote.

"It is clear that Twist showed some interest in the boat and other areas of the warehouse but did not fully alert," Distaso wrote. "This was probably due to the heavy chemical smell in the warehouse."

Peterson, 30, of Modesto worked as a fertilizer salesman. He used an Emerald Avenue warehouse as an office and stored chemicals and his boat there, according to portions of the report by a Contra Costa County Sheriff's Department Search and Rescue Team member.

The report indicates that the dog "showed mild interest but no alerts" after being placed in Peterson's boat.

The dog showed no interest in the small office area but was interested in some containers under a small workbench, dog handler Eloise Anderson wrote.

"She checked several times in each container, along the edge of the workbench where she could reach and along the edge of the boat closest to the workbench," Anderson wrote. "She demonstrated frustration by barking but did not go to her full alert or pinpoint a particular spot."

The jousting over the cadaver dog arose from a defense challenge to two wiretaps on Peterson's phones. The defense maintains that an investigator "purposely omitted" information in affidavits to a judge when seeking warrants for the wiretaps.

Investigators intercepted more than 3,000 phone calls during two wiretaps: one authorized to run Jan. 10 to Feb. 4, the second April 15 to 18, the day police arrested Peterson.

If Judge Al Girolami finds that district attorney investigator Steve Jacobson willfully omitted key material in his affidavits that would have affected a judge's decision to issue the warrants........

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Modesto police change plan to limit traffic for Scott Peterson hearing">

Police were pressured into leaving open I Street in front of the Stanislaus County Courthouse.
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Modesto police change plan to limit traffic for Scott Peterson hearing

By RICHARD T. ESTRADA
BEE STAFF WRITER

Published: October 21, 2003, 07:21:04 AM PDT

The Modesto Police Department put its I Street traffic plan in reverse Monday, following heavy criticism from downtown business owners and the mayor. I Street will stay open, after all.

"I'm sorry to see it took a lot of pressure to change their mind, but at least the police have made the right decision," said Judy Aspesi, co-owner of Dewz Restaurant, at the corner of I and 11th.

Police originally were going to close I Street, between 10th and 12th streets. The second plan, announced Friday, was to limit traffic to one lane in each direction and ban parking.

That was to accommodate television trucks in town for the Oct. 28 preliminary hearing of Scott Peterson, a 30-year-old Modesto fertilizer salesman charged with the murder of his wife and son.

The new plan -- the final plan, police Lt. Dan Inderbitzen promised -- has I Street open and TV trucks parking on the construction site of the Gallo Arts Center.

The I Street lot, between 10th and 11th streets, is across from the Stanislaus County Courthouse, where the hearing will be held.

Mayor Carmen Sabatino was upset at the proposal to limit traffic .........

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Frey files suit over pictures

Frey files suit over pictures

By JOHN COTÉ
BEE STAFF WRITER

Published: October 22, 2003, 05:17:00 AM PDT

Amber Frey, a key figure in the Scott Peterson double murder case, is suing a pornography broker for $6 million for posting nude and seminude photos of her on his Web site.

Frey, a 28-year-old Fresno massage therapist, is a potential key witness against the 30-year-old Modesto fertilizer salesman, who is accused of murdering his wife and son.

During an emotional news conference at Modesto police headquarters in January, Frey said she did not know Peterson was married when she became romantically involved with him in the weeks before his pregnant wife, Laci, disappeared.

Police said Frey cooperated with their investigation. Partial phone records show she called Peterson dozens of times while investigators tapped his phones, often calling a police detective immediately after hanging up with Peterson.

Frey also called Laci Peterson's mother, brother and friends, and continued to call Scott Peterson after the phone taps were turned off, the records show.

In the lawsuit filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, Frey accuses David Hans Schmidt of posting photos of her on his pay-for-use Web site without her permission.

Schmidt's Arizona-based public relations and production company, which carries his name, also is named in the lawsuit, which alleges misappropriation of Frey's name and likeness, unlawful or misleading advertising, invasion of privacy, and negligent and intentional infliction of emotional distress.

The pictures were taken in 1999 at Emerald Photography in Clovis for a "test shoot," according to the lawsuit. Frey was 24 at the time.

Schmidt has said he purchased the photos from the photographer earlier this year and attempted to sell them to Larry

Flynt for publication in the pornographic magazine Hustler. Schmidt posted them on his Web site in September.

At no time did Frey "license or authorize the use of her photographs by any defendant or any other person," the lawsuit states.

Frey is seeking to have a court forbid the sale or use of the photographs and require all negatives, reproductions and copies confiscated and destroyed.

