| On the Record with Greta Van Susteren Amber Frey, Scott Peterson and the Modesto Police Dept. May 7, 2003 (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) SCOTT PETERSON: "Obviously, the relationship I had with Amber was inappropriate and unfair to a lot of people, and I owe a lot of people apologies for that. There's no question that that's the case. I'm very glad that she came forward, Amber did, in the press conference because that clears the way -- not clears the way -- but we can keep looking for Laci easier since that's out there." (END VIDEO CLIP) VAN SUSTEREN: How soon did Amber Frey start working for Modesto cops after she gave that bombshell press conference? David Wright, senior reporter for The National Enquirer has done a lot of digging on Amber's role in the investigation. He joins us from Boynton Beach, Florida. Welcome. DAVID WRIGHT, NATIONAL ENQUIRER: Good evening, Greta. VAN SUSTEREN: You've spent a lot of time with the Frey family, haven't you? WRIGHT: Yes, I have, indeed. They're a fine family. They've been caught up in a huge story, and they've handled it pretty well. VAN SUSTEREN: Give me an idea of how much time you've spent with them? WRIGHT: Many hours. VAN SUSTEREN: All right. And in terms of Amber, the big question out there is: Did she help the police after she gave her press conference? What's the answer to that? WRIGHT: She helped the police enormously. She's being hailed as the heroine of this investigation. For a start, when she came forward, she brought with her pictures to prove that she'd been having an affair with Scott. Now, until that point, the police had believed Scott's contention that his marriage to Laci was perfectly happy. Amber came forward on the 29th of December, showed them four photographs of her and Scott together in intimate poses, and the cops started thinking to themselves, well, if he was lying about his marriage, what else is he lying about? VAN SUSTEREN: All right. So, after she came forward to the police on December 29, it wasn't until several weeks later that she actually had the press conference. But did she at any time engage in any sort of recording of any conversations with Scott? WRIGHT: Absolutely. The police were intrigued from the start because, when she came forward on the 29th, she told -- and she had no idea until the 29th that he was married or he was involved in this case at all. When she came forward on the 29th, she told the police that Scott had called her on the 27th and the 28th, and the conversation had just been girlfriend/boyfriend talk. There was no mention from him of the fact that there was a huge hunt going on for his missing wife. So that, obviously, put the idea into the investigators' minds. And, shortly after that, they started tapping -- with Amber's permission, they started tapping her telephone, and Scott called her on numerous occasions. They were romantic phone calls. He was offering her presents. He wanted to take her on a vacation to Europe. It sounds bizarre, but that's the way the conversation went. But the police were able to insert into this an increasingly pointed script in which they gave Amber questions to ask Scott, and that climaxed one day before the press conference when she said to him, "Did you have anything to do with your wife's disappearance?" Now he denied it, but he appeared nervous for the first time, and that gave the police an idea when they listened to the tapes that he might not be hanging as tough as he thought he was. VAN SUSTEREN: All right. After she gave that press conference, went public, we all learned about her, did Scott call her at any time after she went public? WRIGHT: Many times. VAN SUSTEREN: And I assume many times -- they were also -- are they also recorded as far as you know? WRIGHT: They recorded it. They went on recording. Amber asked more and more questions provided by the police and try to get a confession out of Scott. He never did confess, but the police could sense a growing feeling of desperation in him as the phone calls went on. VAN SUSTEREN: And the most recent phone -- I mean he called until what point? I assume that -- I mean now that he's in jail, he's not calling. At least I hope he's not using his personal calls for that? WRIGHT: No, he -- he called until two or three weeks before he was arrested. VAN SUSTEREN: And did he ever -- when he made his last call, did he say this is it, this is over, I'm not calling anymore? WRIGHT: No, he didn't. VAN SUSTEREN: All right. WRIGHT: It may have had something to do with the fact The Enquirer published the story about the phone calls. VAN SUSTEREN: And there's also -- before I let you go -- Is there a feud brewing in the family over the photographs,who gave the photographs to the "Enquirer"? WRIGHT: I haven't sensed any feud growing Greta, no. VAN SUSTEREN: All right. Because there's a -- I -- there's a lawsuit on -- related to another media organization, not The Enquirer, about the photos, right? WRIGHT: That's right. The -- one of Amber's friends took some photographs, which she sold to "People" magazine, and... VAN SUSTEREN: And now she's mad about that. WRIGHT: She's suing because People magazine didn't remove a picture of her that was in the background. VAN SUSTEREN: Never dull. David, thank you very much. As always, appreciate it. WRIGHT: My pleasure, Greta. MAGAZINES TRANSCRIPTS INDEX HOME INDEX LACI SCOTT AMBER TRIAL VERDICT INCONSISTENT STATEMENTS WITNESS LIST NEWS & STORIES WIRETAPS |
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