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(People.com) -- John Travolta has traveled to the Bahamas and is prepared to be the first witness Tuesday in an extortion case linked to his 16-year-old son's death, a source told PEOPLE.
John Travolta's son died of a seizure in January 2009 at the age of 16.
The actor is staying at an exclusive gated community west of Nassau, the source said.
This is believed to be Travolta's first visit to the Bahamas since Jett Travolta died last January after suffering a seizure at the actor's vacation home on the island of Grand Bahama.
Paramedic Tarino Lightbourn and his attorney, former Bahamian Senator Pleasant Bridgewater, are accused of conspiring to extort $25 million from Travolta for a document relating to Jett's treatment.
The pair have pleaded not guilty and are out on bond.
Supreme Court Judge Anita Allen swore in the six-woman, three-man jury Monday, with opening statements slated to begin Tuesday morning.
Travolta, who has spent much of the past year in seclusion, now heads the 14-member witness list, was not among the four witnesses present in court during jury selection.
But he is expected to testify -- and likely will have to recount the painful memories of Jett's death -- since he filed the extortion complaint.
"If the prosecution doesn't call him, we will," Mary Bain, a lawyer representing Lightbourn, told PEOPLE. "Of course, he's a key witness."
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