Is it the smoking gun? The trial of two defendants accused of trying to exort $25 million from John Travolta in return for handing over a document relating to the death of the star's 16-year-old son, Jett, continues in the Bahamas today. Meanwhile, PEOPLE has watched videotape of conversations recorded by the Royal Bahamas Police between Travolta's attorney and the two defendants -- paramedic Tarino Lightbourn and his lawyer, Pleasant Bridgewater, a former Bahamian senator -- that appear to be ...

Jaycee Dugard will testify against the couple that allegedly held her captive in an elaborate compound hidden in their backyard for 18 years if there is a trial, a lawyer for her family said at a news conference Thursday. Attorney Scott McGregor admitted it has been a difficult transition for Dugard and her two children -- who police say were fathered by her captor -- given her captivity spanned more than half her life and was the only world she ...

A high court in northern India on Friday acquitted a wealthy businessman facing the death sentence for the killing of a teen in a case dubbed "the house of horrors." The teen was one of 19 victims -- children and young women -- in one of the most gruesome serial killings in India in recent years. The Allahabad high court has acquitted Moninder Singh Pandher, his lawyer Sikandar B. Kochar told CNN. Pandher and his domestic employee Surinder Koli were ...

Her identity revealed, a blogger who posted rants about model Liskula Cohen said she was the real victim in the case and plans to sue Google for violating her privacy. Rosemary Port and her lawyer said Monday that they will file a $15 million lawsuit against the search engine giant for not doing enough to protect her identity. "I not only feel my client was wronged, but I feel now it sets precedent that anyone with money and power can ...

The Los Angeles Coroner's chief investigator revisited the office of Michael Jackson's dermatologist Wednesday, even though the coroner announced last week his "thorough and comprehensive" report was completed. "We wanted some additional information, and they provided it," Ed Winter said as he emerged 90 minutes after entering Dr. Arnold Klein's Beverly Hills, California, dermatology clinic. Winter, who also visited Klein's office on July 14, said the doctor's staff and lawyers cooperated with his requests. Garo Ghazarian, one of Klein's two ...

Dr. Conrad Murray, the physician under investigation in the death of singer Michael Jackson, said in a video posted online Tuesday that he has "faith the truth will prevail." Murray, who was with Jackson when he died, recorded the one-minute video in Houston, Texas, on Wednesday and it posted on YouTube Tuesday, the spokeswoman for his lawyer said. "I have done all I could do," Murray said. "I told the truth, and I have faith the truth will prevail." ...

DNA testing shows that Indonesia's most wanted terror suspect, Noordin Top, was not killed in an 18-hour raid in Central Java during the weekend, national police said on Wednesday. "After matching the DNA to the relatives of Noordin in Malaysia and Indonesia we can confirm that the body ... is not Noordin Top," said Edy Suparwoko of the national police disaster victim identification unit. "The body belongs to Ibrohim, a member of Noordin's network," said Nanan Soekarna, a spokesman ...

Frank DiPascali, formerly the finance chief at Bernard Madoff's investment advisory business, pleaded guilty Tuesday to a slew of charges including fraud. The 10 different counts against DiPascali, who was not granted bond, included securities fraud, falsifying records, mail fraud and conspiracy. "I was a guy who did whatever I was told to do around the office," DiPascali told the court. "Bernie was a mentor to me and more. I was loyal to a terrible, terrible fault." Madoff, ...

Noordin M. Top, one of Asia's most wanted terrorism suspects and linked to several Indonesian bombings in the past decade, was killed Saturday, ending a six-year manhunt, two law enforcement sources tell CNN. He was killed during an 18-hour firefight with an Indonesian anti-terrorism unit, Detachment 88, in Indonesia's Central Java town of Temanggung, a security forces source and a police source said. Top, a Malaysian-born explosives expert, is believed to have been behind the twin hotel bombings ...

A Boston police officer is suing the city after he was suspended for referring to a black Harvard professor as a "banana-eating jungle monkey" in an e-mail. "If I'm charged with a crime I want a chance to answer. I want the chance for a fair hearing," Officer Justin Barrett told CNN on Tuesday. Barrett has apologized and denied he is a racist. His lawsuit claims his civil rights have been violated; Barrett's lawyer said the ...