Hasibokos.com received a transcript of an interview with a friend of Joran van der Sloot conducted by a local radio station in Aruba. The interview was conducted in Papiamentu, but just as we have been doing so far, we translated this into English. The friend of Joran wanted to remain anonymous so to make things easier we'll call her (yes it’s a girl) F (riend) in the following translation.
Introduction:
F. has known Joran almost 7 years now. When she was asked about her reaction on the arrest of Joran, she said that she was shocked when she heard about his arrest. According to F., Joran is very bright, good scholar, popular, good athlete and has a great personality. F. said that Joran practices soccer and tennis and was very good at those sports and had already been accepted by 7 colleges in the United States. F. told the reporter that she also knew the mother of Joran, Anita van der Sloot, because she was tutored by her at school. According to F. Paul van der Sloot was rarely at home as he was working a lot.
Jorans behavior:
F. was asked about Jorans behavior on court and she stated that she never saw Joran loose his composure on the tennis court. She was also asked about Jorans reaction when he would loose tennis matches, and she said that Joran would be very disappointed as anyone would be, but he would never burst out and start screaming or show violent behavior. According to F. at those times Joran would just pull himself back a spend time by himself and reflect.
Previous relationships:
F. was asked about Jorans preview relationships and she said that a few years ago Joran had a steady girlfriend but after a while she broke it off (allegedly because she fell in love with another guy). Joran was devastated at the time and just as he would do after disappointments on the tennis court, he would spend time alone and distance himself from everyone and reflect.
While partying:
With regard to Jorans demeanor during parties, F. explained that even though Joran was only 17, he went out and partied and consume some alcohol as most 17-year-olds do. But she added that she never saw him drunk or waisted. According to F., Joran would never use drugs and she never saw him even smoke cigarette.
And closing....
F. was asked at the end of the interview what her thoughts were about the developments in this case. F, stated that the only thing Joran might have done wrong was to change his story a few times and not tell the truth from the start, but she stated that the it’s likely that a 17-year-old would not know exactly how to act in certain situations.. F. believes that even if something bad did happened to Natalee, Joran had no direct contribution in that. Hasibokos.com !
Joran van der Sloot and his friends Deepak and Satish Kalpoe are being held under suspicion of murder and kidnapping as well as being an accessory to murder. A fourth man, Steve Croes, is being held under the same conditions.
The fifth man, Paul van der Sloot -- the father of 17-year-old Joran -- was being held on suspicion of complicity to pre-meditated murder, complicity to kidnapping and murder and kidnapping. Under the Aruban system, complicity is a lesser charge.
None of the men have been charged with a crime. But all are in police custody.