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Hollywood actor John Travolta is expected to appear in court during an extortion trial in the Bahamas. Former senator Pleasant Bridgewater and medic Tarino Lightbourne are accused of demanding money from the star after his son died in the Bahamas in January. They allegedly wanted $25m (�15m) in return for keeping secret a document relating to the 16-year-old Jett's treatment. The pair deny the charges. Travolta was not present in the Bahamas for the first day of the trial. Ms Bridgewater resigned her seat on the Bahamas senate after she was arrested in January. Lightbourne was one of the paramedics who responded when Travolta's son was taken ill. Jett died following a seizure at the family's holiday home on Grand Bahama shortly after New Year. Attempts to revive him at the scene failed. Police inspector Andrew Wells was the first witness to take the stand and testified that Jett was put into an ambulance. He said Lightbourne, who was driving the ambulance, told him that Travolta wanted his son taken directly to the local airport instead of the hospital. Wells said Travolta had signed a release form. It was unclear why the teenager was not taken to the airport and why the defendants allegedly believed the actor would pay to keep the release form secret. Travolta, who has kept a low profile since his son's death, is on a list of 14 witnesses who could be called to testify.