Defense Wants FBI Out In Aruba

Defense lawyers on Wednesday appealed a judge's ruling that Aruban authorities could share information with the FBI about missing teen Natalee Holloway.

Last week, a judge struck down a motion by the defense to prohibit file sharing with the American law enforcement agency, which is acting in an advisory role in the high-profile case.

"It's not a question of having something to hide but about the legality of their (FBI) involvement," said defense lawyer David Kock.

Kock, one of three lawyers who argued the appeal Wednesday in a closed court session, said a decision was expected Monday.

FBI agents have been on the Dutch Caribbean island as observers since Holloway disappeared May 30. They were granted access to material last month at the urging of the Aruban prime minister.

Lawyers for Joran van der Sloot, a Dutch teenager who has been detained in the disappearance, and two Surinamese brothers have argued the FBI didn't have jurisdiction and shouldn't have access to the investigation.

Also Wednesday, prosecutors issued a summons to a man who said he saw van der Sloot and the Surinamese brothers at a pond the night Holloway disappeared, said Attorney General spokeswoman Mariaine Croes.

The man was expected to give sworn testimony in court later this week, said Croes, who declined to provide details.

Police have said the man, who has not been identified, told police that he saw the three young men driving near a pond by the Marriott Hotel around 2:30 a.m. on May 30.

The account is significant because van der Sloot told authorities that he was already at home by 2:30 a.m. and that he had left Holloway, unharmed, at a beach near the Marriott.

Based on the witness account, police partially drained the pond but found no evidence.

Holloway, 18, was last seen leaving a nightclub with van der Sloot and the two brothers on the final night of a high school graduation trip with 124 classmates to Aruba. Authorities and volunteers have made extensive searches of the island but found no trace of her.

Also, Deepak Kalpoe, one of the men who had been detained in Holloway's disappearance, complained to authorities Tuesday that her mother has been harassing him.

The 21-year-old asked that Holloway Twitty stay away from him, said police Inspector Carlos Sarge.

Sarge said police would ask her to stay away from Kalpoe.

Holloway Twitty declined to comment on the complaint. "I'm just going to try to continue getting answers about my daughter," she said.

Kalpoe, his 18-year-old brother Satish, and van der Sloot were arrested on June 9., but the Kalpoe brothers were later released after a judge ruled there was not enough evidence to hold them. Van der Sloot is the only person in custody in the case and no one has been charged.

Holloway Twitty has repeatedly said she believes the three young men were involved in Natalee's disappearance - allegations that they have denied.

The complaint came after Holloway Twitty confronted Kalpoe Monday and asked him about her daughter's disappearance. The scene was filmed by television.

Kalpoe repeatedly told her he had nothing to say and that she should speak to his lawyer. Calls to Kalpoe's lawyer seeking comment Tuesday were not returned.