Joe Tacopina Starts Joran Van der Sloot Legal Defense Fund

After making rather bold predictions the last two nights on the cable shows that the Twitty/Holloway law suit would be thrown out; Joe Tacopina has begun a Joran Van der Sloot Defense Fund. Tacapino filed his clients response yesterday (seen here) to the law suit.

Joe Tacopina has gone on record that it had no chance and Natalee’s parents law suit should be thrown out here, here and here.

“Joran and Paulus van der Sloot unequivocally and vehemently deny these allegations,” the motion papers say.

“My clients and I are sympathetic to the fact the plaintiffs do not know the present whereabouts of their daughter,” Tacopina said in court papers. However, he says, “neither the plaintiffs’ hardship nor the vast media attention” this case has attracted “should serve to prevent the proper dismissal of this case.”

Wasn’t this supposed to be a pro bono case as previously reported?

The question that comes to mind is why? Why create a defense fund for Joran Van der Sloot at this point in time? A couple of key issues come to mind.

1. Is the case still pro bono?
2. Is Attorney Joe Tacopina not so confident that the case will be dismissed and will actually go forward?
3. What other reason would there be a need for a defense fund except to pay for his defendants travel expenses? Why would there be expenses if there were no case?

Joe Tacopina seemed pretty adamant on the cable shows that there would be no law suit going forward and even referenced if it did he would probably advise his clients to do a default judgment. (Video) (Video)

Is setting up a defense fund the first sign of weakness?

The other question that comes to mind is one wonders if the many who criticized and accused the Twitty’s of their Natalee Holloway Trust Fund will do the same with Joran’s?

Defense Fund information

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Joe Tacopina’s Response to Holloway/Twitty Suit: The Empire Strikes Back

Today Joe Tacopina, attorney for Joran and Paul Van der Sloot, filed his response to the Twitty/Holloway civil law suit against his clients.

Atty Joe Tacopina Court Document Filings

Last night Defense Attorney Joe Tacopina went on the attack last night promising counter lawsuits against Natalee Holloway’s parents and all those who are calling his client “a murderer and a sexual predator without a stitch of evidence.”

Go to JoranVan der Sloot Blog for video

So much for individual’s rights to have an opinion and to voice them. I guess Joe Tacopina is going to silence Gerold Dompig who stated the “boys are guilty as hell”. I guess he will also sue Karen Janssen and Steve Cohen who has also made comments that the boys are guilty.

Isn’t that why there should be a trial? To determine whether they are guilty or not guilty? That is the point of the civil law suit filed by Natalee Holloway’s parents. To determine whether Joran is responsible for that what is stated in the original suit. Let’s see of this plays out.