IN A PICKLE

Scott Peterson Beat Up By Fellow Inmate in Fight Over Pickleball

Peterson reportedly hit a pickleball directly at another inmate, leading to an especially forceful return of serve.

Convicted double murderer Scott Peterson, whose 2004 trial over the killing of his eight-months pregnant wife captured national attention, was beaten by a fellow prison inmate in a dispute involving pickleball, TMZ reported Tuesday. Sources told the outlet that a heated confrontation involving Peterson, 52, broke out by his housing unit at California’s Mule Creek State Prison. According to TMZ’s sources, the incident began after Peterson hit a ball directly at the inmate who then attacked him. The outlet said Peterson was “beat up” but did not suffer any serious injuries that would have required hospital treatment. Prison officials confirmed the altercation—although not the pickleball details—to the San Francisco Chronicle and described his injuries as minor. Peterson, who is serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole, has continued to claim innocence in the 2002 Christmas Day disappearance and death of his wife—he was convicted for the first-degree murder of Laci and the second-degree murder of their unborn son. Last year, he obtained the assistance of the Los Angeles Innocence Project in an effort to seek DNA testing and evidence from prosecutors, who they claim withheld key information from jurors.