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mom2three
http://www.scaredmonkeys.net/viewtopic.php?t=1569
Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2005 2:14 am

Van Zandt entered the internet café today and politely asked Deepak if it would be alright for them to talk. Deepak agreed and so the interview began.

Van Zandt said that he told Deepak that he wanted to talk to him as he would talk to his own son. He asked him if he knew that Joran had told the police that he (Deepak) was the person who raped and killed Natalee. Deepak acknowledged that he had heard that. Van Zandt asked him if he had had a chance to discuss their stories while they were in jail together. Deepak indicated that they had not, because they police had kept them separated.

Van Zandt asked Deepak if he thought that this case was going to go away, even if Joran is released from jail. Deepak said that it would never go away because Beth (he refers to her as Beth) would never leave the island until she found Natalee.

At this point, Van Zandt asked Deepak if he felt like his life was on hold. Deepak nodded and said that he had planned to attend college in Florida, but now he knows that is not possible. Instead, he said that he may go to Canada, but that he just did not know because this case is hanging over him.

Then, Van Zandt asked Deepak if he knew what a plea bargain was and Deepak acknowledged that he did. Actually, he told V.Z that it is when 2 people get together and turn state’s evidence and testify against someone else. V.Z. agreed with him and asked him if this would be a possibility. Deepak told him that in Aruba, they do not have the plea bargain option.

Van Zandt told Deepak that this was going to hang over him the rest of his life. He asked him how he felt about that and Deepak did not answer. From there, he brought up the subject of polygraphs. Deepak told him that they were not admissible in Aruba. V.Z. told him that, at least, he could clear up his public image if he were to take one and pass it. Then V.Z. asked him if that would be a possibility, if it were administered by a professional. (I believe he even mentioned the FBI.) Deepak said that he would be willing to take one, if his attorney will allow it.

I was left with the impression that he is going to discuss it with his attorney.