Attacks on Amber Frey
How dare she, says the Wisconsin State Journal:
Peterson mistress turns profit on pathetic public
Sometimes, it just pays to have an affair with the right married guy....
As everyone in the world now knows, Peterson stands convicted of the murder and Frey has written a book, "Witness for the Prosecution of Scott Peterson" (Regan Books: $25.95). Tuesday, the book ranked No. 8 on the Amazon.com best-seller list.
CBS has inked a deal offering Frey a movie contract about her life. Oprah invited her to appear on the television show.
At the risk of sounding too crude or rude, that extramarital affair worked out Frey better for Amber Frey than it did for either Laci Peterson or for Scott.
I expect Amber would take umbrage at that. She already has gone on record demanding her privacy.
"It's no one's business about what I've done with my life," she told NBC's Matt Lauer. "I don't understand the media's obsession with me. I need to live a normal life like any other woman in this country."
Well, Amber, one way to preserve your anonymity is to refrain from writing a best- selling book. Also, the fact that your book includes a photo of you in a see-through negligee probably adds to the public perception you are trying to refute....
And the Toronto Star weighs in via a satirical piece:
Now that Amber Frey has a big book deal, a movie-of-the-week with CBS, and done all the big talk shows, including Today, Oprah and Dateline: NBC, people are starting to ask themselves: How do I go about starting a career as a professional witness?...
[A]s the case of Amber Frey, author of Witness: For The Prosecution of Scott Peterson, has shown, it's as a witness where you can make the really big bucks....
You get to wear great clothes on Oprah, and you don't even have to listen that closely to her questions, because she puts so much information into them, there's not all that much you need to say.
Oprah: So here you are, you've got this man interested in you who you find out is married, and who has lied to you, and is under investigation for a terrible crime, I mean, that must have been an unbelievable situation to be in.
Amber: Yes.
But you can't beat the New York Post:
Amber Frey, the baby-voiced masseuse with a singular talent for turning a brief romp with a murderer into a book and movie career sleazier than the affair itself, brought her "I'm a victim!" tour to Midtown's Barnes & Noble yesterday....
I've had trouble with the ease with which Amber parked her wee daughter with a friend, overnight, before she went out to sing naked karaoke on a blind date with a total stranger called Scott. And that now, after exacting fatal revenge on the scoundrel, she wants to be taken as some sort of role model for young women!
As if every easy, unwed mom has the good fortune to go out with a homicidal maniac. Some gals wait a lifetime for that kind of opportunity....
And then, Amber did it. She picked up a blue felt-tip in her right hand, then glanced from my eyes to Gloria's, and then back.
"It's Andrea," Allred whispered helpfully. Amber looked confused.
"A-N-D-R-E-A," she spelled out patiently. Then she spelled it again, slower this time.
Turns out, Amber can write after all!
"To Andrea," she wrote in my book, slowly and deliberately, adding a little curlicue around the "A." "This is the truth about my life. Thanks for coming."
Thanks for sharing....
Now I'll grant that I'm not the biggest fan of Gloria Allred, but I'm not going to fault Amber Frey for writing a book. It's just like any other unknown person who becomes a personality because of something happening to them. Are we suddenly going to pull the Let's Roll book because Lisa Beamer was unknown in 2000?
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