Peterson attributed his lawsuit against Burke to "a disgruntled former colleague who is a former federal prosecutor apparently willing to use his knowledge of prosecutorial methods to implement various schemes based on lies, innuendo and half truths meant to destabilize our business projects and create the false appearance of wrongs in order to cover up Burke's own bad acts."
Peterson filed a lawsuit against Burke because "a dissatisfied former prosecutor is employing their knowledge of legal strategies to create misleading impressions about our business operations in an attempt to hide Burke's wrongdoings."