Drew Peterson's girlfriend testifies before grand jury

Oh good god. It had to have been extremely poor lighting and she had to have been very, very drunk. Could she not have known who he was? ew.

Right: Kim Matuska myspace photo.

May 29, 2008

Drew Peterson’s young love was hauled before the grand jury Thursday, and that was just the kind of thing that screwed up the affair.“You guys ruined it for me, again,” Peterson, 54, said of his romance with 22-year-old tanning salon worker Kim Matuska.

“It’s too much for her,” said Peterson, whose 24-year-old wife, Stacy, has been missing since October. “You got producers trying to get her on television shows, the state police, grand juries. It’s too much.”

So much, Peterson said, that he has become rather pessimistic about his prospects with the fairer sex.

Peterson faces a felony gun charge for possessing an assualt rifle with a barrel shorter than the state mandated length. He maintains he had permission from the police department to use the weapon while working with the SWAT team.

Peterson also has been named a suspect — the only suspect — in the disappearance of fourth wife Stacy, an investigation state police have classified as a “potential homicide.”On top of this, the state police have revisited the mysterious March 2004 bathtub drowning of his third wife, Kathleen Savio.

Savio’s death initially was ruled an accident, but postmortem testing conducted in the wake of Stacy’s disappearance led a forensic pathologist to conclude she was the victim of a homicide.But the fates of his last two wives notwithstanding, it was the unwanted attention paid to Matuska that blew it for Peterson with the aspiring veterinarian and College of DuPage student.

“The TV producers are relentless,” he said. “The state police were rude to her. They told her bad things.” do ya reckon?

For her part, Matuska said she and Peterson were not together. “We’re done,” said the young Darien woman, later adding, “I’m not seeing Drew.” Matuska would not discuss her testimony, but expressed her desire extricate herself from the case. “I’m trying to get out of this,” she said.

Besides Matuska, Stacy’s aunt Candace Aikin was flown in from El Monte, Calif., to testify before the grand jury. Her appearance was so wrenching and emotional it moved her to tears.