On the eve of Drew Peterson’s trial for the murder of his third wife, lead defense attorney Joel Brodsky looked confident as he puffed on a six-inch stogie at a Near West Side cigar bar. In a brief press conference Monday evening at Tesa Cigar Lounge—the event was, Brodsky said, a “kick-off” celebration for a friend’s talk radio show-- Brodsky said his client also was feeling at ease as well as he waited for the trial to open Tuesday with opening statements.
“He thought he would be a lot more nervous … have a lot more trouble sleeping,” said Brodsky as he faced a phalanx of about a half-dozen reporters and a handful of cigar-smoking patrons. As the media-friendly attorney has in countless interviews since taking the case, Brodsky assailed what he called a lack of evidence to show Peterson, or anyone else, had killed Kathleen Savio, whose body was found in a dry bathtub in 2004.
Prosecutors allege Peterson killed Savio, though her death was not investigated as a homicide until the case was reopened in 2007, after Peterson’s fourth wife, Stacy Peterson, disappeared.Brodsky said his client, who courted press attention with a series of stunts before he was arrested in 2009, is unlikely to take the stand in the trial, but said if Peterson did testify, the former Bolingbrook police sergeant would be able to moderate his at times smug demeanor. “He’s gonna be the same person. He’s always serious when he’s asked serious questions,” Brodsky said.
“You’re not going to see the wiseguy.” After taking questions from the press, Brodsky lingered with his cigar, a $17 torpedo, and chatted with patrons as Olympics coverage played on big screen TVs overhead. He said he planned to rehearse his opening statement at home later that evening. Earlier, he acknowledged he was breaking tradition by enjoying a cigar before the trial had concluded with an acquittal for his client. “We’ve got victory cigars too, don’t worry,” he said.
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