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Autopsy Planned for Travolta's Son <BR> <BR><a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=6569705&page=1" target=_top>http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=6569705&page =1</a>
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Scientology row over Jett Travolta as post mortem reveals he died of seizure <BR> <BR><a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article5454720.ece" target=_top>http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and _americas/article5454720.ece</a> <BR> <BR><blockquote><hr size=0><!-quote-!><font size=1><b>quote:</b></font><p>Preston [Travolta's wife] said in 2003 that she had detoxed her son in a programme devised by L. Ron Hubbard, the founder of Scientology. “I had a friend of mine, an environmental scientist and a toxicologist, go through our home and tell us exactly what was going on in the home. It wasn’t only the carpet. We had lots of cleansers under the sink.” <BR> <BR>Critics of Scientology suggested yesterday that Jett may have been suffering from autism, a condition that the church does not recognise because it considers mental illness to be psychosomatic and argues that it should be treated through spiritual healing. <BR> <BR>Joey Travolta, the star’s film-maker younger brother and an autism activist, reportedly clashed with his brother about what was wrong with Jett. Joey Travolta worked on a documentary called Normal People Scare Me and helped to found Actors with Autism. <BR> <BR>Paul Bloch, Travolta’s spokesman, did not respond to a request for a comment. His lawyers rejected suggestions that the star, who tried to revive his son with CPR, did not care properly for Jett. Michael McDermott and Michael Ossie, who represent the star, told the website TMZ.com that Jett suffered frequent seizures and that “each was like a death”, with the boy losing consciousness and convulsing. <BR> <BR>Jett took the anti-seizure drug Depakote for several years, reducing the frequency of his seizures from an average of every four days to once every three weeks, they said, but the drug lost its effectiveness. The Travoltas, after consulting neurosurgeons, stopped administering it and Jett went back to having one seizure a week. <BR> <BR><!-/quote-!><hr size=0></blockquote>
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John Travolta 'threatened by extortion plotters' over a photo of dying son Jett <BR> <BR><a href="http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1126229/John-Travolta-threatened-extortion-plotters-photo-dying-son-Jett.html" target=_top>http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/news/worldnews/artic le-1126229/John-Travolta-threatened-extortion-plot ters-photo-dying-son-Jett.html</a>
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