Joran van der Sloot's Dark Gambling Habit

0:00It's March 31st. Welcome in. This is Entertainment and celebrity news today, where the headlines shine, powered by AI. Jorin van der Sloot finally copped to federal extortion charges back in 2023, all linked to the disappearance of 18-year-old. Natalie Holloway. But an old interview from 2010, just resurfaced where his own mom, Anita, straight-up said her son is sick in the head, right after his arrest. 16 years back, she noticed him sneaking out there a ruba house at night, that same Caribbean spot were Natalie banished on May 30th, 2005, during. Her high school grad trip turns out he was hitting casinos on the low and that gambling habit became a dark thread in his life. He met Natalie at one of those spots, and five years later to the day, on May 30th, 2010, he killed another woman, Stephanie Flores, in Lima, Peru. Peruvian cops got his confession, that time he flew off the handle when she dug into his connection to Natalie's case.

1:00At first, his parents bought his denials about Natalie, even as his stories kept flipping from accident to murder, to wild lies, like selling her into. Slavery. Anita even wondered if he missed his calling as an actor for all that faking. Beth Holloway, Natalie's mom, faced him in court and laid it out raw. For 18 years, he lied, but now he's a confess killer and every time that, sell door slams. It's her words echoing back as he serves his time.