Joran Van Der Sloot Speaks Out About Natalee Holloway Case

by Amy Judd | September 7, 2010 at 08:12 am

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Joran Van Der Sloot Has Said That He Regrets Telling So Many Stories About the Natalee Holloway Murder Case

Van Der Sloot gave an interview with a Dutch television station, that then shared their footage with NBC's Today Show on Tuesday, where he spoke openly about how he feels guilty for telling so many stories about the 2005 Natalee Holloway murder case.

He has not admitted to any wrongdoing in that case however, only that he regrets speaking so openly about it.

"For everything that's happened since 2005, all the things said in the media and everything, I feel guilty for, yeah," van der Sloot, 22, said in the interview, portions of which were aired on NBC's "Today" on Tuesday.

He is still in the Miguel Castro Castro prison in Peru, awaiting trial for the murder of 21-year-old Stephany Flores this past May. Many believe he is connected to the Natalee Holloway murder case but that has never been proven. He is facing charges for trying to extort money from Natalee's family, and he is charged with a count of wire fraud.

When he spoke to the Dutch TV reporter he said that he regrets some things in his life such as his father's heart attack, for telling lies, and for not listening to his mother.

"I was doing a lot of things that I shouldn't have been doing, and mostly only going out all the night and sleeping all the day," he said, describing himself as "impulsive."

He admits he was good at 'making up stories' and that he had no problem 'telling people what they wanted to hear'.

Beth Twitty, Natalee's mother, spoke about the interview through her lawyer John Q. Kelly:

"He's always a victim. He's always seeking attention. He's always misunderstood and someday he's absolutely going to tell the truth," Kelly said on NBC. "... He's a pathological liar."

He said that Van Der Sloot wants attention and it is as simple as that.