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Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Oct 16, 2009

  Travolta Extortion Trial Bahamas: Defence closes its case in Travolta trial

By NATARIO McKENZIE: Tribune Staff Reporter - nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net: THE jury in the attempted extortion trial of ex-PLP Senator Pleasant Bridgewater and former paramedic Tarino Lightbourne is expected to hear closing arguments when the trial resumes on Monday. The nine member jury...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Oct 15, 2009

  Travolta Extortion Trial Bahamas: Former ambulance driver Tarino Lightbourne told the jury - "I know that it appears as if we're guilty, but we're not"

By JUAN MCCARTNEY ~ Guardian Senior Reporter ~ juan@nasguard.com: Former ambulance driver Tarino Lightbourne yesterday told the jury in his attempted extortion trial that "I know that it appears as if we're guilty, but we're not" as he made his unsworn statement from the bar. Lightbourne...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Oct 6, 2009

  Travolta Extortion Trial Bahamas: Tapes reveal alleged extortion plot

BY JUAN MCCARTNEY ~ Guardian Senior Reporter ~ juan@nasguard.com: As the third week of testimony in the attempted extortion trial of former Senator Pleasant Bridgewater and ambulance driver Tarino Lightbourne got underway yesterday, the jury saw videotape evidence in which Lightbourne...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Oct 6, 2009

  Travolta Extortion Trial Bahamas: Defense Attorney Murrio Ducille Suggests that Former Senator Pleasant Bridgewater was Entrapped

By JUAN MCCARTNEY ~ Guardian Senior Reporter ~ juan@nasguard.com: During the attempted extortion trial of former Senator Pleasant Bridgewater yesterday, defense attorney Murrio Ducille sought to portray the American attorney of actor John Travolta as a "devious and cunning" man who came to...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Oct 3, 2009

  Travolta Extortion Trial Bahamas: Travolta trial 'is not a theatre show' - says Judge

SENIOR Justice Anita Allen delivered a stern warning against incivility in the courtroom yesterday as the attempted $25 million extortion trial of ex-PLP Senator Pleasant Bridgewater and former paramedic Tarino Lightbourne continued in the Supreme Court. Attorney Michael McDermott, who...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Oct 2, 2009

  Travolta extortionists: greedy and stupid in equal measure

by Anthony L. Hall: When it was first reported that Bahamian Senator Pleasant Bridgewater (49) and ambulance driver Tarino Lightbourne (47) were arrested for attempting to extort $25 million from John Travolta, I’m sure we all thought they had something truly compromising on him (like...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Oct 2, 2009

  Travolta Extortion Trial Bahamas: Fireworks erupt in Bridgewater trial

BY JUAN MCCARTNEY ~ Guardian Senior Reporter ~ juan@nasguard.com: Senior Justice Anita Allen left her courtroom in the middle of the attempted extortion trial of former Senator Pleasant Bridgewater after a defense attorney's cross-examination of a prosecution witness escalated into a shouting...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Oct 2, 2009

  Travolta Extortion Trial Bahamas: Michael McDermott - An attorney for American celebrity John Travolta says Senator Pleasant Bridgewater agreed to accept $10 million

BY JUAN MCCARTNEY ~ Guardian Senior Reporter ~ juan@nasguard.com: An attorney for American celebrity John Travolta testified yesterday that former Senator Pleasant Bridgewater agreed to accept $10 million to turn over a document she and her client, ambulance driver Tarino Lightbourne,...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Oct 1, 2009

  Travolta Extortion Trial Bahamas: John Travolta testifies about alleged extortion plot

By JUAN MCCARTNEY ~ Guardian Senior Reporter ~ juan@nasguard.com: American actor John Travolta testified yesterday that he was told by his attorney that ambulance driver Tarino Lightbourne threatened that if Travolta did not pay him $25 million he would sell stories to international media...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Oct 1, 2009

  Travolta Extortion Trial Bahamas: Senator Allyson Maynard-Gibson warned Senator Pleasant Bridgewater about attempted extortion plot

By JUAN MCCARTNEY ~ Guardian Senior Reporter ~ juan@nasguard.com: PLP Senator Allyson Maynard-Gibson testified yesterday that she warned former Senator Pleasant Bridgewater that her possible involvement in an alleged extortion attempt on American actor John Travolta could have legal...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Sep 29, 2009

  Travolta Extortion Trial Bahamas: Senator Pleasant Bridgewater in police undercover sting operation

By JUAN MCCARTNEY, Guardian Senior Reporter, juan@nasguard.com: A Royal Bahamas Police Force detective yesterday testified that he was part of a team of officers who set up an undercover sting operation at the Sheraton Resort on Cable Beach earlier this year in order to make audio and video...... [view]

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