During his initial court appearance on Friday morning at Alabama’s Hugo L. Black Courthouse, Joran van der Sloot entered a plea of not guilty to charges of fraud and extortion.

Van der Sloot, dressed in an Air Jordan T-shirt, was at the hearing for only a few minutes, where he was read the charges against him before he entered his plea, ABC News reports. He appeared with public defender, Kevin Butler.

Van der Sloot arrived from Peru in Birmingham on Thursday to face charges related to the alleged extortion of Natalee Holloway’s family. As CrimeOnline previously reported, the extradition stems from claims that van der Sloot bilked Holloway’s mother, Beth, out of $25,100.

The mother paid van der Sloot in 2010 for details about the location of her daughter’s remains, but authorities say van der Sloot gave false information and failed to honor his promise, which led to a U.S. grand jury indicting him on charges of extortion and wire fraud.

Holloway vanished in 2005 while vacationing in Aruba days after graduating high school. Her remains have never been found, but van der Sloot, a Dutch national who lived on the Caribbean island, has long been suspected of playing a role in the disappearance of the American teen, who was 18 at the time.

This is a developing story. Check back for updates.

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[Feature Photo: Dutch citizen Joran van der Sloot is driven in a police vehicle from a maximum-security prison to an airport to be extradited to the U.S., on the outskirts of Lima, Peru, Thursday, June 8, 2023. Der Sloot, the chief suspect in the 2005 disappearance of Natalee Holloway, arrived in the United States from Peru on Thursday to face charges that he attempted to extort money from the missing teen’s mother. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)]