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An open letter to Oprah Winfrey

Recently, you made a statement that, “The truth does matter.” We believe that you sincerely want to represent the truth and only be a participant in truthful associations. Several months ago, the Dr. Phil show did a broadcast involving the Natalee Holloway disappearance. Dr. Phil showed excerpts from a taped conversation with one of the suspects in the case talking with a private detective, who had been hired by the Dr. Phil show. However, what Dr. Phil broadcast that day has been shown, after extensive testing by the Netherlands Forensic Institute (NFI), to have been manipulated to falsely show Deepak Kalpoe (the suspect) admitting to actions, which he actually denied.

Based on that falsely constructed tape, Dr. Phil referred to Deepak Kalpoe as a sociopath and he called for the boycott of Aruba. Dr. Phil may have been a victim himself of an ambitious staff technician or the private detective, wanting to make the big score, and at the time of the broadcast Dr. Phil may not have known that what he was broadcasting was a manufactured lie.

But, what we know now, is that irrespective of who caused this tape travesty, it was clearly an attempt to frame Deepak. When the Dutch NFI analyzed the, over two hour, original tape, they found that Deepak was saying, “No, She didn’t,” and shaking his head in denial. What Dr. Phil broadcast had been edited to have Deepak saying, “She did,” with his head not moving (in response to a question about Natalee having sex with all of the suspects). As Arlene Shipper, a brilliant Aruban attorney, who comments on the case from time to time, pointed out when she described the NFI results; this body language denial is the crux, which graphically demonstrates exactly what was really said. The NFI specifically concluded that what was broadcast on the Dr Phil show was a lie and was a sinister act of deception to falsify evidence, which Dr. Phil had said would be released to Aruba to incriminate the suspects. The private detective sent his original tape (after a several months delay) to Aruba and those NFI results described in detail the Dr. Phil show broadcast as deceptive, when compared to the original. Here is a link to the entire unedited video (and audio) along with transcripts:
http://www.scrux.com/originalvideo

The damage from the broadcast of the deceptive tape and Dr. Phil’s accusing comments and conclusions has been far reaching. Beth Holloway has used the deceptive tape to call Deepak, his brother Satish and another suspect, Joran Van der Sloot, “gang rapists,” repeatedly on numerous broadcasts on the various cable news shows. The people and the country of Aruba have suffered from Dr. Phil’s unjustified call for a boycott, which he based on his version, which has now been shown to have been maliciously manipulated to tell something which was not true.

Dr. Phil is well aware of the results of the NFI forensic examination of the very edited tape, which he broadcast. He knows what the unmanipulated tape shows. But, Dr. Phil has made no apology. He made no acknowledgment of the wrong that he has done to these young men and to the entire country of Aruba.

Hearing your pointed statement that the truth does matter and seeing how you moved directly to correct a misrepresentation of the facts, it is our hope that we can ask your help in correcting this remaining travesty resulting from an ongoing misrepresentation. Dr. Phil needs to confront his mistake and correct the misinformation with the truth. Will you help?

Sincerely,
The undersigned