John van den Heuvel launches a hard attack on Royce de Vries, who was completely embraced by RTL Boulevard after the murder of his father Peter R. de Vries. “It is a crucial mortal sin.”
Royce de Vries only has to snap his fingers or a camera crew from RTL Boulevard will be in front of him. The show section has fully explained the red carpet for the son of their former colleague Peter R. de Vries. But is this lawyer really clean? At the very least, he will fall from his pedestal, just like father Peter, says lawyer Job Knoester.
Wrong guess
The AD has convincing evidence that Peter and Royce knowingly covered up serious misconduct by their former colleague Khalid Kasem – then a lawyer, now a talk show host. They realized that it could seriously harm them if this ever came to light, but they took that risk for granted.
Unfortunately, they guessed wrong and Royce is now in the place he loves so much RTL Boulevard finally torched by the renowned crime journalist John van den Heuvel. “If you pretend to be an honest office (…) then this is a crucial mortal sin,” he sneers.
‘Very serious’
Khalid confesses on tapes that Peter recorded and that the AD has in its possession that he accepted 8,000 euros in cash from a detainee to bribe an official. And Peter and Royce happily covered it up. Stuck very deep underground. Together with their integrity.
John: “Those allegations are simply very serious. When you read how that happened, I am surprised by what he may have done and what he confessed. But I am also surprised by the fact that all of this apparently had to be covered with the cloak of love. That’s something not done is for a law firm.”
Not right
It is also very strange that Peter secretly recorded all those conversations, John thinks. “The idea is that those conversations were recorded by Peter himself. It is also very strange that you walk into a law firm and request legal assistance, but one of the office colleagues starts recording those conversations.”
He continues: “That is not right, of course. As a client, when you enter a law firm, you must be able to assume that you will be treated fairly and honestly by your lawyer. And not that there is someone secretly with a phone in his pocket to record it all.”
Clarice and Peter
Clarice Stenger, Boulevard’s resident robe, believes Royce has failed. “It always hurts the legal profession. (…) This is something that also affects Royce and his integrity as a lawyer… That will hurt.”
And about lawyer Peter Schouten, a friend of Royce, who went into full defense mode with Renze Klamer, John says in The Telegraph: “I fear that after the broadcast he was taken in a straitjacket to the De Rooyse Wissel TBS clinic. With such friends, Royce de Vries and Khalid Kasem no longer need enemies.”
Pruning hard.