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Evidence that might disprove it. when paul moore was arrested and charged with the murder of roberto ayala, his cousin peter began to experience that particular phenomenon quite personally. around town people still seemed to believe that pete was the murderer. ironic, perhaps, that for all his bluster, pete has never been in arrested, never been in trouble with the law, runs his own business, has been a good father, and over the years has taken in wayward teens to give them a better start. kids like nick. >> in other foster homes they do it for the money. pete, he didn't ask for are any money ...

Well, as pete tells it, his cousin paul planned the whole thing. set out to frame him. first by lying to him, telling him that roberto or robert as pete calls him was out to steal his birthright. >> paul would come over and tell me horrible stuff about ed and robert. like he said robert told paul that he was going to get my share of what my dad was going to leave me of the ranch. so paul would come over and say stuff to me, and he knew he was going to make me want to go say something or fight with somebody. >> reporter: and pete? said he was simply blind to paul's manipulation. >> when you're ...

I said, those are your words, not mine. >> she thought she could, by grilling peter, uncover the evil, the monster. >> reporter: assistant attorney general david drewliner was pete's wrangler during the trial. >> i was completely satisfied there was no monster to uncover. so i, for the most part, let her go at him. >> reporter: a courtroom tactic not appreciated by pete. >> after the first day i said, you guys need to get this lady off of me. she's on me like a dog on a piece of raw meat. they looked me right in the eye and said, there is nothing we can do for you. this is an open investigatio...

Court the laptop on which the video was found belonged to his son, who was then forced to testify, which did not sit well with pete. >> i tried to keep my kids away from this. and they, once again, tied my hands behind my back and i had no choice. and so my son had to go on the stand. >> reporter: a sense of betrayal deeply felt by the man who speaks his mind. >> everybody pretty much threw me to the wolves. >> reporter: for three days you were essentially on trial. i mean, your cousin was on trial for murder, but it was like you were on trial for murder. >> i was on trial. i was. i was on tri...

>> reporter: would you want to have this farm? >> no. >> reporter: why? >> it's too much anger here. >> reporter: rumors, whispers, lies can come disguised as truth just about anywhere, including a small town in the california valley. whispers are still working their way around town. people still talk. what do you hear them say? >> i guess the most recent one was, well, pete must have at least been involved. so they've moved some. >> reporter: one of the reasons d.a. pointer agreed to talk to us was to make perfectly clear to his friends and neighbors that peter moore was in no way involved in...