Joran van der Sloot’s Mother Apologizes to Alleged Victim’s Parents

In a new interview, the mother of Joran van der Sloot offered an apology to the parents of the woman allegedly killed by her son.

In an interview Dutch news station The Telegraph, obtained by ABC News, Anita van der Sloot spoke candidly about her son and his purported troubles.

"I hope that he gets a chance to talk with the parents of Stephany Flores, and that he can tell them what happened. And I apologize for them ... that he's my son. He's not a monster. He can be very gentle, but it could be that he has bipolar personality. I hope he gets the help," she said in the interview.