10/23/2009

Lawmaker in Travolta mistrial mess blames "rumor"

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A legislature trying to Bahamas, the judge in the retrial of two people to extort $ 25 million U.S. actor John Travolta repeatedly accused caused only a "rumor" when it announced the early verdict of acquittal, his attorney said Thursday.

The Supreme Court of Justice Anita Allen ordered a new trial Wednesday after the late politician, Picewell Forbes said in a television and radio during a conference that the accused has been deleted. But the jury did in the previous five weeks of high-profile trial has been officially this decision.

Pleasant Bridgewater, a former member of the Senate of the Bahamas and the ambulance Tarin Lightbourne was an attempt to extort $ 25 million U. S. Travolta, after the death of his son, Jett, a seizure disorder in January 2009 during a family vacation to the Bahamas defendants.

The two men allegedly threatened to take the media a document Travolta, Lightbourne and colleagues published the liability of death, Jett was after the actor decided to try to beat his son in Florida, rather than the signature to a hospital in Freeport.

Forbes, causing jubilation among supporters of the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) on Wednesday night when he announced the acquittal of Bridgewater, a member of the PLP, which was until Friday to Judge Allen to explain his conduct appears. She said the mistrial and ordered the case back as a direct result of the call said.

Forbes's lawyer, Anthony McKinney, during a local radio program that Forbes is merely a repetition of the rumors "that was on the floor of the convention, Bridgewater moved understood the message. He said politicians had acted in the cuff without checking the accuracy of the information.

Forbes arraignment has not yet set a date for the resumption of the proceedings to explain why he should be convicted of contempt of court for the population explosion. Allen said he believed someone had leaked the jury's verdict.

Travolta's representatives, "said the Hollywood actor was" disappointed "Mistrial result has been a source of embarrassment for Bahamani authorities have addressed the issue. The trial of organized crime in the Atlantic, bordered by the beach destination Media interest you want.

The Progressive Liberal Party issued a statement apologizing for the outburst of Forbes said his announcement of an acquittal was "evil."

"It was not intended to interfere with the administration of justice," said the PLP.

During the trial, which opened last month in Nassau, Travolta had declared, as he desperately tried, his son, winner of the word-of-mouth.

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