The Empire Strikes Back II; Tacopina Responds in Court Filing to Civil Law Suit

Yesterday Attorney Joe Tacopina representing Joran and Paulus Van der Sloot in the civil law suit filed in New York by the parents of Natalee Holloway filed his response to the Court.

Joe Tacopina’s 119 page filing can be seen here.

One thing is rather curious in that Joe Tacopina spends 119 pages stating why New York is not an appropriate jurisdiction for a civil law suit and that it provides a hardship on his clients, yet he has threatened to file civil suits against others. What’s the difference? Wouldn’t that be a hardship to his clients as well?

Defense Lawyer Replies In Favor Of Moving Holloway Trial From N.Y.

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Diario: Geoffrey set free Monday, Another youngster (A.B.) interrogated 6 hours

Diario; April 25, 2006: GEOFFREY A WORDE LIBERA DIALUNA Otro hoben a keda 6 ora den interogacion

Geoffrey set free Monday
Another youngster interrogated 6 hours

ORANJESTAD (AAN): Monday, the prosecutor decided to set the suspect Geoffrey van Cromvoirt free, and the American press was swarming the Beach police station like ants.
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Tony Snow (Fox News) Named White House Press Secretary

TONY SNOW WHITE HOUSE PRESS SEC. ON WEDS… DEVELOPING…

According to Fox News, Tony Snow will be named the new White House Press Secretary to George W. Bush. With Tony Snow’s record of Presidential speech writing for , work with Fox News Sunday and Fox radio; he will make a perfect Press Secretary.

“He has a great common sense, a great understanding of the issue. He is able to do it with good humor. We see him handle cancer with good humor, I think he can handle (NBC’s) David Gregory with that same great humor, but also be somebody who would really communicate to the American people in a good common sense way,” said Barbara Comstock, a former director of research and planning at the Republican National Committee. Gregory is known to aggressively challenge current White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan during daily press briefings.

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Someone in Aruba Lying? Say it isn’t so. Gerold Dompig; My Son Michael Dompig Lied

In the immortal words of Nadira Ramirez, Deepak and Satish Kalpoe’s mother; “All people lie, even big people.” In Aruba and those that are either suspects or witnesses in the Natalee Holloway investigation seem to lie more than others.

Now the son of the former lead investigator lied to the authorities regarding Geoffrey van Cromvoirt. Can this investigation get any more bizarre? Can anyone in this case be taken for their word?

The former leader of Aruba’s investigation of the disappearance of Alabamian Natalee Holloway says his son falsely accused a man who was released Monday.

Gerold Dompig said accusations of his son, Michael, against Geoffrey van Cromvoirt, 19, were part of a dispute among acquaintances that escalated out of control.

“He’s a kid; he got confused and frustrated and he said things he shouldn’t have said,” Dompig told the Birmingham (Ala.) News. “It went too far.”

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Human Remain Found in PA Landfill; “significant development” in the missing person’s case of John Fiocco Jr

Police state there has been a “significant development” in the missing person’s case of John Fiocco Jr. Human remains were found in a Bucks County, PA landfill while searching for missing college student John Fiocco Jr.
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Geoffrey van Cromvoirt, No Info on Holloway Disappearance

Geoffrey van Cromvoirt was released Monday after being detained as a suspect in the Natalee Holloway disappearance stated by his attorney that he had “no relevant information” regarding the matter.

The 19-year-old man released in the case of Alabama teenager Natalee Holloway has “no relevant information” about her disappearance and was not involved in that or in drug offenses, his lawyer said.

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Nancy Grace Discusses the Natalee Holloway investigation with Dave Holloway and call ins

NANCY GRACE, April 24, 2006
(Guests: DAVE HOLLOWAY, JOSSY MANSUR, ERIC MARRAPODI, NANCY GRACE PRODUCER, CLARK GOLDBAND, NANCY GRACE INTERNET REPORTER, RAHUL MANCHANDA, JOHN BURRIS, DON CLARK, FORMER HEAD OF FBI HOUSTON BUREAU, GARY CASIMIR, DEFENSE ATTORNEY.

Nancy Grace discusses the release of GVC, A.B. who was detained for 6 hours then released and takes telephone calls as well. The following is an interesting bit of information regarding who A.B. might be from Jossy Mansur:

GRACE: Back to Jossy Mansur, the director and editor of “Diario Magazine.” Jossy you`re there on the scene. What possible connection was there between A.B., the last catch and release and the investigation of Natalee Holloway?

MANSUR: You know, I can`t imagine what kind of connection it could have. I know that this person that they`ve arrested and questioned for six hours has a Web site in which he appears, in which you`ll find pictures of Joran and many other girls. Maybe there is some kind of a connection that the police want to know or the prosecution as to what degree does he know these people and what would he know about the Holloway case itself?

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Amigoe: Suspect, GVC, in Holloway case released

Amigoe; April 25, 2006: Suspect in Holloway case released

ARUBA — The Aruban judicial authorities have released the 19-year old Geoffrey van Cromvoirt early this morning. They did this because there are no longer reasons for keeping him imprisoned. The Public Prosecutor (OM) indicated this in a press release. Van Cromvoirt will remain a suspect though.
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