en tot slot, de transcripts van het MSNBC interview met Tracy Allen: de vrouw die een week voor Natalees verdwijning werd aangerand door bovenstaande man op hetzelfde strand.
COSBY: And LIVE AND DIRECT right now is Tracy Allan. She is the woman who fought off an attack on that Aruban beach. This is her first TV interview since that sketch has been released.
You know, Tracy, I am stunned. Here it is, it's almost a year. You reported this incident the day it happened, nine days before Natalee vanishes, and they've just now put out a sketch? What do you make of that?
TRACY ALLAN, ASSAULTED IN ARUBA: Well, I think I was a little naive. I thought that they would handle it from the beginning and it was only when I decided to go to the press that they are following up on this case.
COSBY: Let's talk about what happened to you. May 21, again, nine days before Natalee vanished, you were what, near the Fisherman's Hut and what happened?
ALLAN: I went for an early morning walk and I went by the Fisherman's Hut, which is still; the wind surfing area. A gentleman, a man accosted me and luckily fishermen arrived at the same time the assault started. And he realized it wasn't going to go any further. There were witnesses. He got very agitated and threatened me and fled. And then I ran back to the hotel and had the manager call the police.
COSBY: You said he assaulted you. What did he try to do and what was he wearing and what did he say?
ALLAN: He was wearing just a shirt, but it was not a flashing. He was beckoning me towards his car, he grabbed my arms several times and I just held my ground and would not move towards his car, which agitated him and he fled. He threatened me first and then he fled.
COSBY: How worried were you and what do you think he wanted?
ALLAN: I knew for sure that if I did what he said I would at least get raped and probably abducted. His car was running so he was trying to get me to his car. I was scared for my life.
COSBY: This is stunning. This happens to you and again the fisherman said I was out there in Aruba. This is where we heard from the boy that is Natalee may have been and this is an area that has been a point of interest. We're looking at pictures now. I don't know if you can see this, this is where you were, right?
ALLAN: Yes. That's correct.
COSBY: So nine days before Natalee vanishes, you go to the police. What was their reaction?
ALLAN: I gave a statement, I signed the statement and they said they would look into it and I didn't hear anything at all. When Joran Van der Sloot, the story changed and he said he left her there, up to that point I thought he left her at the Holiday Inn. But that's when I really got involved. I had already contacted the FBI. I already tried several times to contact the Aruban police and got in contact and tried to get a hold of the Holloway and Twitty family.
So when the story changed then I contacted Tim Miller of Equisearch and he was the who started pressuring the Aruban law enforcement to look into this case. And it still didn't happen until we decided to go to the press.
COSBY: This is stunning to me. You go to the Aruba authorities and then nine days later this happens with Natalee and they get the details soon after that and you still don't get any calls back at all from the Aruban authorities?
ALLAN: No, no.
COSBY: What the FBI say to you?
ALLAN: The FBI took a statement and didn't contact me again until December 2 is when I did the sketch.
COSBY: Let's take a look at the sketch. Because I want to put this up again. This is a sketch that you basically contributed towards. When you look at this guy, do you have any idea, is this like a local guy, do you have any idea who this man is?
ALLAN: I believe he is local, yes. He had a car, he had an older car. It wouldn't have been a rental and he had the physical characteristics of an Aruban.
COSBY: And do you believe this man is capable - obviously he sounds like a very dangerous man? Capable of raping and killing?
ALLAN: Yes, definitely. It was only for lack of opportunity that I feel I escaped. I'm sure that other women have seen him or come in contact with him and I hope they will come forward. I am hoping that the Aruban police will take it seriously enough to try to get information on this man and see it to its end.
COSBY: How disappointed are you with this investigation by Aruban authorities?
ALLAN: I'm very disappointed because the more times that goes by, the more opportunity he has. I never—I don't know if it's related or not, but any evidence—further time goes by, there is less evidence if it is related.
COSBY: If you saw this man again, if they could locate this man, and you saw this man again, would you remember his face, would you be able to I.D. him?
ALLAN: Yes, absolutely. I was with him for about four minutes, about eight inches away for four minutes and I could identify him, no problem.
COSBY: And Tracy, in your gut, do you believe it may be related? The same beach, nine days later?
ALLAN: It very well could be. Very well could be. I just hope they find him for the safety of all the women on the island. The Aruban women should demand safety on their beaches too. I don't think he cared if I was American or not. He was looking for an opportunity. He's a sexual predator. He needs to be caught.
COSBY: Tracy Allan, I'm glad you got away unscathed and did the right thing to report it to reports and shame on them for not responding sooner.
ALLAN: Thank you. I agree.
COSBY: Thank you for being with us tonight.
ALLAN: Thank you.