It seems like John Travolta will be forced to say something about his sexuality soon as his alleged ex-lover Doug Gotterba had somewhat volunteered to do the "Grease" star's coming out. Gotterba, who said to have once worked for Travolta as a pilot, has recently announced that he will be releasing a tell-all book detailing his 6-year relationship with the actor, RadarOnline said.
The two were said to have met in 1981 when Travolta interviewed Gotterba to be his personal pilot. According to the 62-year old, the "Pulp Fiction" actor gave him the feeling that he was being courted, an action which he openly entertained. NYDailyNews quoted Gotterba's claims in the National Enquirer, who claimed that the actor flew him everywhere with encounters definitely leading to sex.
"John was gentle but very passionate. The next day, he told me with a big smile on his face, 'I really enjoyed last night," the ex-pilot spilled in his new book as published by the paper.
Travolta's camp, which has been adamant in negating the allegations, immediately sprung to action to stop the release of the book. According to Kdramastars, Travolta's attorney made a cease-and-desist order against Gotterba. Unfortunately, the appeals court ruled that the actor's ex-employee has the right to proceed with his book because he is not held back by a confidentiality agreement during the time he was employed.
Court documents showed that Gotterba was fired in March 1987 via a termination letter without a confidentiality agreement. However, Travolta's camp insisted that the pilot signed a longer letter a month later that indicated that he has been sworn to secrecy about his time with the actor.
Six years into his relationship with the 60-year old "Grease" star, Gotterba says their relationship ended because of Travolta's sex drive. He was quoted as saying, "John was oversexed, and I knew that he had many other lovers on the side. Some of them I'd hear about, others he told me about himself. I'd stay in the room next to John in luxury hotels. Sometimes he'd bring women along as beards. But he would ask me to join him in his suite and we'd spend nights together. It was our little secret."
Even Gotterba has some rather patronizing statement towards Travolta's wife, actress Kelly Preston, whom he has been married to for 33 years now. He said, "I feel sorry for Kelly. She's a lovely person. She's in the middle of all this, and it's unfair to her."
Travolta and Preston remained strong describe allegations of the actor's sexual orientation. The couple was recently spotted in attendance at a Scientology event.
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