Posted by Richard Head

Saturday November 21, 2009

JOHN Travolta‘s wife Kelly Preston doesn’t want her husband to have to testify again in their extortion case against to Bahamian officials.

In October, a judge ordered the two people accused of trying to extort $25 million from the Hollywood actor following the death of his son Jett in the Bahamas will face a new trial “in the interest of justice”.

Senior Justice Anita Allen — who was overseeing the case — said she was forced to make the decision after a speech broadcast on the TV and radio hinted the jury would acquit one of the defendants.

And Kelly, who watched anxiouslyas John gave evidence in Nassau, Bahamas, before the proceedings ended in a dramatic mistrial on Oct. 21, believes John can’t take the strain of a second trial.

“The first trial was so emotionally draining for John that Kelly doesn’t want him to go through it again,” a source told American tabloid the National Enquirer.

“Attorneys in the case have been told that Kelly doesn’t want John to have to go through that again.

“And if she persuades him not to give evidence for a second time, the heart of the prosecution will be cut out.

“It could mean the charges being bargained down — and BOTH defendants walking free.”

Paramedic Tarino Lightbourne — who was one of the medical team who treated 16-year-old Jett before he died in January — and his co-accused, former Senator Pleasant Bridgewater, allegedly demanded $25 million from Travolta and threaten to sell a story claiming the couple “intentionally killed” their son.

Tags: john travolta, kelly preston