Celebrity Justice
Jett Travolta Found with Pulse

People in the bathroom trying to revive Jett Travolta believe they detected a "faint pulse" during the rescue effort.

We've now learned specifics about the circumstances surrounding Jett's death. The bathroom where John Travolta's son was found has a small toilet area with a door. Jett was found in that area with the door closed.

Jett had suffered a seizure and struck either the toilet or the wall as he collapsed. He was "bleeding in several areas," including his mouth. He had no cuts but did have bruises on his body. Jett had also been bleeding internally.

A funeral home official said the body was in "great shape" and showed "no sign of head trauma." In fact, we're told there was a considerable amount of blood after the resuscitation efforts but it could have been wiped clean after he died, and the color of Jett's skin could have masked bruises, since Jett had been dead for three days before the autopsy was performed.

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286. QUOTE:
Kenny claims he met Travolta at his restaurant in February, and, after "comping" the movie star and his daughter a meal per restaurant policy for celebrities, he asked him, "as one autistic child's father to another," if he "was doing anything special in terms of therapy" for Jett. Aghast, Travolta responded, "Well, we involve him in the arts." Then, he offered to send Kenny a book, and high-tailed it out of the restaurant.

"If I ever received a Scientology book from him [Travolta], I'd find him, and throw it back at him," says Kenny. "Scientology is keeping him from acknowledging his son's autism. They see it as a weakness. That's what the space aliens are telling him I guess."

Joking aside, the Kennys are "disgusted by" Travolta. They claim that Travolta has turned down invitations to participate in autism fundraisers, and most recently refused to participate in a local celebrity golf tournament if a connection to autism advocacy was promoted. The organizers of the charity tournament scheduled at the Golden Hills Country Club in November are alleged to have changed the billing from an autism event to the more generic "fundraiser for disabled children" to accommodate the star. Calls to event organizer, the Family Resources Coalition, were not returned by post time.

The Kennys also claim that Kelly and John "let Jett sit in front of video games all day eating junk food, while they eat the best organic food money can buy. They exclude Jett from all social events because they are embarrassed."

"Once," reports Kenny, "when Kelly took him to the movies, Jett started to have a meltdown and Kelly pointed at the nanny and ordered, 'Take care of it.'"

"Jett does not speak at all," confirms Kenny. "He has not even been taught how to communicate. We struggle every week to pay for our daughter's therapy. How dare he [Travolta] ruin his own son's chances of recovering! We want to get the word out on this."

Posted at 10:18PM on Jan 6th 2009 by imariscent

287. Even the Travolta's own attorney said Jett had terrible seizures.....about once every 4 days.....that were almost like "death...." But that he hadn't been on any medication for about a year and a half because of the side affects. Why didn't they keep trying? How can you expect seizures to stop on their own? (Isn't there even some type of surgery that can help.... ) I know if it was MY kid I would never give up. Or.....let him go a year and a half without any meds? That's insane....

Posted at 10:26PM on Jan 6th 2009 by Stella

288. QUOTE:
Kenny claims he met Travolta at his restaurant in February, and, after "comping" the movie star and his daughter a meal per restaurant policy for celebrities, he asked him, "as one autistic child's father to another," if he "was doing anything special in terms of therapy" for Jett. Aghast, Travolta responded, "Well, we involve him in the arts." Then, he offered to send Kenny a book, and high-tailed it out of the restaurant.

"If I ever received a Scientology book from him [Travolta], I'd find him, and throw it back at him," says Kenny. "Scientology is keeping him from acknowledging his son's autism. They see it as a weakness. That's what the space aliens are telling him I guess."

Joking aside, the Kennys are "disgusted by" Travolta. They claim that Travolta has turned down invitations to participate in autism fundraisers, and most recently refused to participate in a local celebrity golf tournament if a connection to autism advocacy was promoted. The organizers of the charity tournament scheduled at the Golden Hills Country Club in November are alleged to have changed the billing from an autism event to the more generic "fundraiser for disabled children" to accommodate the star. Calls to event organizer, the Family Resources Coalition, were not returned by post time.

The Kennys also claim that Kelly and John "let Jett sit in front of video games all day eating junk food, while they eat the best organic food money can buy. They exclude Jett from all social events because they are embarrassed."

"Once," reports Kenny, "when Kelly took him to the movies, Jett started to have a meltdown and Kelly pointed at the nanny and ordered, 'Take care of it.'"

"Jett does not speak at all," confirms Kenny. "He has not even been taught how to communicate. We struggle every week to pay for our daughter's therapy. How dare he [Travolta] ruin his own son's chances of recovering! We want to get the word out on this."

Posted at 10:28PM on Jan 6th 2009 by imariscent

289. THANK YOU Molly Alice 123 and GA. Glad to see someone is not led around by their noses just because some celeb slimeballs tell us what to believe. And by the way, they really should get together with their PR teams and decide on ONE styory they want us to believe and TRY to make it get out before initial AP reports that came after the first responders' report which was he was last seen entering the bathroom he died in the day BEFORE he was even found.
THAT would be and should be questioned big time if it were any of us on any given day if it were our kids.
Justice for Jett. (And Ella, for that matter, She alone has to deal with her parents and the scientology cult now) Ugh.

