John Travolta has won a legal victory
against Robert Randolph, who claims to have seen the actor having sex
with men.
Randolph, the author of the
self-published book You'll Never Spa In This Town Again, sued
Travolta claiming that his attorney Marty Singer had soiled his
reputation in a 5-page cease-and-desist letter published by
Gawker.com.
In his book, Randolph claims he
witnessed Travolta involved in Los Angeles' “secret gay spa
subculture,” where he has seen him having sex with other men.
Singer countered in his letter that
Randolph could not be believed because, among other things, he spent
time in mental institutions and a 2003 attack left him brain damaged.
Randolph sued for trade libel,
intentional interference with prospective economic advantage and
negligent interference with prospective economic advantage.
According to celebrity website TMZ.com,
the judge in the case dismissed the suit, ruling that the letter was
protected by the First Amendment as a part of the legal dispute over
the book.
Singer has previously argued that the
letter was “completely privileged under the law.”