What the hell is going on in the Bahama’s? Is the entire country crooked? Yesterday a Travolta family friend was detained by the authorities in connection with the heinous extortion plot involving pictures of Jett Travolta minutes before he died.

Obie Wilchcombe, the former Minister of Tourism, was one of three people in the Bahamas who was arrested by Bahamian police in connection with an alleged $20 million extortion plot against John Travolta, local authorities tell TMZ.

Wilchcombe was a very close friend of the Travolta family. On Larry King’s show, he talked about how the family was coping with Jett’s death.

Wilchcombe has said no politician was part of the plot and said only one person was involved. Yet two of the three people arrested were politicians –After being detained earlier in the day, Wilchcombe was released pending further investigation. Sen. Pleasant Bridgewater was charged with abetment to extort and conspiracy to extort and released Friday on $40,000 bail. The ambulance driver that allegedly took the photo, Tarino Lightbourne remained in police custody.

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