Beth Twitty prepares civil lawsuit against Joran van der Sloot
Beth Twitty, missing U.S. teenager Natalee Holloway’s mother, is preparing a civil lawsuit against Joran van der Sloot, major suspect in the teenager’s death. On her behalf, Dutch lawyer Bram Moszkowicz is investigating whether Van der Sloot can be charged with unlawful action.
Twitty’s civil claim follows the Curaçao’s court decision that Joran van der Sloot will not be arrested again. The investigation to what happened with Natalee Holloway, and Van der Sloot’s role in that matter will be continued, but the secret tapes presented by crime reporter Peter R. de Vries are not sufficient for a new arrest.
Moszkowicz claims that there are two reasons for starting a civil procedure: first there is the shock after Van der Sloot’s confessions, and second his keeping silent on the details. Twitty compares this case to that against O.J. Simpson, who was never convicted in a criminal case, but was convicted to pay damages in civil court.
The chances that Van der Sloot will be convicted in a criminal case are getting smaller. “I think the criminal investigation comes to an end,” says Moszkowicz, “That does not mean that I understand, or agree with that”.
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February 16th, 2008 at 12:13 pm
Beth Twitty has been unsuccessful in every civil action she has filed to date. I see this instance as potentially no different.
In what venue will the suit be filed?
New York won’t work (she’s been there and done that).
California won’t work (she tried that with the Kalpoe Brothers & failed)
Aruba? Yeah, right…that would be akin to the “hen” trying to enter the fox-house.
Van der Sloot has shown himself to be a heartless socio-path.
In his native Holland and even on Aruba, he has become persona non grata and will most likely always carry that albatross around his neck.
He’s going to study “law,” he says.
Would you use him as an attorney?
While I’m sure Beth Twitty would like to see some kind of formal justice achieved in the disappearance of her daughter, the facts remain that there is no clear evidence whatsover of her death, let alone her murder.
Sad as that is, it is reality.
It’s time for Beth to move on.
Joran will get his own just due time and time again for the rest of his life.
That’s the best I can see out of this.
Jack Cherry
February 16th, 2008 at 4:52 pm
While I feel sorry for Beth, she doesn’t have a leg to stand on. So who is going to the Netherlands or Aruba to enforce it?