John Travolta Extortion Charges Dropped in Bahamas
12:51 pm, September 6th, 2010
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At John Travolta‘s request, a judge in the Bahamas has dismissed charges against two people who allegedly tried to extort the actor.
According to the prosecutor, Travolta and wife Kelly Preston no longer wished to pursue an emotionally grueling case that stemmed from their teenage son’s death.
“The Travolta family has said that this matter has caused them unbelievable stress and pain and they wish to put this whole thing behind them,” said prosecutor Neil Braithwaite.
Tarino Lightbourne and Pleasant Bridgewater had been accused of trying to squeeze Travolta for $25 million under threat of releasing private information about son Jett Travolta‘s death at the family vacation home in Grand Bahama in January 2009.
Lightbourne was an ambulance driver who helped treat the boy, and Bridgewater is the attorney and politician accused of helping him in the plot.
After an October 2009 mistrial, a new jury had been convened and proceedings were about to begin again before Travolta’s decision to close the case.
“The long-pending status of this matter continued to take a heavy emotional toll on my family, causing us to conclude that it was finally time to put this matter behind us,” Travolta announced in a statement.
“Therefore, after much reflection I concluded that it was in my family’s best interest for me not to voluntarily return to The Bahamas to testify a second time at trial.”
Travolta and Preston are currently expecting a baby boy.
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