Three Arrests Made in Travolta Extortion Plot

A $20 million extortion plot against John Travolta has been exposed. (AP Images)"]

Three arrests have been made in connection with a bizarre extortion plot involving the death of John Travolta’s 16-year-old son, Jett. The specifics of the $20 million extortion plot against Travolta are unknown, but TMZ, who broke the story, reports that it doesn't have anything to do with photos of the boy.

Police in the Bahamas have taken three suspects into custody: Senator Pleasant Bridewater, Obie Wilchombe, the former Minister of Tourism, and Tarino Lightbourne, a paramedic who tried to revive Jett at the scene.

Sen. Pleasant Bridgewater resigned from Parliament today, releasing the following statement:

"Yesterday, 23rd January is a day that will live in my memory as a nightmare. In my capacity as a lawyer, I acted within the bounds of the law and within the bounds of my ethical responsibility to my profession. How these innocent actions can be so misconstrued, so perversely twisted to mean something other than it was, is a mystery.

I assure the Bahamian people of my complete and total innocence and I am satisfied that when the full story comes out that I shall be fully vindicated. I will then take all appropriate and lawful actions for redress and to protect my good name."