Drew Peterson's Son Standing Up for Father

Young Peterson releases father from lawsuit

Drew Peterson’s now 18-year-old son is standing up in defense of his father, according to the Sun-Times’ Michael Sneed.

Thomas Peterson sent a letter to Sneed, published in Sunday’s Sun-Times.

The younger Peterson is also the son of Kathleen Savio, the woman his father is accused of murdering. But Thomas Peterson says “I know my father is innocent.”

Sneed reports that Thomas signed a document that releases his father from a wrongful death lawsuit filed on his behalf by his grandfather and aunt. Two other siblings remain as plaintiffs in the suit.

In the letter, Thomas says he had almost no contact with the relatives who filed the suit, and he wants them to leave him alone.

Thomas says Drew Peterson “supports me, loves me, and set me on the path to success … I love him. I pray he will be free soon so that he can give the same drive to my brothers and sister that he gave to me, and be back with his family where he belongs.”

Joel Brodsky, Drew Peterson’s attorney, says he will send the document removing Thomas Peterson from the lawsuit to Savio family attorneys by Monday.

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