Convicted killer Scott Peterson was reportedly injured this week after being attacked while playing pickleball in prison.
According to TMZ, Peterson, 51, was allegedly assaulted by a fellow inmate in the yard near his housing unit at California’s Mule Creek State Prison, where he is serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole for the murder of his wife Laci and their unborn son Conner.
Citing multiple sources, TMZ reports the alleged assault was over a game of pickleball.
Prison officials confirmed to PEOPLE that Peterson had sustained minor injuries in an incident on Sunday, March 9. An inquiry for further comment was not immediately returned.
Laci Peterson, 27, was eight months pregnant with their son Conner when she vanished on Christmas Eve in 2002. While Peterson initially helped with the search, it soon came out that he was having an affair and became…