Schmidt could not be reached for comment Tuesday. In earlier interviews he has said he had a legally binding model release for the photos.

"I hope she sues," Schmidt said in September.

Frey's attorneys contend that the purported model release is a "data sheet" that indicated Frey "had no tattoos, no body piercings, likes horses and would pose nude."............

[Canadian Outrage]

Maggie I don't think the Judge will exclude the Prosecutions evidence. They fully explained "how" it came to be that the investigator omitted evidence he had no knowledge of at that time.!!

[Canadian Outrage]

Jackie your post #710 is right on. His OWN VOICE should do the trick!! The Defense will try ANYTHING To keep the tapes out. But it won't work. The warrants were validly obtained.

[Canadian Outrage]

Bizarre is right. These people, the WHOLE WHACK of them, are from out there!! They live in a world all their own it would appear. It seems to me they have a HUGE shock coming!!

[Canadian Outrage]

BBL - leavin for home NOW!

[drjulie]

It is amazing. He wants to know "what they have"? I guess he could watch the news or read the newspaper or ask Mr. Geragos or better yet, ask his brother. On a less sarcastic note...I'm not an attorney so this doesn't make sense to me. Wouldn't Geragos have an honest discussion with Scott and his family about the evidence and how things are likely to evolve?

[middie]

Being so rational seems anathema to most here. I suspect that also includes the strange idea that we actually should grant Peterson the presumption of being not guilty and requiring the State of California to prove his guilt beyond and to the exclusion of every reasonable doubt. Calif., just as Florida, lives by the criminal law doctrine that demands:when there are facts that lead to a hypothesis of not guilt as equally as that of guilt, a defendant must be given the benefit of such equal force and thus be found not guilty. (Note that I do not use the term innocence, that is a totally differnet legal concept. One may not be actually innocent and still be not legally guilty).

[Jackie-O]

I'm just sitting here taking a Susan Tedeschi break waiting for you all to get back. Are all you out to din tonight or what??/

[reg45]

All I was trying to do was to show everyone that there are worse things than photos of the nude Amber Frey. Imagine photos of the nude HRC or the nude BS. What a nightmare.

[Canadian Outrage]

Hey Reg I agree. I'm not concerned about Amber's photos from 5 or so years ago. They have NOTHING to do with this trial. In my opinion, she's done the honorable thing here. She didn't need to help LE at all.

[Canadian Outrage]

You would think so Julie. If he hasn't had an "honest" discussion with SP by now, then I would think that McAllister should have. If neither of them have, then they haven't acted FOR Snott Peterson in good faith.!! imo anyway

[Jackie-O]

The panel on Greta tonight were disgusing and trying to make a dbig deal out of the photos..they have no relevence! She is not or has never tried to sell them!! What do they have to do with her testimony at all??

[Canadian Outrage]

C'mon back Jackie!!!!!

[reg45]

She didn't need to help LE at all.

LE?

[Canadian Outrage]

My puter is in a different room than the TV too!! Very annoying on top of the fact that I'm FOXLESS!! As to next week, I think my husband may have to beat me to work. LOL

[Canadian Outrage]

Law Enforcement!

[Canadian Outrage]

Who is Susan Tedeschi??

[Jackie-O]

Blues artist..awesome. Her voice is a cross between Janis Joplin and Bonnie Rait, and she plays a mean slide guitar!

[Canadian Outrage]

They have NOTHING to do with it Jackie. The Defense however will attempt to make a big deal of it. However, I doubt the Judge will even allow it into evidence. It has NO relevance to this case. It happened long before she met Scott Peterson. I remain convinced that once the Jury hears Peterson's own voice that will solve a lot of other witnesses credibility problems. Frankly, I think the Defense is going to attempt to undermine everything that LE has done. You know, OJ style. The good thing here is that they don't have the "race" factor. And a frame up of Peterson is beyond rediculous.

[Canadian Outrage]

I honestly have never heard her. You like blues music?

[Jackie-O]

I come from a family of musicians. I play many instrumants,learned from my father. All of my brothers are very talented guitarists, and my brother who is a lifer in the Navy is a blues artist. He is stationed in San Diego and has aquired quite a reputation for himself. He has been writen up in the Califronia Entertainer as the best blues guitarist in the state and has performend with BB King, Buddy Guy, Jimmy Vaughn, and many more. The most rewarding thing for him is he has been in the Navy for 20 years, he has played all around the world while serving our great country. He has been in both Gulf wars and has entertained the people he has liberated. I am so incrediably proud of him.