Tarino Lightbourne, who is accused of trying to extort money from the actor following the death of 16-year-old Jett, insists medical aid was called too late to help the boy, who had suffered a seizure in the bathroom of the family’s Bahamas holiday home on January 2.

Lightbourne said, “His pupils were fixed and dilated. He had flakey, dry bloodstains on his mouth, ears and nose.

“This boy was dead. No signs of life. Dead stiff. The veins were collapsed.”

According to the defendant, he was offered $14.3 million by Travolta’s lawyer Michael McDermott to dispose of a ‘Refusal of Transport/ Treatment’ document which the ‘Pulp Fiction’ star had signed because he and wife Kelly Preston wanted Jett to be flown back to the US for treatment.

Representatives for Travolta have admitted he signed the form, believing it to be standard procedure.

Jett was eventually taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

It is claimed that Lightbourne and his co-accused, former Senator Pleasant Bridgewater, demanded $29.25 million from Travolta and threatened to sell a story claiming the couple “intentionally killed” their son.

Both defendants deny the charges. The case continues.

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John Travolta allegedly refused medical aid for his dying son, a court heard yesterday September 22.

The Hollywood star was blackmailed for $26 million after saying he didn’t want 16-year-old Jett, who had suffered a huge seizure, driven to a local hospital from the family’s home in the Bahamas but wanted him to be flown back to the US for treatment.

Eventually a paramedic at the scene asked a senior police officer to witness the signing of a “refusal of medical attention” form.

The court in Nassau, Bahamas, heard how paramedic Tarino Lightbourne allegedly threatened to make the actor’s decision public unless Travolta handed over the huge sum of money. Travolta also has a nine-year-old daughter, Ella, with wife Kelly Preston.

Police Inspector Andrew Wells says Travolta’s alleged request to take Jett to the island’s airport instead of hospital, was the first time in 27 years that he had encountered such a request.

He told the jury he signed the form and the ambulance sped away, but on the way the plan was changed and Jett was taken to the island’s Rand Memorial hospital instead of the airport.

Tragically, Jett was pronounced dead on arrival.

Speaking about the scenes at the Travolta family home on January 2, 2009, following Jett’s fatal seizure, Wells said, “Mr. Lightbourne told me Mr. Travolta wanted his son taken to the airport instead of Rand Memorial hospital. He then asked me to witness a refusal for medical attention form that he showed me. I signed that document.”

Lightbourne and his attorney Pleasant Bridgewater are jointly accused of attempting to extort and conspiring to extort by means of threats, charges they both deny.

Travolta, who is listed as one of 14 prosecution witnesses, will testify at the trial.

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A member of staff at the hotel– where Travolta owns a few oceanside homes– told Access Hollywood that she was “not allowed to talk about [the incident].” E! Online reports that a policeperson said “Jett apparently banged his head on a bathtub Friday morning,” which may have triggered the seizure.

John Travolta confirmed that his son suffered from Kawasaki Syndrome, although mentions that Jett was autistic have been denied. Travolta and his wife Kelly also have an eight-year-old daughter Ella Bleu.

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