SORE LOSER: Convicted killer Scott Peterson gets ruffed up in jail while playing pickleball

Pickleball’s all the rage. Literally.

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Convicted killer Scott Peterson found that out first hand while playing the popular sport during outdoor time at California’s Mule Creek State Prison.

TMZ reported that Peterson was playing pickleball on Monday in the yard and sailed a ball off the court. Apparently a fellow inmate didn’t appreciate being drilled by the errant shot. TMZ said the inmate then approached Peterson and the convicted killer “got beaten up pretty bad, but didn’t have to go to the hospital.”

An actual pickleball ball is firm, but getting hit by one generally isn’t too painful.

Peterson, 51, won’t get much pity. He’s behind bars serving a life sentence for murdering his wife Laci and their unborn son on Christmas Eve in 2002.

Peterson came into the U.S. conscious when he reported his wife, Laci, missing in December 2002. At the time, he denied having anything to do with the disappearance.

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On April 12, 2003, two people taking a walk found the body of a male fetus on a tidal flat on the San Francisco Bay shore. The next day, a human torso was also found in the same area. DNA tests confirmed the bodies were Laci and her unborn son, Conner.

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Scott Peterson soon became the prime suspect and he was arrested on April 18, 2003.

On November 12, 2004, a jury convicted Scott of two counts of murder: First-degree murder with special circumstances for killing Laci, and second-degree murder for killing the fetus she carried.

Originally sentenced to the death penalty, the U.S. Supreme Court of California overturned it and re-sentenced him to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

We doubt California’s Mule Creek State Prison offers pickleball lessons, but it might be worth looking into for Peterson, if he wants to avoid future confrontations.

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