Man who killed and had sex with stepdaughter's corpse challenges wife's divorce request

Gregory Graf appeared in court via a video feed from his prison cell

Gregory Graf was convicted in 2014 of fatally shooting 33-year-old Jessica Padgett and recording a video of himself sexually abusing her corpse (Northampton County Prison)

A man serving a life sentence for killing his stepdaughter and filming himself having sex with her corpse is contesting the terms of divorce with her mother.

Appearing in court via a video feed from his prison cell in Pennsylvania, 55-year-old Gregory Graf said he never agreed to terms that would give him 25 per cent of the assets shared with his wife.

His attorney, Jack McMahon, told The Allentown Morning Call Graf was happy with the agreement when it was first reached in February.

But Graf says he felt abandoned by McMahon and claimed the lawyer didn't give him the proper information.

"I don't know what is going on," Graf said. "I'm not a legal person."

Mr McMahon said he did not know why Graf is unhappy with the settlement.

Graf was convicted in 2014 of fatally shooting 33-year-old Jessica Padgett and recording a video of himself having sex with her corpse.

A jury viewed the video at his trial and convicted him of first-degree murder after only six minutes of deliberation.

Mr McMahon didn't deny that Graf killed Ms Padgett, but argued instead that "something snapped" and the shooting was not premeditated.

Ms Padgett's husband, Michael Padgett, is suing Graf, hoping to win monetary damages for the woman's three children.

Mr McMahon is also representing Graf in that case but said, in light of Graf's comments, he may reconsider.

Additional reporting by Associated Press