Paramedic charged with Travolta extortion plot

A paramedic has been charged over an alleged plot to extort $25m (€19m) from John Travolta after his teenage son died of a seizure at the family’s Bahamas home.

Bahamian Tarino Lightbourne, 47, pleaded not guilty today to charges of attempting to extort and conspiracy to extort from the actor after his 16-year-old son Jett died on January 2.