On 7 July 2006, the national daily newspaper "De Telegraaf" published an article alleging Van der Graaf's connection with the murder of Van der Werken. "De Telegraaf" printed extracts of a secret police report on the murder of Van der Werken on its website. Quirijn Meijnen, a Dutch-based media lawyer who represented Van der Graaf, said the accusations were grave and unfounded, and that the publication of extracts of the secret police report infringed Van der Graaf's privacy rights. "De Telegraaf" failed to mention that Van der Graaf was never a suspect in the murder case of Van der Werken.