Oct 22 2009John Travolta extortion case declared a mistrial
After John Travolta deliveried an emotional testimony in court to convict a Bahamian senator and ambulance driver of attempting to extort $25 million in the days following his son Jett's death, the judge in the case declared a mistrial when it was announced on the news the senator was acquitted before the jury delivered its verdict. People reports:
"John [Travolta] was upset," Ossi says. "He wants to know more."
It's believed one of the jurors called a politician in Freeport and told him Bridgewater had been acquitted, Ossi said. That call would have taken place at the same time the jury was deliberating.
A mistrial came as no surprise to some court observers who predicted politics played a role throughout the trial. Bridgewater had been a rising star within the PLP when she was arrested in January. One of the prosecution's main witnesses, Allyson Maynard-Gibson, is a PLP senator and Travolta's Bahamian attorney. Gibson's involvement in the case caused a great rift in the party.
Prominent members of the PLP came out in force to support Bridgewater during the trial.
With corruption so deep not even the courts are safe, this leaves John Travolta with no other recourse but to bust out his Xenu Rays and wipe the Bahamas off the map. "PEW PEW PEW! Like holy gee, Mr. Kottah! PEW PEW! These guns handle like Tom Cruise's penis! PEW PEW!"*
*Dramatic reenactment.
Photos: Getty
Reader Comments
1. Pete O'file - October 22, 2009 1:59 PM
Sad about his son.
2. Rod - October 22, 2009 2:07 PM
The man's insane personal beliefs aside, his son's death was a tragedy and the scum bags behind this should be rotting behind bars. This definitely doesn't speak well for the Bahamian government.
3. Dino - October 22, 2009 2:07 PM
LMFAO... This story needs more pews.
4. beep beep - October 22, 2009 2:08 PM
I didn't know John Travolta had cancer.
5. Xenu - October 22, 2009 2:12 PM
John Travolta's mouth looks like a hairy vagina
6. Giggles - October 22, 2009 2:13 PM
My God....even the jurors are corrupt? Do these people have any humanity?
7. JADE - October 22, 2009 2:19 PM
When did he shave his head?
8. Jim Lahey - October 22, 2009 2:35 PM
In this pic, he looks like a villian from Star Trek called "Talosian".
9. Irene Barcelo - October 22, 2009 2:37 PM
This is a clear example as to why I do not travel and spend my American dollars outside of this Country.
10. havoc - October 22, 2009 2:54 PM
I've been to the Bahamas. Island full of criminals.
If they ever give the Carribean an enema....that's where they'll stick it.
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11. Josh - October 22, 2009 3:01 PM
Why does he look like Howie Mandell?
12. Justin - October 22, 2009 3:09 PM
What in the name of Ming the Merciless did he do to his face and head?
13. Hilarious - October 22, 2009 3:23 PM
Isn't it racist to insinuate that politics in the Bahamas is corrupt?
14. duurh - October 22, 2009 3:24 PM
i don't wanna be "that guy", but i'm not sure if an article about a man trying to cope with his young son's untimely death is the best spot for attacks on his faith.
just sayin'
15. JustJess - October 22, 2009 3:52 PM
You think Bahamas is bad?
Try Haiti...
...guns are probably more in supply than food. Because over there...they eat guns...
I'm just saying...
16. alex - October 22, 2009 4:36 PM
#14 too late you are that guy.
But Scientology does get a bad rap. All religion is pretty eccentric if you take its stories literally. a flaming bush telling some dude in the desert god's 10 laws. a virgin telling her husband she's pregnant with somebody else's kid and not getting her teeth punched through her skull, blow yourself up and you get a shitload of virgins, Magical Underpants, eight armed elephant gods, and on and on.
17. I believe I told you my name in my last post, thank you very much. - October 22, 2009 4:45 PM
#15 - another one with the "just sayin" enough already, you and everyone else on the web are "just sayin" stfu gtfo
anyway, he looks dead.
18. Kolp - October 22, 2009 4:59 PM
I feel bad for Dr. Evil.
19. Kolp - October 22, 2009 4:59 PM
I feel bad for Dr. Evil.
20. pstone - October 22, 2009 5:33 PM
he looks more like a contestant on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire.
21. rick - October 22, 2009 5:47 PM
did any of you actually read the story? becuase if you did i should think you'd be a little bit more outraged at the corruption of the justice system rather than who or what john travolta looks like.
22. rick - October 22, 2009 5:47 PM
did any of you actually read the story? becuase if you did i should think you'd be a little bit more outraged at the corruption of the justice system rather than who or what john travolta looks like.
23. gigi - October 22, 2009 6:08 PM
yikes - Vinnie Barbarino looks like a villain from the future! mwahahaha!