Posted at 10:35PM on Jan 6th 2009 by Innocent

290. Also, the lawyers originally said that jett hit his head, And so did the first responders and all original reports.....yeah,something stinks and good for tmz for continuing to actually report.

Posted at 10:47PM on Jan 6th 2009 by Innocent

291. Imariscent, we can all read. No need to keep reposting the Tim Kenny blurb.

But since you do, it prompted me to try to find out more info about this guy and it seems that this story always leads back to that one specific site - Hollywood, Interrupted. Any other blog or website that reported that story just quoted it directly from HI. If Tim Kenny was so outspoken about the Travoltas lack of understanding about autism, why aren't there more articles about it? More interviews with other media outlets? Maybe an op ed piece? I've found absolutely NOTHING else about Mr. Kenny, except for his obituary and a photo of him on a site called "The Face of Suicide."

What I've read about Mark Ebner (the creator of HI) is that he writes pretty exclusively about celeb gossip and scandals, and is very anti-Scientology. So, to have someone who obviously has it out for Scientology report on this Tim Kenny business while no one else has seems odd. Doesn't seem like the most objective or trustworthy source. I'm not suggesting that the guy made the story up, but if The Kennys went to the trouble to call child protective services on the Travoltas because they thought the home situation was so dire, it stands to reason that they'd be talking to every reporter under the sun. (Insert paranoid rant that the Scientologists control the media and that's why the story was never reported anywhere else.)

The article says that Tim Kenny met the Travoltas at his restaurant, and doesn't suggest that they had any type of close relationship in which Kenny would have had many chances to observe Jett or family interactions. So, how does he know about Jett's supposed meltdown in the movie theater? Was he there? Or was he just repeating gossip he heard somewhere else? How would he know that Jett eats junk food and plays video games all day? Was he standing outside their windows every day? As for the accusation that the Travoltas were "embarassed" by their son, well that's all it is. An accusation. This guy sure seemed to know a lot about a family who came to his restaurant, talked with him briefly, "high-tailed" it out of there, and then turned down his event invitations. Unless he was stalking them, I don't see how he could KNOW any of what he said.

As to the speculation that Tim Kenny was actually killed by Scientologists rather than by his own hand, that's just more of the same accusations based on fear and hatred. His widow has never blamed Scientology for her husband's death, so why do a bunch of people who didn't even know him feel so confident insinuating as much?

I have been a fan of John Travolta since I was a little kid, so you could think that I'M the one who's not being objective, but you'd be wrong. I am. I don't share his religious beliefs. I don't "idolize" him. I don't think he's infallible. I just think he's a good person. No, I don't KNOW that, it's just my opinion, so I'm not saying he should be left alone for that reason. I don't think he should get the benefit of the doubt just because he's rich and famous. He should get the benefit of the doubt because he's a human being and an American, and in this country, people are innocent until proven guilty...especially when they're not even on trial!!

Had this happened to Jenny McCarthy or Sylvester Stallone (both have autistic children), no one would have accused them of neglect or, worse, murder, simply because they're not Scientologists.

Posted at 2:00AM on Jan 7th 2009 by BB

292. This is a tragedy...no doubt but made worse by the specualtion of everyone who really dont know anything except whats being told....Let me ask you this why would the Travoltas who by the way did speak out for their son read up on it since you all like the internet so much....wouldnt you think them not putting him in the limelight and keeping him away from stupid sites like this one because he did have problems was a good thing....I do....why put that child through the public eye so they in their so compassionate nature berate the kid to no end.....or his parents for their care of the child

You say they have enough money to get him help...with their beliefs they did what they thought was right...and in a society where most people hate to be told what to do why would you question their beliefs anyway.....and all of you so called arm chair dectives why werent you there all along helping or commenting on Jett before this every happened.....why hasnt someone come forward before this to complain about child abuse.....??? If you thought this was suspisious why didnt you come forward sooner ...??? why second hand guess this why not wait for whatever information comes to you ......We dont know what h appened....we may never know....but does that give us the right to guess...speculate...no...sometimes everything is not what it seems but to me it seems this child was loved and protected...and if sitting a child down in front of video games with junk food is a crime good lord the entire country would have to stop for all the parents who would be in jail.......come on have some compassion...these people are grieving and if this was a case of bad supervision can you think of any more guilt that can be laid on a parent right now.....We are all human prone to mistakes horrible ones yes ......he had two nannies and for all accounts was a 16 year old kid......what 16 year old is not going through stuff....as for hitting his head maybe just maybe they the people who found him thought that with all the blood logical conculsion...and another thing as for not seeing Jett for several hours .....lol omg...I have two teenage sons and they are constanly gone here there ......this kid was being taken care of as best they could ....the two nannies........and yes a couple like that has nannies ..and the such .....most celebs do I see a lot of pictures with celebs who are out and about with out their kids all the time.......and if your a parent and you hired two nannies to watch your son you would be confident he was being taken care of.....let them grieve let them get through this....be compassionate human beings for gods sake.....this is a awful tragedy all around let it play out and let them have peace.....I dont know what they are doing at this time but I know what I would be doing ....crying,,....screaming ......praying...and most of all questioning why......let them do that in peace let them grieve like normal people do why go after them when this is probable to worse day they will ever have......May God keep you safe Jett...may the Travoltas find peace and harmony in the days to come....and may God help us all to be better compaasionate humans..my prayers thoughts and sympothys go with the Travolta family at this time....

