'Blackmail' video; WORLD TODAY: COURT.A JURY has watched a hidden-camera videotape of negotiations between a lawyer for John Travolta and a former Bahamas senator accused of trying to blackmail the movie star. The tape shows politician Pleasant Bridgewater telling Travolta's lawyer that a paramedic par·a·med·ic n. A person who is trained to give emergency medical treatment or assist medical professionals. paramedic who treated the actor's son wants at least 20 million US dollars not to release a private document to the media. Bridgewater and ambulance driver Tarino Lightbourne have pleaded not guilty to extortion extortion, in law, unlawful demanding or receiving by an officer, in his official capacity, of any property or money not legally due to him. Examples include requesting and accepting fees in excess of those allowed to him by statute or arresting a person and, with charges at the trial, which began on September 21. |
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