Travolta may take stand in court 演员Travolta将出庭勒索案
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Hollywood actor John Travolta is expected to appear in court during an extortion trial in the Bahamas.

好莱坞演员John Travolta将要出席巴哈马群岛一起勒索案的法庭审理。

Jett was John Travolta
Jett was John Travolta's only son

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

They allegedly wanted $25m (£15m) in return for keeping secret a document relating to the 16-year-old Jett's treatment. The pair deny the charges.

Travolta was not present in the Bahamas for the first day of the trial.

Ms Bridgewater resigned her seat on the Bahamas senate after she was arrested in January. Lightbourne was one of the paramedics who responded when Travolta's son was taken ill.

Low profile

Jett died following a seizure1 at the family's holiday home on Grand Bahama shortly after New Year.

Attempts to revive him at the scene failed.

Police inspector2 Andrew Wells was the first witness to take the stand and testified that Jett was put into an ambulance.

He said Lightbourne, who was driving the ambulance, told him that Travolta wanted his son taken directly to the local airport instead of the hospital.

Wells said Travolta had signed a release form.

It was unclear why the teenager was not taken to the airport and why the defendants3 allegedly believed the actor would pay to keep the release form secret.

Travolta, who has kept a low profile since his son's death, is on a list of 14 witnesses who could be called to testify.



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1 seizure FsSyO     
n.没收;占有;抵押
参考例句:
  • The seizure of contraband is made by customs.那些走私品是被海关没收的。
  • The courts ordered the seizure of all her property.法院下令查封她所有的财产。
2 inspector q6kxH     
n.检查员,监察员,视察员
参考例句:
  • The inspector was interested in everything pertaining to the school.视察员对有关学校的一切都感兴趣。
  • The inspector was shining a flashlight onto the tickets.查票员打着手电筒查看车票。
3 defendants 7d469c27ef878c3ccf7daf5b6ab392dc     
被告( defendant的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • The courts heard that the six defendants had been coerced into making a confession. 法官审判时发现6位被告人曾被迫承认罪行。
  • As in courts, the defendants are represented by legal counsel. 与法院相同,被告有辩护律师作为代表。 来自英汉非文学 - 政府文件
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