Martha Stewart: I Don't Belong with Enron, WorldCom

NEW YORK -- Martha Stewart says she sometimes has a bad temper -- but insists she is innocent and should not be lumped with massive corporate fraud cases like Enron and WorldCom, The Associated Press reported Wednesday.

"What I did was not against the rules," Stewart told ABC's 20/20 in an interview airing Friday. The network released excerpts Wednesday.

Asked whether she ever thought she would be considered a corporate criminal, mentioned in the same breath as Enron and WorldCom, Stewart said: "Absolutely not, and I certainly don't belong in that category."

The excerpts were released on the same day prosecutors were expected to file papers defending their decision to charge Stewart with securities fraud, saying she deceived shareholders in her company by declaring her innocence.

-- NYSSCPA.org News Staff

Posted on 11/5/03