John Travolta sued for libel

Actor John Travolta and his attorney are being sued by a Los Angeles man who claims the two tried to dissuade people from buying his book. Robert Randolph claims that Travolta and his attorney Martin Singer spread false statements about his mental health in 2010 in an effort to divert people from buying or believing the content in his book “You’ll Never Spa In This Town Again.” The book describes the author’s alleged gay encounters with the 58-year-old “Grease” and “Saturday Night Fever” star. Randolph is seeking unspecified damages in the legal action filed in Los Angeles Superior Court. Singer, who called Randolph’s lawsuit “absurd,” said in a statement that he “intends to sue the attorneys for malicious prosecution after the court promptly dismisses this baseless lawsuit.”

Randolph’s book was published in February 2012, three months before two male masseurs filed sexual assault lawsuits against Travolta. The actor’s spokesman called those accusations “complete fiction” and both accusers dropped their lawsuits in May after doubt was cast on the details of their alleged encounters. Travolta has been married to actress Kelly Preston since 1991.