Drew and his $200,000

Evidently Drew didn't know that if Stacy owned half of the house, as evidenced by her name being on the deed, that he has no right to keep her from anything concerning the house, at least until a court divides their assets. Of course, we all know his explanation as posted below is crap, because he has killed Stacy, knows she is not coming back, and gave the money to his son Steven to pay Drew's legal expenses once he is arrested. Here is an excerpt from the article in the Bolingbrook Sun:

Attorney: Drew kept $200K from Stacy
December 19, 2007
The Associated Press

CHICAGO -- Drew Peterson's lawyer acknowledged Tuesday that days after Peterson's wife disappeared, he transferred $200,000 into an account belonging to his adult son -- but only to keep the woman he says left him for another man from getting it.

"It's his life savings," said Joel Brodsky, explaining the money was the equity on the couple's Bolingbrook home. "He sits there and he goes, 'Wherever she's at, she can access this money. I can't have her taking this money.' So he takes the money and gives it to his son ... so she can't grab it out of the home equity line."

Brodsky said he was discussing the transfer to protect his client and offer an explanation for what he called potentially damaging information leaked to the media from a grand jury. The grand jury has been convened in the investigations of Stacy Peterson's disappearance in late October...