(Aruba) Trouble in Paradise: Kalpoes Attorney, Did either of them pick him up that night? No. Absolutely not.

Looks like it is not “One Happy Island” when it comes to the friendship of Joran Van der Sloot, Deepak and Satish Kalpoe. Looks like Joran has changed the story yet again in the Nova interview and now has Satish picking him up at the beach. The Kalpoe’s attorney, David Kock, denies the allegations.

COSBY: Did either of them pick him up that night?

KOCK: No. Absolutely not.

COSBY: They did…

KOCK: Absolutely not.

Looks like we have some dissension among the ranks. Differing stories from the last three people ever to be seen with Natalee Holloway. Why would that be? Come on folks, why would innocent people have to lie about the events of what occurred that night?

COSBY: So you’re telling me again, David, that they were both at home? After they dropped him off at the beach, that was it for both of them?

KOCK: Yes, that’s it.

What is interesting is that the Kalpoes have now consolidated their legal defense with the same attorney. Joran now saying that Satish picked him up at the beach and drove him home rather than walking as he has claimed in the past.

Everyone really needs to take a good look as to why this is occurring. Why would innocent people lie? Why would three people who were the last ones ever to be seen with Natalee Holloway has to have so many changing stories? It is too bad that Dutch law does not have plea bargaining because this case would have been prosecuted long ago. It is obvious that one, two or all three are hiding what they know. There is no other reason why one time friends would be acting like this.

KOCK: Yes, well, you know what it is? The problem is that he was confronted with a phone call that he made from his cellular to the cellular of one of my clients, so then he had to give a justification for that. Since that cellular number was Deepak’s cellular number, he first indicated that he called Deepak to have Deepak pick him up. Afterwards, the police confronted him with proof that Deepak was at home at that time on his computer, because Internet records show that. So then he had to change his story, and since he said, I made the call to that house, he had to give another, you know, solution for the fact that the call was made and somebody picked him up. So, you know, then the other likely person was then Satish. It was more a matter of elimination, really.

From Rita Cosby, Live & Direct, February 20, 2006 (Guest: David Kock)

Meantime, another ground-shaking question from the interview. Did Joran change his story about the night that Natalee Holloway vanished? He certainly raised some new questions about the other two suspects, Deepak and Satish Kalpoe. And on the phone with us right now is David Kock. He’s the attorney for both Deepak and Satish Kalpoe.

David, first of all, there’s some new questions tonight about sort of who was with Joran and who picked up Joran. Did either of these two boys that you’re representing now—both brothers, that’s correct? You’re representing them both now, right?

DAVID KOCK, DEEPAK AND SATISH KALPOE’S ATTORNEY: Yes, that is correct.

COSBY: Did either of them pick him up that night?

KOCK: No. Absolutely not.

COSBY: They did…

KOCK: Absolutely not.

COSBY: They did not?

KOCK: No. Look, I have to tell you that the story that Joran is saying now at the end (ph) again that he called a friend to have him picked up was a story that already (ph) was the last story that he told in a series of stories where he kept changing the versions of what happened on that night, while my clients, from after the third day that they were arrested, they started telling this story that they dropped Joran and Natalee at the beach, went home, and until the following day, they were just at home.

COSBY: So you’re telling me again, David, that they were both at home? After they dropped him off at the beach, that was it for both of them?

KOCK: Yes, that’s it.

COSBY: Let me put up a quote because what you’re just referring to, David, is the Dutch TV interview—he’s done, obviously, a few, but the Dutch TV interview (INAUDIBLE) that he just did, Joran says, “I called one of my friends, and he picked me up and I went home.” The reporter for Dutch TV says, “Who picked you up?” And Joran answers, “Deepak’s brother, Satish.”

You’re telling me that Satish did not. So what do you make of this discrepancy?

KOCK: Well, like I said, no—his first story is totally different, that he wasn’t even at the beach, that he wasn’t even the last one with the disappeared girl. So you know, I don’t know how much really value you can give to this last version of his series of stories.

COSBY: But why is he trying to say that your client was there, when your client says he absolutely was not? What does this mean?

KOCK: Yes, well, you know what it is? The problem is that he was confronted with a phone call that he made from his cellular to the cellular of one of my clients, so then he had to give a justification for that. Since that cellular number was Deepak’s cellular number, he first indicated that he called Deepak to have Deepak pick him up. Afterwards, the police confronted him with proof that Deepak was at home at that time on his computer, because Internet records show that. So then he had to change his story, and since he said, I made the call to that house, he had to give another, you know, solution for the fact that the call was made and somebody picked him up. So, you know, then the other likely person was then Satish. It was more a matter of elimination, really.

COSBY: So what does that say to you about Joran Van Der Sloot? He’s pointing the finger at your—at least one of your clients being some—playing some role here.

KOCK: Yes. Well, he’s been doing that since early in the investigation, so it doesn’t amaze me. And of course, now again I am not amazed that he decides to stick to the last story that he told, so that at least lately, he seems more consistent.

COSBY: Are they still friends? Is he still friends with Deepak and Satish?

KOCK: No. I think everybody would not remain friends with someone like that, in that position, in that situation.

COSBY: What do you think, David, and what do your clients think of the trip to New York, that they came up here for interviews, and also what happened?

KOCK: Well, let’s say if it was my client, he wouldn’t have made that trip.

COSBY: And what’s your reaction to the fact that they did and they’ve done these interviews? What’s your personal thought?

KOCK: Like I said, I wouldn’t have recommended that. I don’t think it’s been (INAUDIBLE) I think one should wait for a criminal investigation to finish, you know? And I think if you go after publicity, you know, you have to live with the consequences also.

COSBY: All right. Well, David Kock, thank you very much for being with us, representing Deepak and Satish Kalpoe. Thank you for being with us tonight, sir.