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Travolta Mistrial - The Guy Who Screwed the Case

Published: 10/22/2009
TMZ has obtained audio of the moment when Bahamian lawmaker Picewell Forbes blew the entire John Travolta extortion case -- screaming out at a political convention last night that "Pleasant Bridgewater is a free woman!!!" Big mistake: Because when the judge found out the announcement had been made…
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Mistrial in Travolta Extortion Case

Mistrial in Travolta Extortion Case

Published: 10/22/2009
The judge in the John Travolta extortion case has declared a mistrial, reportedly because of jury misconduct.Justice Anita Allen released the jury and declared a mistrial after learning that a member of Parliament announced at a political convention that defendant Pleasant Bridgewater -- a former…
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Travolta Suspect Plays the Stupid Card

Travolta Suspect Plays the Stupid Card

Published: 10/14/2009
The paramedic/defendant who allegedly hatched the extortion plot against John Travolta just told the jury the whole thing was an evil plot to set him up ... and he just played along.Tarino Lightbourne -- and defendant Pleasant Bridgewater -- opted not to take the witness stand today, instead…
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Cop: Travolta Suspect Flushed Evidence

Published: 10/08/2009
A Bahamas cop just testified defendant Pleasant Bridgewater admitted to giving key evidence in the case the dead goldfish treatment ... flushing it down a toilet at her home on the island.Det. Sgt. Debra Thompson testified today about what went down on January 22 when they arrested Bridgewater --…
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Travolta's Lawyer Steals Line from Jack Nicholson

Published: 10/06/2009
John Travolta's lawyer just dropped a huge bombshell in open court -- dude just spit out a movie quote from "A Few Good Men." It all went down after the people accused of extorting Travolta tried to turn the tables -- claiming Travolta's lawyer was the person who actually hatched the extortion…
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Travolta Extortion Tapes

Travolta Extortion Tapes -- We're Like Rug Dealers

Published: 10/05/2009
Transcripts of taped conversations between alleged extortionist Pleasant Bridgewater and John Travolta's attorney, Michael McDermott, have just been released ... and it feels like Howie Mandell could step in at any time and say, "Deal, No Deal?" The documents show Bridgewater -- attorney for…
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Travolta Extortion Suspect -- 'I Feel So Badly'

Published: 10/05/2009
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,…
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Travolta Still Tight With Scientology

Published: 10/05/2009
John Travolta has not broken from Scientology, contrary to recent reports ... this according to sources connected to John. Travolta testified in the Bahamian extortion case that his late son, Jett, was autistic. Until his testimony, Travolta never publicly acknowledged Jett's illness. Travolta's…
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Payment Plan in Travolta Extortion Case

Published: 10/01/2009
John Travolta's lawyer just testified the alleged extortionists were willing to get paid in installments over four years. Michael McDermott testified that after a number of phone calls, Pleasant Bridgewater dropped the asking price for the alleged extortion document from $25 million to $15 mil ...…
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Extortion Defendant Gaga Over Travolta

Published: 10/01/2009
John Travolta's lawyer just testified the whole extortion plot was hatched because one of the defendants was starstruck. Michael McDermott testified he got the call from Pleasant Bridgewater ten days after Jett died. He said Pleasant told him her client had a "Refusal of Transport/Treatment"…
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John Travolta Back on the Stand

Published: 09/30/2009
John Travolta just testified again in the Bahamas -- and he explained how he learned of the alleged extortion plot against him. Travolta said one of his employees, Ronald Zupancic, is the one who initially told him there was a threat against him. John said medic Tarino Lightborne threatened to…
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False Claims About Travolta in Extortion Case

Published: 09/29/2009
One of John Travolta's lawyers testified in the extortion trial today that one of the defendants claimed to have a document suggesting Travolta wanted his son, Jett, dead or was negligent in supervising his son. Allyson Maynard-Gibson told the jury defendant Pleasant Bridgewater approached her and…
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