24. Turd the third - October 22, 2009 6:20 PM
I have lived there and other places similar to there, they are so fucking corrupt and full of political inbreading and incestial relationships that its not funny. There is no way true justice can ever possibly be served in a place such as that. With all of these islands its a bit like "political cream" all the crooks just float up to the top.
25. whatever - October 22, 2009 6:25 PM
He looks like the Star Trek villian Sir Hairy Muff Burger Face
26. Dave Mustaine - October 22, 2009 6:32 PM
Anton LaVey defect. Hail Satan?
# 25 LOL!
27. Bobby - October 22, 2009 7:01 PM
Deal?
Or no deal?
28. Trixiepops - October 22, 2009 7:07 PM
When did John Travolta become the ugly washout from Top Chef?
29. Stick - October 22, 2009 7:49 PM
Why does he bother with all this court crap? He's got money. Have the bad guys whacked.
30. Gilbert Grape - October 22, 2009 8:24 PM
Impeccable timing! He can pay People to slip in another carefully crafted fabrication on how he tried to save his son before the next jurors are lined up.
31. Gilbert Grape - October 22, 2009 8:24 PM
Impeccable timing! He can pay People to slip in another carefully crafted fabrication on how he tried to save his son before the next jurors are lined up.
32. Bloody Hell Where's Binky - October 22, 2009 8:37 PM
Judge: But you and your Beard vehemenently stated your son suffered from Kawasaki syndrome.
Travolta: that was before we took up the old carpet he had his last seizure on
Judge: did you in any way profit from not preventing your son's seizures?
Travolta: The 832 weeks of seizures eventually caused enough brain damage that we were able to hide from the public the fact that Jett refused to become a Scientologist
Judge: But you state that you loved your son.
Travolta: We did. Really. But if we had given him medication, I never would have got a shot at a comeback with Pulp Fiction
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35. glucosamine - October 23, 2009 6:09 AM
NASSAU, Bahamas – The Bahamas lawmaker who caused a mistrial in the John Travolta extortion case has been ordered to appear before the judge to explain why he announced an acquittal before the jury had declared a verdict, officials said Thursday.
Picewell Forbes was summoned to explain his remarks in a televised speech to a political party that prompted the judge to dismiss jurors after a month of testimony, two court officials told The Associated Press. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the issue.
36. Lloyd Johnson - October 23, 2009 6:19 AM
He looks like the rapper Common.
37. Brian - October 23, 2009 10:14 AM
He looks like he's on the set of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire
38. Jamaicafest - October 23, 2009 11:41 AM
It is so sad that the Travolta family's ordeal is being compounded by having to go through another trial.
39. Cro Magnum PI - October 23, 2009 12:19 PM
Hey # 16: And if you believe you sprung up from the poo then you are just as whacked. Or you can play the ostrich & just wait it out...
40. #16 - October 23, 2009 12:48 PM
#39
my point was more or less that people in glass houses shouldn't throw stones and religious beliefs are very personal and should be kept that way...or I should ridicule/genocide anyone who doesn't believe what I do.
Also, I'm pretty sure he's just bald until his toupee gets back from the cleaners. come monday he'll have his lush mane back in full force.
41. Rhialto - October 23, 2009 1:45 PM
Unfortunally many of these 'Banana republics' are corrupt.Sometimes corrupt local families are ruling these islands for almost a century or longer.
42. Darth - October 23, 2009 1:54 PM
A good example for what bad genes in power do.Former slave owners in politics,former slaves gone corrupt,nepotism and so on.
43. Sauron - October 23, 2009 2:39 PM
If this goes wrong then these kind of evil islands should be punished bad.
44. JustJess - October 23, 2009 3:02 PM
@ #16
But Scientology - blah, blah, blah.
You really need to stop mumbling.
45. truth - October 24, 2009 11:20 PM
are any of you actually following the trial? rigamortis had already set in when the travoltas called an ambulance. his lawyer promised to 'reward' the driver if he took the dead body....ambulances are not supposed to transport the dead.
americans wrote the book on corruption....didn't an american jury set oj free after he slaughtered his wife?
because the system is NOT corrupt, a mistrial was called, even travolta's american lawyer felt that it was the right thing to do.
46. truth - October 24, 2009 11:20 PM
are any of you actually following the trial? rigamortis had already set in when the travoltas called an ambulance. his lawyer promised to 'reward' the driver if he took the dead body....ambulances are not supposed to transport the dead.
americans wrote the book on corruption....didn't an american jury set oj free after he slaughtered his wife?
because the system is NOT corrupt, a mistrial was called, even travolta's american lawyer felt that it was the right thing to do.
47. steve - October 25, 2009 4:59 AM
Holy shit, he looks like a bigger mini me!
48. Blastoff Network - October 29, 2009 3:12 AM
John's tha man!