LOS ANGELES -- Famed defense attorney Gloria Allred became a player in the legal drama surrounding the Laci and Connor Peterson murder case Monday, announcing she was representing Amber Frey, the woman who claims to have had an affair with Scott Peterson in the months before the murders.

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Gloria Allred, Amber Frey News Conference

With Frey sitting by her side, Allred left little doubt about what the Fresno woman was planning to do.

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"There have been news reports that the district attorney considers her to be a key witness for the prosecution," Allred said. "It will be for the district attorney to make the decision as to what role she will play in the prosecution of the case…I will say that it's my opinion what she has to say in testimony is very important to the case."

Frey read a brief statement, mostly thanking Allred for representing her. She said what she wanted most was "a normal life, I want to regain my privacy."

Frey came forward in late January to announce she had been having a 'romantic' affair with Scott Peterson, whom she met in November 2002. She said Scott had told her he was not married and she only learned of his deception when stories of Laci Peterson's Christmas Eve disappearance began to emerge.

The famed defense attorney added that Frey would not attempt to sell her story to the tabloids or others, but would instead only talk about the case in court.

"She has been offered money for interviews and she has refused and will continue to refuse those offers," Allred said. "We are committed to protecting the integrity of the prosecution and we will not allow her testimony to be contaminated by offers of money for her story."

Although the media has hounded her, Frey has only spoken on the record with the press at that January press conference. She has reportedly cooperated with investigators and was not a suspect in the case.

Allred also said she would defend Frey from any attack Scott Peterson's defense team may launch.

"It would not be a surprise to me if the defense tried to attack the credibility of all witnesses, particularly witnesses that would be very important to the prosecution," she said. "I don't know what they (the defense) have up their sleeve, but whatever it is I can tell you we will be ready to vigorously defend Ms. Frey."

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Ted Rowlands, Peter Keane Comment On Monday's Search

Allred also said her office was reviewing media reports involving Frey and would correct any false information that they may have contained.

"I think there are some statements out there about her that are not true," Allred said. "I'm not going to go into which ones they are, but we are going to be reviewing everything because it takes a whole lifetime to build a reputation. It only takes a few moments to destroy one."

Scott Peterson was arrested last month and charged with two counts of murder and faces the possibility of the death sentence. He has pleaded innocent and is jailed without bail.

Hundred miles north of the Frey press conference in Los Angeles, several dive teams and boats equipped with side-scan sonar searched the chilly waters of San Francisco Bay for a four straight day for more evidence in the deaths of Laci and Connor.

Whether or not they have found anything in the murky, silt-filled shallow waters is a subject of speculation. The divers and Modesto police were not talking on the record.

But Peter Keane, a veteran attorney and dean of the Golden Gate University Law School, said it was apparent that the divers were looking for something very specific.

"It (the intensity of the search) means they are looking for something specific," Keane said. "It was probably triggered by the results of autopsy. Something about the autopsy triggered something relating to what it is they are looking for -- cables, cement -- something about that body told them that there was something down there very specific to how the body was weighed down."

Joining the local divers in the meticulous search was an elite FBI team using equipment that allowed them to stay under the surface for long periods of time. The major obstacle the divers face in the 12-foot water was that visibility was nearly zero meaning they had to search the muddy bottom by hand.

Meanwhile, Jean Bonadio came forward Monday to say she may have found some additional evidence in the case while walking along the shore of the Richmond park where Laci Peterson's body was found.

"I have made a total of five trips here and out of the five, two of the trips I have found potential evidence," she said. "I have no idea if they really are evidence or not."

Bonadio has turned a piece of tarp with duct tape on it and other piece of tarp over to the Vallejo Police.

Authorities also did not know when Laci and Connor Peterson's bodies would be released for burial.

The judge in the case has ordered that the bodies remain in possession of the Contra Costa County coroner's department. Scott Peterson's attorney, Mark Geragos, has said he wants this own expert to do an autopsy on the bodies.

The body of the Modesto woman, who was eight months pregnant when she disappeared in December, and her unborn son washed onto a Richmond shoreline last month.

The badly decomposed remains were found several miles north of where Peterson's husband, Scott, said he went sturgeon fishing on Christmas Eve -- the day he says he last saw his wife.

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