Suspect ex-cop offered gig on 'Cathouse' TV show

[May 07, 2009]  CHICAGO (AP) -- A former Illinois police officer suspected in his wife's disappearance may have a new job -- on a TV reality show set in a Nevada brothel.

Drew Peterson said he's considering an offer to appear as an employee at the Moonlight Bunny Ranch near Reno for an HBO adult series called "Cathouse."

Bunny Ranch owner Dennis Hoff on Wednesday said Peterson was invited to spend the upcoming weekend at the brothel to discuss working there. Hoff said he has proposed hiring Peterson to head the brothel's security detail.

Peterson publicist Glenn Selig said there would be nothing wrong with the role for the former police sergeant in the Chicago suburb of Bolingbrook.

Selig pointed out that Peterson hasn't been charged in Stacy Peterson's 2007 disappearance and that brothels are legal in Nevada.

A similar offer didn't work out for ex-Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich. He faces federal corruption charges and a judge wouldn't let him leave the country for a reality show taped in Costa Rica.

Authorities have named Drew Peterson a suspect in Stacy Peterson's disappearance, but he has not been charged.

Peterson's third wife, Kathleen Savio, died in 2004, and the death was later ruled a homicide. Peterson has not been named a suspect in Savio's death, but her family filed a wrongful death lawsuit against him last month.

Peterson has denied any involvement in either case.

[Associated Press]

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