Prosecutors said a paramedic who treated John Travolta’s son shortly before he died in the Bahamas threatened to release private information unless the movie star paid $25m.

A paramedic who treated John Travolta’s son shortly before he died in the Bahamas threatened to release private information unless the star paid 25 million dollars, a court heard today.

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.

An inquest into the death of Anna Nicole Smith’s son Daniel is not expected to get under way properly until tomorrow, officials have said.