Drew Peterson Asks Public to Help With his Legal Defense

Drew Peterson says a Web site established to raise money for his legal defense will be a test of the American people’s generosity.

“I’m not asking them to decide guilt or innocence,” Peterson said today of defenddrew.com. “Everyone has the right for a legal defense.”

Peterson said his attorney, Joel Brodsky, is the brainchild behind the Web site, which accepts donations via PayPal.

The site says “for the cost of a few cups of your morning coffee” donors can help fund the legal defense so a private investigator can be hired to help find Peterson’s missing wife Stacy. Any remaining funds will be diverted into a trust fund for Peterson’s four dependent children, who range in age from 14 to 2 years old.