Who Is Larry Garrison?

Who is Larry Garrison? He’s a self-described “journalist, actor, producer, motivational speaker and White House media consultant” who was paid $12,000 for his “research help” involving last night’s Primetime report on Natalee Holloway, Lloyd Grove reports. As a freelance producer for ABC, he helped obtain “FBI reports and other hard-to-get documents.”

Garrison also claims that he chose Primetime over 48 Hours for Joran van der Sloot‘s exclusive interview. Let Lloyd explain it… (Headline and story updated at 12:07pm.)

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