Judge Dismisses Holloway Lawsuit

A judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by the family of Natalee Holloway against Joran van der Sloot ruling that the taxpayers of New York should not have to pay for a trial in which the state had little interest. The Holloways filed the lawsuit and Van der Sloot was served with the papers when he went to New York for a television interview.

Supreme Court Justice Barbara Kapnick cited an earlier court case that found that local taxpayers should not have to foot the bill for a complex trial "when their interest in the suit ... is so ephemeral."

"It appears to this court that wherever this civil case proceeds there will be an enormous amount of media attention and press coverage, both in Aruba, New York and elsewhere," she wrote.

Holloway's family had hoped to be able to pursue legal action against the Dutch teen, one of the last people to see their daughter alive the night she disappeared in Aruba, in a court in the United States, rather than having to use the court system on the Caribbean Island.

Natalee Holloway left a bar called Carlos 'n' Charlies in the early hours of May 30, 2005 with Van der Sloot and Deepak Kalpoe, 21, and Satish Kalpoe, 18 and was never seen alive again. To this date no charges have been filed against anyone in connection with the case, and apparently no real evidence has been found to prove that any crime was committed.

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