Dr. Phil & Natalee

Dr. Phi, Deepak & Holloway

The Taping of Deepak Kalpoe in Aruba

The events of this chapter could very well be the most profound of this entire case. The taping of Deepak Kalpoe by Jamie Skeeters, the manipulation of that recording and the subsequent showing of that recording on the Dr. Phil show caused a media frenzy that was not favorable to the Kalpoes or Joran van der Sloot. Just the thought of Deepak supposedly admitting to the three having "sex with Natalee," would allow all of the news pundits to unleash a nightly attack over and over again. All the cable and non cable news shows would display that clip, seemingly to offer proof that they all not only raped Natalee but killed her.

Beth Twitty cries, gang rape & murder

It certainly was what Beth Twitty used night after night to continue on the airwaves, shouting her accusations, demanding justice all based on a lie. The story that might have died a slow natural death after the release of all three suspects in September of 05 was revitalized and got new life because of Dr. Phil and Jamie Skeeters. It was this story on the Dr. Phil show which would in earnest launch the Boycott of Aruba, which Dr. Phil would encourage on his nationwide show.

Who manipulated this recording?

Who initiated these actions? Who manipulated this recording? How far reaching did the deception go? Did Natalee's family knowingly participate in this deception from the onset or just become part of it later on? I have offered an outline I hope to follow in trying to uncover how these events effected this case. How the media played a strong roll in perpetrating the lie in regards to these different recordings. How a few good and decent people would prove they were manipulated at least to the on line world that followed this case. And since this chapter is still in the news with the lawsuit pending by the Kalpoes against Dr. Phil, I hope at some point to even have a conclusion to at least this part of the story.