TRAVOLTA’S EXTORTION RETRIAL SET FOR SEPTEMBER
JOHN TRAVOLTA will be forced to relive the painful memories of his son’s = death for a second time in September (10), when the actor’s extortion cas= e returns to court for a retrial.
Former Bahamas senator Pleasant Bridgewater and paramedic Tarino Lightb= ourne have been charged with conspiracy to extort $25 million (=C2=A317.2= million) from the actor and his wife Kelly Preston after their 16-year-o= ld son Jett suffered a fatal seizure at the family’s holiday home there i= n January 2009.
The allegations centre around a Refusal of Treatment/Transportation for= m, signed by Travolta, which the suspects allegedly threatened to release= to the media.
In October (09), Senior Justice Anita Allen declared a mistrial after a= jury member reportedly leaked the verdict to politicians. Jurors were st= ill deliberating when lawmaker Picewell Forbes allegedly announced to an = audience at a Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) convention that Bridgewater= was "a free woman".
The retrial has been set for 6 September (10) and is expected to last f= our weeks.
The star’s attorney, Michael Ossi, has insisted Travolta, who testified= during the initial hearings, will fully cooperate with future proceeding= s and will testify again if necessary.
Ossi told reporters in October (09): "We are committed to seeing this t= hrough, and we are committed to seeing justice served. And whatever the p= rosecution asks us to do is exactly what we will do."
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