A JUDGE has ordered a mistrial in the case of an alleged extortion attempt against John Travolta.

ACTOR John Travolta is among the potential witnesses at a Bahamas trial beginning today for two people accused of trying to extort $25 million (€17m) from the movie star, court officials say.

A judge in the Bahamas said he is close to resolving a legal issue that delayed an inquest into what caused the death of Anna Nicole Smith’s 20-year-old son.

In a ceremony punctuated by screams and cries, reality TV star Anna Nicole Smith attended the funeral of her son in the Bahamas, nearly six weeks after he mysteriously died while visiting her in the hospital where she had given birth to a daughter.

Anna Nicole Smith’s 20-year-old son died from a lethal combination of methadone and two antidepressant drugs, a US-based pathologist who conducted a private autopsy said yesterday.