Natalee Holloway's Mom Beth Reacts to Joran van der Sloot's First TV Interview (
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00:00 He just will not accept any responsibility.
00:02 He is just placing it all on Natalie and even the hurtful comments.
00:07 He's just really making disparaging remarks about her throughout his interviews.
00:12 I was alone this time when I watched it, but yes, I have seen it in its entirety.
00:17 I really don't plan on watching it again, though.
00:20 I think I really saw everything I need to.
00:22 Natalie Holloway's mother, Beth, reacting to a 2006 ABC interview with Yoron Vanderslote,
00:29 who at the time was the main suspect in her daughter's disappearance.
00:32 Do you remember the last time you saw her?
00:35 Yeah, the last time I saw her was when I told her I was going to go to Deepak's car.
00:40 And how was Natalie?
00:41 And she was sitting on the sand by the ocean.
00:44 Did it seem like a wrong thing to do, leaving a girl on the beach like that?
00:49 At that moment in time, for me it wasn't the wrong thing, but it's definitely the wrong
00:53 thing to do.
00:54 I mean, it's not something a real man would do.
00:56 It's not normal.
00:57 It's not right at all.
00:58 What did I make of the interview?
01:01 You know, I think it's probably great that Yoron is coming forward and speaking because
01:06 every time he gets on camera or grants an interview, he tells another lie and then more
01:11 lies just evolve from that.
01:12 So I think that eventually, you know, who knows?
01:16 Maybe that the prosecuting attorney could get to the bottom of this just by a series
01:21 of lies that Yoron tells because, I mean, he certainly has a string of them.
01:26 One huge discrepancy is initially he was telling interrogators that Deepak Kalpo had picked
01:31 him up at the fisherman's hut.
01:33 But now during this interview, he's saying that he's changed it to Satish has picked
01:37 him up.
01:38 I think that Yoron has done this all along, but I think he's just really now being able
01:41 to share it with everyone else.
01:44 He always places the blame on Natalie, whether it's from the initiation to the contact of
01:49 the point of their meeting, whether it is any alcohol involved, the initiation of when
01:55 they left the establishment, the initiation of the sexual contact.
01:59 Everything is placed on Natalie.
02:00 He accepts absolutely no responsibility for any of the activities or actions that occurred.
02:05 And you know, that just has to be a sign of either guilt or some type of sociopath, it
02:10 would seem to me.
02:11 I mean, I think that when they hear these things coming from Yoron, that it just really
02:16 shores him up as he is involved in the disappearance of Natalie.
02:20 Why would he have fabricated a story within a few hours of the family landing on the island
02:24 and not only fabricated a story, but you have to look at the elements that went into play
02:27 in that.
02:28 Any family, when you have a missing loved one, whether it's within our borders or in
02:32 a foreign country, you know, you just want answers.
02:36 I mean, the nightmare does not end for parents of missing loved ones until they have answers.
02:42 And that's all that we want in this.
02:44 We know that Yoron Vanderslote and his father, Paulus, and Deepak and Satish Kalpo have the
02:49 answers.
02:50 They know what happened to Natalie that night.
02:52 And, you know, we want to get to the bottom of it.
02:55 Of course, we would love to see the Arubin criminal justice system prevail in Natalie's
02:59 case, but so far that hasn't happened.
03:02 And I really can't say that it will, but at least getting answers would be a start.
03:06 There's nothing that I would say to Yoron right now.
03:09 You know, we filed a civil suit now against him.
03:12 So what I would like to happen now is, now that Yoron is willing to come to New York
03:16 and speak freely, I don't see why that he should have any difficulties coming to New
03:21 York now and speaking under oath and answering some questions.
03:25 So I think Yoron has shown us that he's ready to do this.
03:28 So hopefully we'll get to the bottom of it.
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