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Travolta Suspect -- The Perp Walk

Posted Jan 26th 2009 4:00PM by TMZ Staff

The ambulance-driving suspect involved in the Travolta extortion case was handcuffed and escorted into a Bahamian courtroom earlier today.

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Tarino Lightbourne is accused of conspiring to extort $25 million from John Travolta. Details about the plot are still sketchy, but we know it involves a document related to the death of Jett Travolta. The prosecutor said officials haven't retrieved the document yet and are afraid if Lightbourne is released on bail he'll destroy it.

Lightbourne is still in custody. The prosecutor is asking the judge to refuse bail.

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1. Sad, so sad that on top of losing their precious son Jett they have a "dear friend" who tried to make money off of their grief.

Posted at 3:07PM on Jan 26th 2009 by babs2bone

2. babs2boner,
shut up, idiot! I can tell by your whining that
you are a democrat!

Posted at 3:10PM on Jan 26th 2009 by Dallas

3. Dear Dallas...........I'm a Republican........... & my "babs2bone" is a play on words that my Husband sings when he is playing his guitar......he sings babs to the bone instead of bad to the bone because my name is Barb. But have a nice day Dallas & try to say something positive once in awhile.......there's enough hate in this world, why add to it?

Posted at 3:18PM on Jan 26th 2009 by babs2bone

4. this is an interesting case and all but does anyone else think the travolta's should be asked a few questions regarding their son. I know they feel horrible and all but its hard to treat a kid for an illness you think is made up or fake because some crack shot science fiction writer said it was. AUTISM is real and your an idiot to say otherwise. Does anyone one else think scientology played a role in this unfortunate event??

Posted at 3:21PM on Jan 26th 2009 by joe

5. this is an interesting case and all but does anyone else think the travolta's should be asked a few questions regarding their son. I know they feel horrible and all but its hard to treat a kid for an illness you think is made up or fake because some crack shot science fiction writer said it was. AUTISM is real and your an idiot to say otherwise. Does anyone one else think scientology played a role in this unfortunate event??

Posted at 3:22PM on Jan 26th 2009 by jay

6. Shut up Jay, you idiot!
I can tell you are a democrat!
And all autistic people are democrats, too!
small-minded! Dang!

Posted at 3:26PM on Jan 26th 2009 by Dallas

7. Where do they hold them in jail down there----the para sailing waiting area, or tie him to the bannana boat ride dock?

What a joke..stay away from that place, they act like a 3rd world country down there---oh wait, they are.

Posted at 3:30PM on Jan 26th 2009 by W

8. Shut up Dallas, you idiot!
I can tell you are a A$$HOLE!

Posted at 3:34PM on Jan 26th 2009 by mom

9. Uhh #4, Jay, why is anyone still buying into this crap about the Travoltas not treating Jett for his medical conditions? No, he does not need to be questioned, as he made sure Jett ALWAYS had the best medical attention available. I don't buy into Scientolo-crap myself, but a lot of the (mis)information out there about the Travoltas withholding medical attention is just anti-Scientology propaganda, much like their pro-Scientology propaganda. Bottom line, it is all BS.

This whole case is still much ado about NOTHING, so far. Everyone is making up possible stories to go with it, but no one KNOWS anything now. It is a big non-story.

Posted at 3:32PM on Jan 26th 2009 by Ms_Tell_It_Like_It_Is

10. OH, and Jay...
I know because I was there

Posted at 3:41PM on Jan 26th 2009 by Ms_Smell_Like_Shizz

11. #2 & 5 Dallas - could YOU be any more lame-brained? Does hiding behind your computer, telling people to shut up and calling them names make you feel important? Well, you aren't... in fact, you are very impotent.
You obviously don't know what autistic or democrat or republican or small-minded mean. Nothing else could account for your ignorant rant.

Posted at 3:38PM on Jan 26th 2009 by Ms_Tell_It_Like_It_Is

12. To W:

The Bahamas is not a 3rd world country. Get your facts right. We are a democratic country where our voices can be heard. We own homes that are of high value and standard. Our educational system is far better than most (we use the British system which is one of the oldest educational system in the World). We have JAILS just like you do.

Perhaps you need to visit The Bahamas and get a better understanding. It's small minded people like you who just stays in the USA and figures the entire World is a third world country; no travel experience at all.
BTW, you should learn how to spell....
GET A GRIP

Posted at 3:45PM on Jan 26th 2009 by Born Bahamian

13. dear born bahamian:
don't be too hard on W. Sure he's an arrogant idiot, but
he probably IS W: George W Bush. Nothing better
to do with his time than post on TMZ.
And he's had kinda a hard week.

Posted at 3:52PM on Jan 26th 2009 by Ms_Smell_Like_Shizz

14. not everyone with mental and developmental delay has autism.

Posted at 4:05PM on Jan 26th 2009 by JJ

15. You can't extort people if you don't have harmful or hurtful information. Not saying this is ever the right thing to do, but what information are these people in possession of that has the authorities interested? Photos of paramedics/EMTs working on Jett Travolta are potentially disgusting, but of little long-term interest.

Don't die in the Bahamas, period.

Posted at 4:50PM on Jan 26th 2009 by Marianne

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