Posted at 1:39PM on Jan 7th 2009 by Patricia

293. HAVE YOU ALL FOLLOWED HOW THE STORY OF WHAT HAPPENED AND HOW IT HAPPENED KEEPS EVOLVING TO THE TAVOLTA'S FAVOR? ALMOST LIKE A SCRIPT? THE TRUTH WOULD BE NICE FOR JETT'S
MEMORY AND LEGACY. LITTLE ELLA MUST BE TRAMATIZED BY THE LIFE THE CHILDREN HAVE LED. MONEY IS NOT EVERYTHING.

Posted at 10:36AM on Jan 7th 2009 by poppy

294. BOTTOM LINE, WITH OR WITHOUT SEIZURE MEDS, PEOPLE MAY CONTINUE TO HAVE SEIZURES. I KNOW, BECAUSE MY DAUGHTER IS CURRENTLY ON TWO EPILEPSY MEDS AND CONTINUES TO HAVE SEIZURES. SHE IS CONSTANTLY SUPERVISED. I'M SURE BY THE TIME SHE IS 16 YEARS OLD, SHE'LL HAVE ISSUES WITH US STAYING IN THE BATHROOM WHILE SHE SHOWERS, NOT LOCKING THE BATHROOM DOORS. NOT BEING ABLE TO RIDE HER BIKE AROUND THE CORNER TO GO TO A FRIENDS HOUSE...ETC. IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO KEEP WATCH 24/7. JUST DAYS BEFORE THE NEWS OF JETT'S DEATH, MY DAUGHTER ASKED "MOM, CAN I DIE FROM HAVING A SEIZURE". I LIED TO HER. I'M HOPING SHE DOESNT SEE THIS IN THE NEWS. MY HEART GOES OUT TO THE TRAVOLTA'S, AS THIS IS EVERY PARENTS WORST NIGHTMARE.

Posted at 11:43AM on Jan 7th 2009 by SAVINA

295. I THINK ALL OF THE PHOTOGENIC -PERFECT PHOTOS THAT HAVE SUDDENLY STARTED SURFACING EVERYWHERE ARE FAKE A GENERATED. THEY -THE TRAVOLTAS ARE MAKING POOR JET OUT TO BE HEALTH PERFECT AT LEAST VISIBLY WHEN WE ALL KNOW FOR YEARS THEY HAVE KEPT HIM HIDDEN. SHAME ON THEM! THEY NOW HAVE TO LIVE WITH IT. POOR ELLA.

Posted at 11:50AM on Jan 7th 2009 by poppy

296. Hmm. So, caps lock, because the boy was autistic, he can't look cute or happy in any pictures? Wow. Nice. What do you expect him to look like, the Elephant Man?

Posted at 1:08PM on Jan 7th 2009 by BB

297. TMZ You Must Stop Following people. You are sick and stupid, leave this family alone, just because they're famous doesn't mean you have to cover every detail of every minute on them. This is the same with other famous people. You make a post everytime you see a celebrity take a step. You stalk too much and MUST stop.

Posted at 6:19PM on Jan 7th 2009 by Nick

298. For God Sake stop this Do you know what it's like to loose a child,or a Brother Or sister at such a young age.
Well I do . It Like ripping your heart out of your body. Let these people have there private time to mourn there son.
Until it hit home, you could not even imagine what they are going through. It will be with them everyday of there lives.
so give them some peace.. My deep sympathy goes out to the Travolta Family. May Jett rest in peace.
So give them some space..

Posted at 7:38PM on Jan 7th 2009 by spanky

299. I would hope that if Jett had been so ill with seizures he would have had medical staff on hand 24/7 instead of nannies
RIP Jett

Posted at 6:54AM on Jan 8th 2009 by observation2009

300. Jett was a special child of the Travolta and needs special care. They kept him out of the public eye for his protection and also for family's reputation against the scrutiny of the media and public because he is not a perfect kid.
Jett had an accident because of seizures. He may have want privacy and have been left unsupervise before and no bad accidents happened. So, they were comfortable to let Jett alone. Well, mistakes and accidents happen.
Anyway, now Jett is dead. Events like this should have been prevented if had supervision 24/7.
I am sure that Jett was a well-loved kid. His early death is also his blessings that he can have a perfect body and life somewhere else.
Rest In Peace Jett!

Posted at 12:09AM on Jan 8th 2009 by clias

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