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Travolta Extortion Trial -- Let's Go to the Video

Posted Sep 29th 2009 10:20AM by TMZ Staff

John TravoltaThe two defendants in the John Travolta extortion case are in deep trouble today -- the jury will see and hear the secret tapes which authorities say is the smoking gun.

Authorities say the secret police video shows the $25 million extortion plot in all it's glory.

Lawyers for Tarino Lightbourne and Pleasant Bridgewater tried keeping the video from the jury but the judge saw it differently.

We'll let you know how it goes down.



Tags: bahamas, extortion, extortion trial, ExtortionTrial, jett, jett travolta, JettTravolta, john travolta, JohnTravolta, pleasant bridgewater, PleasantBridgewater, tarino lightbourne, TarinoLightbourne

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1. I feel such sympathy for the Travoltas. They have to re-live this nightmare over again. I hope it's resolved very soon.

Posted at 10:25AM on Sep 29th 2009 by janicebyrne01

2. This is just plain sad, can anyone just leave the Travoltas alone, seriously painful.

Posted at 10:37AM on Sep 29th 2009 by Wendy

3. god i hope crazy kookt guy stays away........get a job dude amd then a life.......maria

Posted at 10:44AM on Sep 29th 2009 by maria

4. Back to me!!! .. Mai brother is dead and my ship has come in .. Mo Money .. Mo Money .. MUCH MO MONEY *for me .. Ker Ching

Posted at 10:43AM on Sep 29th 2009 by La Toya Jackson

5. I hope they get what they deserve!!!

Posted at 5:23PM on Sep 29th 2009 by TheMan

6. am I the only one that thinks Kookie Klown seems a lil gay? .. *I'm just say'en ..

Back to Michael Jackson .. Cha Ching

Posted at 10:48AM on Sep 29th 2009 by TMZ IS DE SHIZ NIZZLE

7. Mo Money for us !!!

Posted at 10:53AM on Sep 29th 2009 by Snorky Jackson

8. "...in all it's glory" should be "...in all its glory"

I'm just sayin'.

Posted at 10:57AM on Sep 29th 2009 by grammar police

9. These two scumbags need to be in prison. Didn't Pleasant burn up a crucial piece of evidence.
Travolta's have been through enough losing their son.
How dare these idiots do this to the Travolta's. They are despictable human beings, they should be burned at the stake

Posted at 11:09AM on Sep 29th 2009 by randi

10. I feel for the family. It takes a special type of sociopathic bottom feeder to formulate such a despicable plan to exploit a family at the height of their grief. I hope these cretins are given the maximum punishment possible--for having committed the extortion and for having exercized such abject stupidity and heartlessness. I do find it interesting that this case has forced the Travoltas to admit what has been alledged for years:that Jett was autistic. I recall that brother Joey produced a documentary on autism years ago and stated that Jett was symptomatic. This was then denied by the family leading to an estrangement between the parties.

Posted at 11:14AM on Sep 29th 2009 by I am

11. I feel for the family. It takes a special type of sociopathic bottom feeder to formulate such a despicable plan to exploit a family at the height of their grief. I hope these cretins are given the maximum punishment possible--for having committed the extortion and for having exercized such abject stupidity and heartlessness. I do find it interesting that this case has forced the Travoltas to admit what has been alledged for years:that Jett was autistic. I recall that brother Joey produced a documentary on autism years ago and stated that Jett was symptomatic. This was then denied by the family leading to an estrangement between the parties.

Posted at 11:14AM on Sep 29th 2009 by I am

12. Are all of the public officials in the Bahamas corrupt?

Posted at 11:17AM on Sep 29th 2009 by tamara

13. lEAVE THEM ALONE FOR GOD SAKE. PIGS IS WHAT U R. That is low let them be. I love them they r such good people.


Posted at 2:38PM on Sep 29th 2009 by LOVE jOHN AND KELLY

14. I'm still trying to figure out what they thought they had on the Travolta's to try to blackmail them. Could somebody clue me in? Sorry, I've been out of the loop.

Posted at 12:12PM on Sep 29th 2009 by MJFan4evR

15. in all ITS glory.
not all it's glory!! it's not a contraction, dummies. it's the possessive pronoun its. sheesh.

Posted at 12:56PM on Sep 29th 2009 by irishgirl

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