Martin Bashir Interview Excerpts from Nightline – Drew Peterson’s FifthEngagement - January 29, 2009

On Drew’s Fiancée, Christina Raines :BASHIR: Is Chrissy quite shy?PETERSON: Yes she is.BASHIR: I can tell. She’s very shy, isn’t she? Not very confident.PETERSON: She doesn’t really take well to new people or faces.On His EngagementBASHIR: For people looking at your story, they would have justifiable reasons forbeing worried.PETERSON: Exactly. I acknowledge that all...BASHIR: Your first and your second wives complained about you being verycontrolling.PETERSON: …all day long.BASHIR: Your third wife…PETERSON: All day long.BASHIR: …dies.PETERSON: All day long.BASHIR: Your fourth wife disappears and is alleged to have told her minister thatyou confessed to killing your third wife.PETERSON: Right. All which didn’t happen. But, I will acknowledge one hundredpercent that I would have concerns if I was the friends and family of this young girl.BASHIR: Are you slightly surprised that she’s happy to go ahead and become yourfiancée even though you are still legally married to Stacy? What does it tell youabout her?PETERSON: She likes me. She likes me a lot. I’m a good guy.On Attention From the Media :BASHIR: How did you find the attention?

PETERSON: At first it was very terrifying.BASHIR: Some people though, felt that you quite enjoyed the attention becauseyou seemed to play up to the crews and have a joke and have a laugh.PETERSON: I think dealing with them in such a manner with humor was the way Iwas able to cope with it all.On Drew’s Undercover W ork :BASHIR: How many years were you undercover?PETERSON: I was undercover actually a total of about five years. You basicallyspent your day working a con and you were getting people to believe you weresomething other than what you were and it was fun.BASHIR: You enjoyed that.PETERSON: I thought it was funny that you were able to get people to believe thatyou were something other than what you really were.On Drew’s Marriage to Vicky Connolly and Cheating :PETERSON: I proposed to my second wife right there on that corner.BASHIR: Were you faithful to her?PETERSON: No, I wasn’t. The big joke at one point at one particular time was youhad to lie to your girlfriend so you could go home and see your wife.BASHIR: You know when you talk about police life it almost sounds like it’simpossible to be faithful.PETERSON: The temptations are out there for womanizing.BASHIR: Do you think that being able to deceive people as a narcotics officer, in away, was not helpful to you when it came to being faithful to your wives?PETERSON: I think so. In fact, I was on some TV shows where I was asked, “You cancon anybody on anything.” and they go, “Are you conning us now?” and I’d have tosay, “No.” but in looking at it objectively, how do you know?On Drew’s Relationship with KathleenSavio:BASHIR: How would you characterize your relationship with Kathleen?PETERSON: I think it was very comical, witty.

BASHIR: Why did she file for an order of protection from you?PETERSON: She had an attorney and the order of protection was filed strictly tohave sole custody of the house.BASHIR: But in the order it actually spoke of fear and violence…PETERSON: Of course that’s what they’re going to say because that’s the elementsthey need to obtain an order of protection.BASHIR: You don’t think she was telling the truth?PETERSON: No. Never.On Meeting Stacy Cales :PETERSON: This here’s Springhill Suites. This is where I first met my fourth wife,Stacy.BASHIR: How old was she?PETERSON: I says, “Do you mind that I’m forty-seven years old?” and she goes, “Ohno. Do you mind that I’m seventeen?” Oh my God! So I real quick looked throughmy law books to see if that was kosher and the age of consent in the state of Illinoisis seventeen and a relationship developed and we started going out. We got a lot of looks at the time and a lot of controversy over our relationship.On the Discovery of Kathleen’s Body:PETERSON: I heard screaming upstairs and there was her friend, Mary. Wentupstairs and she was dead in the bathtub. I checked for life signs and I knew at thatparticular tie I didn’t belong there. So I called for additional police units to show upand take charge of the scene.On the House Where Kathleen Died :PETERSON: That’s the house that Kathleen…died in the bathtub.BASHIR: Must be difficult though, to look at it as the house in which your formerwife died?PETERSON: Right. It was kind of emotional but what can you do? Life goes on.On the Death of Stacy’s Sister from Colon Cancer: