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Jun 11, 2009
John Travolta, defying Scientology, acknowledged son's autism — Gawker
Type: Blog
Author(s):
John Cook Source:
Gawker According to a Bahamian police report taken in February after his son Jett's death last year, Travolta acknowledged in his own words that "Jett suffered from a seizure disorder and was autistic." That's a big no-no in Scientology. The report was obtained by the National Enquirer . Travolta's use of the term "autistic" seems to be a break from church doctrine, which teaches that pyschiatric diagnoses are fake ailments invented by Nazi psychiatrists so they can give people drugs to keep them ...
Jun 10, 2009
World exclusive bombshell: John Travolta police report — National Enquirer
Type: Press
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National Enquirer ENQUIRER WORLD EXCLUSIVE: John reveals son's tragic final moments in an official police statement. The ENQUIRER has obtained John Travolta's statement to police, which reveals for the first time, in his own words, how he bravely battled to save his dying 16-year-old son, Jett. The document is a dramatic never-before-seen minute-by-minute account of the crisis, in which the star appears to have done everything he could to bring his son back to life. In the three-page document signed by Travolta, the ...
Apr 9, 2009
Seizure killed Travolta's son — Globe and Mail (Canada)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Zosia Bielski Source:
Globe and Mail (Canada) Intense scrutiny has focused on John Travolta's family after the death of the actor's chronically ill 16-year-old son Jett, who died at the family's vacation home at a Grand Bahama resort on Friday.
Yesterday, an undertaker said the death certificate concluded that the cause of death was a seizure, and that the teen's body showed no sign of head trauma despite earlier police reports that he hit his head on a bathtub.
Mr. Travolta, 54, and wife Kelly Preston, 46, were ...
Feb 2, 2009
The Gerry Ryan Show: John Duignan [starts at 1h 33m] — RTÉ 2fm (Ireland)More: Part 2 , Part 3 , Part 4 , forums.whyweprotest.net
Jan 28, 2009
Extortion plot revealed — Bahama Journal
Jan 27, 2009
Extortion plot unveiled — Nassau Guardian (Bahamas)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Brent Dean Source:
Nassau Guardian (Bahamas) By BRENT DEAN,Guardian Staff Reporter
Police have confirmed the alleged plot to extort money from actor John Travolta and his wife Kelly Preston included a request for $25 million so that a supposedly 'damaging' document would not be made public.
"All I can say here is that, you know, there was a complaint made by Mr. Travolta – and those acting on his behalf – that there was an attempt on behalf of a number of individuals to extort initially some ...
Jan 27, 2009
Maynard-Gibson, a witness in extortion case — Nassau Guardian (Bahamas)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Artesia Davis Source:
Nassau Guardian (Bahamas) By ARTESIA DAVIS,Guardian Senior Reporter,artesia@nasguard.com
Former attorney general and PLP Senator Allyson Maynard-Gibson is listed as a witness against the ambulance driver who is accused of trying to extort $25 million from actor John Travolta whose son died of a seizure in Grand Bahama earlier this month, The Guardian has confirmed.
Maynard-Gibson, who is Travolta's Bahamian lawyer, is one of the 14 witnesses listed on the court docket against Tarino Lightbourne.
Lightbourne, 47, of Freeport, Grand Bahama, entered not guilty pleas ...
Jan 26, 2009
FBI Joins in "Sensitive" Travolta Extortion Case — E! Online
Jan 25, 2009
Plot thickens in Travolta extortion case — The Independent (UK)
Jan 25, 2009
Senator ‘tried to extort cash’ from Travolta over son’s death — The Times (UK)
Jan 24, 2009
Arrests over Travolta extortion plot — The Independent (UK)
Jan 22, 2009
$20 Million Extortion Attempt Against Travolta — TMZ
Jan 21, 2009
Hirnwäscher - Wie gefährlich ist Scientology? ["The Brainwashers - How Dangerous Is Scientology?" Unofficial translation] — ARD (Germany)
Jan 20, 2009
Travoltas claim extortion — Gawker
Jan 11, 2009
Intriguing questions about the Scientologist wedding photographer who was the main carer for John Travolta's son — Daily Mail (UK)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Sharon Churcher ,
Caroline Graham Source:
Daily Mail (UK) John Travolta and his wife Kelly stood vigil for four hours over the body of their 16-year-old son Jett on the tiny island of Grand Bahama. The poignant scene was described by neighbour and family friend Obie Wilchcombe, who said: ‘They didn’t want to leave.’ The teenager’s premature death from an epileptic fit last weekend was as unexpected as it was tragic. Although Jett had suffered serious health problems since early childhood, the Hollywood actor believed his son would be as ...
Jan 11, 2009
Scientology ‘in denial’ of illness, says Travolta’s mentor — The Times (UK)
Type: Press
Author(s):
John Harlow Source:
The Times (UK) THOUSANDS of members of the Church of Scientology may be suffering from untreated mental and neurological conditions, according to a former follower who taught John Travolta, the Hollywood star. Sufferers are told to cure themselves with vitamins and saunas while it is denied that they have problems such as epilepsy or autism, said Tory Christman, now a fierce critic of the church. Christman left after suffering epileptic fits, culminating in a seizure which caused her to fall in the bath, knocking ...
Jan 8, 2009
Anderson Cooper 360° on Jett Travolta’s death — CNN
Jan 8, 2009
Cruise calls Travolta tragedy 'horrific,' defends Scientology — ABC News
Jan 8, 2009
Jett Travolta's death feeds rumors of autism — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Jan 8, 2009
Scientologist: We do, too treat illnesses — CBS News
Jan 7, 2009
Health Minister upset over release of Jett’s autopsy — Nassau Guardian (Bahamas)More: archive.nassauguardian.net
Jan 7, 2009
Scientologist views on medicine questioned / In aftermath of death of Jett Travolta, 16, critics say church holds profession in negative light — CBS News
Jan 7, 2009
Travoltas turn to Scientology, hometown in trying times — ABC News
Jan 6, 2009
Jett Travolta’s autopsy complete / Results can only be released by coroner — Nassau Guardian (Bahamas)More: archive.nassauguardian.net
Jan 5, 2009
Rescue worker reveals details surrounding Jett Travolta's death — Radar Online
Jan 5, 2009
Travolta's lawyers: Jett had history of seizures, medicine ineffective — FOX News
Type: Press
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FOX News John Travolta's lawyers, Michael Ossi and Michael McDermott, said Sunday Jett Travolta, the actor's 16-year-old son who died Friday, was on an anti-seizure medication called Depakote for several years, but the drug was suspended after it lost its effectiveness amid concern about side effects.
Jett apparently suffered from grand mal seizures, a type of epilepsy marked by convulsions and loss of consciousness, Ossi and McDermott said.
Click here to learn more about Jett's struggle with Kawasaki disease.
Jett, who had a ...
Jan 4, 2009
John Travolta, EMT struggled to save 16-year-old Jett — NY Daily News (New York)
Jan 3, 2009
Bahamas using 2 experts for Travolta son autopsy — Associated Press
Type: Press
Author(s):
Chris Gillette Source:
Associated Press Bahamas Using 2 Experts for Travolta Son Autopsy
Bahamas' health minister requests 2 pathologists to oversee autopsy on John Travolta's son
By CHRIS GILLETTE Associated Press Writer
FREEPORT, Bahamas January 3, 2009 (AP)
The Bahamas will use two pathologists to ensure a careful autopsy on John Travolta's son, who died at the actor's vacation home in Grand Bahama, the territory's health minister said Saturday.
Dr. Hubert Minnis told The Associated Press that he decided to use a second specialist to guarantee ...
Jan 3, 2009
Don't blame death on rare childhood illness, say docs — NY Daily News (New York)
Jan 3, 2009
John Travolta's teenage son dies — BBC News
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