Three people have been arrested in the alleged extortion plot against John Travolta and Kelly Preston.
Police in the Bahamas have detained an island lawmaker and a paramedic in the extortion case. Senior Assistant Commissioner of Police Marvin Dames says Senator Pleasant Bridgewater has been held since Thursday in the case.
Dames also stated that a second suspect is ambulance driver Tarino Lightbourne, who was detained on Friday.
Obie Wilchcombe, the former Minister of Tourism and member of the Bahamian Parliament, was one of three arrested. Wilchcombe was a very close friend to the Travolta family and actually spoke about the investigation.
Wilchcombe had said he was approached about the extortion plot early last week and passed along the information to Travolta’s lawyers, Michael Ossi and Michael McDermott.
“The irony was that the Travolta family just sent a letter of gratitude — it happened that afternoon,” said Wilchcombe, referring to a Jan. 12 statement issued by McDermott, Travolta’s lawyer, thanking the people of the Bahamas for their support.