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Travolta Extortion Suspect -- 'I Feel So Badly'

One of the people accused of attempting to extort John Travolta apparently felt guilty while she was trying to execute the plan.

Audio and video tapes from the police sting operation which targeted Pleasant Bridgewater and Tarino Lightbourne are being played in open court today.

In the tapes, Travolta's attorney can be heard telling the suspects that John couldn't pay the $25 million asking price because "John doesn't have that kind of bread ... not even lying around."

On another tape, Bridgewater can be heard telling John's lawyer, "I just want to get this over with ... I don't want to hear about it again ... I feel so badly about the whole thing."

Travolta claims the suspects threatened to release a "refusal of treatment" document John signed after his son Jett was found unconscious in The Bahamas last year.

Filed under: John Travolta


Tags: blackmail, extortion, jett travolta, JettTravolta, john travolta, JohnTravolta, pleasant bridgewater, PleasantBridgewater, plot, traino lightbourne, TrainoLightbourne

Leno on Letterman -- I've Been Extorted Too!

Jay Leno just couldn't pass up an opportunity to crack on his old late night rival David Letterman -- and dare we say ... it was actually kinda funny.

Jay Leno

Leno confessed that he too was once the victim of an extortion plot, saying, "How do think NBC got me to do a 10 o'clock show?"

Filed under: TV, David Letterman


Tags: 48 hours, 48Hours, blackmail, david letterman, DavidLetterman, extortion, jay leno, JayLeno, joe halderman, JoeHalderman, robert halderman, RobertHalderman

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