Yesterday it looked like the lawsuits involving John Travolta allegedly sexually assaulting male masseurs seemed to be on their last legs. With the LA masseur whose initial complaint sparked the furore withdrawing his lawsuit and the second claimant seemingly looking for a quick payout.
However it appears it was just a lull, as while the first masseur withdrew his suit and parted company with his lawyer, he’s now hired famed attorney Gloria Allred to fight his case. Travolta’s lawyer may have said the lawsuit being dropped ‘completely vindicated’ his client, but the masseur had his case dismissed without prejudice, meaning he is free to refile it (presumably with a changed date, as it had become clear that on the day he initially said the assault took place, Travolta was in New York rather than LA).
Allred is well known for taking controversial, media friendly cases, where she fights the cause as much on TV and in newspapers as in court. She told Radar Online, “I represent John Doe #1 [the LA masseur’s]. Mr. Doe’s lawsuit was dismissed without prejudice which means that he is still legally entitled to file another lawsuit against John Travolta if he chooses. We are in the process of conferring with him regarding the next steps, which he may wish to take. Our client and our firm has no further comment at this time.”
It would suggest there’s more to this case than we know, as Allred is unlikely to have taken it on unless she thought there was some chance of proving the allegations, which have been severely undermined by the confusion over the date. We’ll have to wait to see whether the case is refiled and makes it to court, or if Travolta manages to bury it.
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