NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The deputy district attorney who prosecuted the Perry March conspiracy trial is firing back at claims made by accused child rapist Jeremy Duffer.

VIDEO: Prosecutors Reject Duffer's Claims Of Being Pawn In March Trial

An I-Team report last week revealed that Duffer feels his safety was put in jeopardy so prosecutors could convict March of conspiracy to kill his in-laws.

Duffer said he was a pawn in elaborate legal maneuvers to convict March.

While the trial revealed Nathaniel Farris worked with March to plan the deaths of Lawrence and Carolyn Levine, the I-team learned that Duffer was in Farris' cell at the time.

"Only involvement he had was (that) he was put in a cell with Farris for a week," said Deputy District Attorney Tom Thurman.

But why was the notorious accused child rapist in a cell with an informant pivotal to the conspiracy case?

Duffer told the I-Team it was so prosecutors could have another witness to conversations between March and Farris.

"That's just absurd. There's no basis in fact," said Thurman.

Thurman said in reality, they wanted Duffer away from Farris, who was preparing to record his conversations with March.

"At that time, we determined we had to get Duffer out of the cell because he would be sitting there while he was holding up a tape recorder," said Thurman.

(What about) his claims about his life being put in jeopardy to make the Perry March trials go forward?" asked reporter Jeremy Finley.

"That's absurd. That's nothing but fantasy. If an inmate beat up another inmate, he'd be put in solitary (confinement), I assume," said Thurman.

Absurd is a word Thurman used often while discussing Duffer's claims. But Duffer still plans on suing the jail and the district attorney.

Thurman said that Duffer's claims are also false because attorneys never asked the jail to put Farris next to March in the first place.

Thurman said prosecutors first spoke to Farris after he was moved to a cell next to March.