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Peterson Ex: Engagement Was a 'Stunt'

By Harry Kimball, Newser Staff

Posted Feb 2, 2009 6:35 PM CST

(Newser) – Drew Peterson’s purported ex-fiancée said today that their marital plan was "more like a stunt,” the Huffington Post reports. Christina Raines confirmed that they dated, but said the engagement was cooked up by Peterson's lawyer, who “had wanted him to be in the media and wanted to propose to someone at a restaurant.”

Raines said Peterson discussed the engagement hoax with her, saying, “If it comes out that I'm engaged to someone, it's not really true.” He assured her “that he never said it was me," she said. Raines broke up with Peterson last week after an ex-boyfriend warned her, "This is not right. He's not a good guy." Raines has moved back in with her ex.

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Drew Peterson. (AP Photo)

Dr. Phil McGrawinterviews Drew Peterson about the case of his missing spouse Stacy Peterson and the death of his third wife Kathleen Savio. (AP Photo)

Stacy Peterson with husband Drew before she went missing. (AP Photo)

Drew Peterson, left, is interviewed on the NBC "Today" television program by co-host Matt Lauer, in New York Tuesday Oct. 28, 2008. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

This undated photo provided by the Stacy Peterson family shows Peterson's husband, Drew Peterson, 53, a Bolingbrook, Ill., police officer. (AP Photo/Family of Stacy Peterson)

In this photo provided by CNN's Larry King Live, Drew Peterson, right, appears with Larry King on CNN's "Larry King Live" Friday night, April 11, 2008 in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/CNN)

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I just want—I got one comment to make. Johnny Cash came out with a song that Kris Kristofferson wrote, but Johnny Cash sang it, and it was called 'Beat The Devil.' And that's what we did. We beat the devil. - Christina Raines

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