( CNN ) -- Joran van der Sloot admitted in an interview with a Dutch newspaper that he extorted money from the family of Natalee Holloway , but his attorney in a Peruvian murder case suggested Monday that his client 's comments may have been mistranslated . Attorney Maximo Alteza said he is not involved in the case of Holloway , the Alabama teenager who disappeared in Aruba after going out on the town with van der Sloot , and was reluctant to comment on van der Sloot 's interview with The Telegraph . `` Maybe there were some mistakes in the translation , '' he said . Alteza said van der Sloot was not paid for the interview . `` I wanted to get back at Natalee 's family , '' van der Sloot said from prison in the Dutch interview . `` Her parents have been making my life tough for five years . '' `` When they offered to pay for the girl 's location , I thought : 'Why not ? ' '' he said . Van der Sloot faces a count of wire fraud and a count of extortion in the United States for allegedly trying to extort more than $ 250,000 from Holloway 's family in return for the location of her body . He has denied responsibility for her disappearance . He was arrested twice in Aruba in connection with the Holloway case but has never been charged . The 22-year-old Dutch citizen is awaiting trial in Lima , Peru , where he stands accused of killing Stephany Flores in a hotel room . Also Monday , a Peruvian court voted 2-1 to reject van der Sloot 's contention that he is being held unlawfully , but the court requires three votes to secure a decision . Alteza said that a fourth jurist will hear the case and cast a vote at a public hearing next week . If that judge votes in favor of van der Sloot , a fifth judge will hear the case to break the tie . Alteza said that van der Sloot 's constitutional rights have been violated and he `` could be released because of the mistakes made by the police during the investigation . '' `` It does n't matter if he is innocent or guilty , '' he said . In Session 's Mayra Cuevas contributed to this report .
Attorney suggests comments were mistranslated . In interview : `` I wanted to get back at Natalee 's family '' Peruvian court is still considering motion for release .