Actor John Travolta doesn't want to continue the extortion case against Tarino Lightbourne and Pleasant Bridgewater so he and his family decided to drop the charges against the extortion suspects.
John and his wife Kelly Preston are facing "heavy emotional toll" involving the tragic death of their son Jett especially going back to the Bahamas for the second trial. The case was called a mistrial in October of 2009.
Travolta said in a statement, "I am grateful and appreciative of the dedication, hard work and support provided by the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions and the Royal Bahamas Police Force while handling matters associated with the attempted extortion that targeted my family in January of 2009."
"Throughout the investigation and prosecution, my staff and I remained fully supportive of all requests for assistance from law enforcement representatives even though this cooperation was at a great emotional cost to my family," he said.
"Unfortunately, in early October of last year the first trial of this matter resulted in a mistrial. Almost a year later, the long pending status of this matter continued to take a heavy emotional toll on my family causing us to conclude that it was finally time to put this matter behind us," Travolta explained. "Therefore, after much reflection I concluded that it was in my family’s best interest for me not to voluntarily return to The Bahamas to testify a second time at trial. We are thankful to the people of The Bahamas for the friendship, love and support they provided to us during this matter."
John Travolta and Kelly Preston will be
welcoming a baby boy to their family which they described as "healing baby”.
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