Losing his son is bad enough, but John Travolta alleged that two Bahamian paramedics allegedly attempted to extort money from him and Kelly Preston by leaking a document to the media that Travolta refused to transport Jett to the hospital. At the trial, for ABC NewsTravolta testified that the doctor accused of blackmailing him “allegedly threatened to say that Travolta was to blame for the death of his son Jett.”
The outlet reported that Travolta was “notified by his bodyguard and attorney that someone was demanding $ 25 million” and that the document would be “sold to the press” if Travolta did not pay. ABC News He also reported that the case marked the first time that Travolta publicly admitted that Jett had autism. After the first trial ended in a null trial, the Travoltas dropped the case because they no longer wanted to “face the pain of a new trial.” The judge later dismissed the charges against the two defendants.
“The longstanding status of this matter continued to have a high emotional cost to my family, leading us to conclude that it was finally time to leave this matter behind,” Travolta wrote in a statement. “Therefore, after much reflection, I came to the conclusion that it was in my family’s best interest not to voluntarily return to The Bahamas to testify a second time at trial.”