Scott Peterson, who was convicted two decades ago in the murder of his wife Laci Peterson and their unborn son Conner, is talking. Peacock next month will air the three-part true crime docuseries “Face to Face With Scott Peterson,” which includes his first on-camera interview since 2003.

“Face to Face,” which premieres August 20, will include details about new developments in the case, which is now being re-examined by the Los Angeles Innocence Project (which announced earlier this year that they were taking on the case). 

The docuseries is timed to the 20th anniversary of Peterson’s conviction, and will include what’s described as “an exclusive series of intimate conversations” between director Shareen Anderson (who was executive producer of “The Murder of Laci Peterson”) and Peterson. Anderson also talks to Peterson’s sister-in-law, Janey Peterson; former Modesto Police Department lead detective Al Brocchini and detective Jon Buehler; Peterson’s former defense attorney Lara Yeretsian; and former ABC News Producer Mike Gudgell, among others. 

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Anderson has been investigating the murders for over a decade. Dominating the headlines when it happened, Laci Peterson (who was eight months pregnant) went missing on Christmas Eve 2002 — and as the docuseries’ descriptor notes, Peterson “was revealed to be a liar, a cheater, and ultimately a murderer. The world’s media hung on every moment of the trial, and Scott was convicted and sentenced to death. Case closed. Or is it? For the first time since before his arrest in 2003, Scott speaks on camera in a series of intimate conversations revealing his side of the story.

“While many still believe the jury got it right, Scott’s family and experts close to the case have spent over 20 years committed to uncovering inconsistencies in the evidence as well as finding new information around alternative theories surrounding Laci’s murder. And in a shocking twist on a murder the world thought was solved, the Los Angeles Innocence Project takes over Scott’s case in 2024.”

Universal Television Alternative Studios is behind “Face to Face with Scott Peterson,” which is exec produced by Anderson, as well as Liz Yale Marsh, Po Kutchins and Tim Clancy. Anderson and Kutchins are directors of the three episodes (60 minutes each), which drop all at once on Aug. 20.

Here’s a first look at the teaser for “Face to Face With Scott Peterson”:

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