Joran Van Der Sloot Sues His Attorney
July 4 2010, Published 1:15 p.m. ET
Joran van der Sloot is suing the Peruvian attorney who represented him when he confessed to killing Stephany Flores Ramirez, Breaking Celebrity News.com has learned.
The Dutchman, who is also the sole suspect in the disappearance of Alabama teenager Natalee Holloway five years ago, has a new lawyer handling the murder charges against him in Peru.
That attorney, Maximo Altez, is claiming that van der Sloot's original lawyer was unqualified for the job.
"We have searched the name of Luz Romero Chinchay in the list of public defenders provided by the Ministry of Justice and her name was not on the list," Altez told the Associated Press. "We do not know why the police called this lawyer. We want to know who paid for her because my client did not."
As in the U.S., Peruvian law requires that a criminal suspect be provided with a public defender if he can not afford his own lawyer. The public defenders work for the Ministry of Justice.