'Dr. Phil' lawyer responds to suit over Natalee Holloway segment
LOS ANGELES
An attorney says two brothers who filed a defamation
lawsuit against the "Doctor Phil" show for airing a segment about
their roles as former suspects in the disappearance of
Natalee Holloway should not be entitled to punitive damages.
Deepak and Satish Kalpoe, both residents of Aruba, filed the suit
in December seeking unspecified damages against talk show host
Phillip McGraw, C-B-S Television Distribution Group and private
investigator Jamie Skeeters.
William Haggerty, an attorney for McGraw and C-B-S, denied his
clients intentionally misrepresented any fact to the brothers or
acted with malicious intent.
An attorney representing the brothers was unavailable for
comment.
Holloway, a Mississippi native, was 18 when she
disappeared on May 30th, 2005, while on a trip to
Aruba with classmates from Mountain Brook high
school.
She was last seen getting into a car with the brothers
and their friend, Joran van der Sloot.
Police spent months searching for the missing teen, but the case
did not lead to any criminal trial in Aruba.
The brothers were released from police custody following
their arrest and have not been charged in the case.

AND THE CASE GOES ON...