John Travolta and attorney Marty Singer
are being sued by Robert Randolph, the author of the self-published
book You'll Never Spa In This Town Again, in which Randolph
claims he witnessed Travolta having sexual relations with men in gay
bathhouses.
Randolph claims that Singer 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.”
“I walked in and the guy was giving
John a blowjob and, like guys do, he pulled his head up when I walked
in. Then they left the room,” Randolph said. “I followed them
up there [to an empty massage room] and … watched them have sex.
Full-blown sex. Anal.”
“I've seen people sucking his dick,”
he added. “I've seen him sucking other guys' dicks. Anal wasn't
always involved. But there was always action of some kind.”
Randolph also describes the men
Travolta is attracted to: “His taste has changed over the 15 years
that I've seen him visiting spas. … He does do more masculine gay
guys, but his thing is straight guys.”
Randolph's allegations against Travolta
have also appeared in tabloids the National Enquirer and Star.
Singer countered 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 is asking for unspecified
damages for trade libel, intentional interference with prospective
economic advantage and negligent interference with prospective
economic advantage.
Singer called the suit “ridiculous”
in statements to TMZ.com.
“It is based on our letter which was
completely privileged under the law. We intend to sue the attorneys
for malicious prosecution after the court promptly dismisses this
baseless lawsuit,” he said.
Travolta has also denied the claims of
two
male masseurs who claim the actor attempted to initiate sex with
them.