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Obie Wilchcombe is a Bahamian politician and one of three people detained in connection with a plot to extort $20 million from John Travolta and Kelly Preston after the death of their son, Jett, on January 2, 2009. Wilchcombe and two others, Senator Pleasant Bridgewater and ambulance driver Tarino Lightbourne, were brought in for questioning on January 23, 2009. Wilchcombe was not been charged and Acting Commissioner of Police Reginald Ferguson says he is assisting police with their investigation.E Online: Suspect Detained in Travolta Extortion... (January 23, 2009) He was released on January 26, 2009, pending further investigation.Guardian.co.uk: Paramedic charged in Travolta extortion plot... (January 26, 2009)
Wilchcombe was never charged with the crime. The case against his alleged partners, Bridgewater and Lightbourne, ended in a mistrial in October of 2009.http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20314252,00.html?xid=rss-topheadlines
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Fast Facts
- Name: Obie Wilchcombe
- Wilchcombe is a Bahamian politicianE Online: Suspect Detained in Travolta Extortion... (January 23, 2009)
- He is a member of parliament and former minister of tourismE Online: Suspect Detained in Travolta Extortion... (January 23, 2009)
- He is also a Travolta family friendE Online: Suspect Detained in Travolta Extortion... (January 23, 2009)
- Wilchcombe acted as an unofficial spokesperson for the Travoltas after their son's deathE Online: Suspect Detained in Travolta Extortion... (January 23, 2009)
- He was brought in for questioning after refusing to voluntarily submit to an interrogationE Online: Suspect Detained in Travolta Extortion... (January 23, 2009)
- According to Bahamian law, suspects can be held up to 48 hours without being charged
- Wilchcombe may have been betrayed by alleged co-conspirator Pleasant BridgewaterTMZ: Alleged Extortionist May Have Backstabbed Obie (January 27, 2009)
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Extortion Plot
Though the exact details of the extortion plot have not been revealed, some sources are suggesting that it may be over a cell phone photo taken of Jett Travolta in the back of an ambulance. According to Bahamas News Center, one of the paramedics attempting to revive Jett after his fatal seizure on January 2, 2009 snapped a photo of the boy as he lay dying. The paramedic, along with an unnamed politician, then allegedly contacted the Travoltas to extort money from them in return for not selling the photo to various media outlets.Bahamas News Center: Travolta Extortion Plot... (January 22, 2009) Other sources have reported that taped phone calls confirm the extortion concerned unknown "documents" now in the possession of Travolta's legal team. -
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"Had the PLP and its prime convention organizer, Obie Wilchcombe, been sincerely interested in fostering the continued development of our democracy, ...The Bahama Journal (November 03, 2009)
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