Two Plead Not Guilty of $25m Extortion Plot in Travolta Case

by Jarrett Martineau | April 29, 2009 at 11:33 am

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Pleasant Bridgewater and Tarino Lightbourne have plead not guilty of extortion after they were arrested over claims they tried to extort $25 million USD from actor John Travolta, following the death of his son Jett Travolta in January.

Bridgewater resigned her Bahamanian senate seat over the issue, however, she remains a practicing lawyer.

The trial is scheduled to begin September 21, 2009 and both of the accused will remain free on bail until then.

Pleasant Bridgewater and medic Tarino Lightbourne are accused of demanding money from the star after his son Jett died in the Bahamas in January.

They allegedly demanded cash in return for keeping secret a document relating to the 16-year-old's treatment.