John Travolta was hounded by conspiracy theories and an alleged blackmail plot after the tragic death of his son Jett.
The actor and his late wife Kelly Preston, who died last year following a battle with breast cancer, were on holiday with their children in 2009 when Jett lost his life.
Today would have been his 29th birthday.
Jett, who had autism, suffered a seizure during the family's getaway to the Bahamas over the New Year break.
He had a history of seizures and had collapsed in the bathroom and hit his head, later being declared dead in hospital.
The trip turned into tragedy for Kelly and John, 67, who is also dad to Ella and Benjamin.
And afterwards, the torment continued as he was plagued by rumours and conspiracy theories about the standard of care Jett had been given on the day he died.
Critics raised concerns about the family's devotion to Scientology, with speculation suggesting that the controversial church doesn't recognise conditions such as autism, and that this could have played a part.
It later emerged that John had gone to the police claiming that he'd been the victim of a £20 million blackmail plot.
The Grease star had alleged that an ambulance driver called to tend to Jett, and his lawyer, blackmailed him over an indemnity form that the actor had signed.
The ambulance driver claimed that John and his team were worried about the circumstances surrounding Jett's collapse and wanted him to be flown to a medical centre in Florida rather than being taken to a hospital 15 minutes away.
The driver and his lawyer denied the extortion charges and the case went to trial, where it was alleged they had demanded millions in exchange for the indemnity form.
It was said that the form proved John had refused to send his son to a local hospital before changing his mind.
As the jury went out to deliberate, the judge decided to order a retrial after a politician in the Bahamas went on TV to claim that one of the defendants had been found not guilty before the verdict had even been reached.
A new trial was set but John later decided to drop the case, saying he did not want to return to the Bahamas to testify and that his family wanted to move on.
He said in a statement at the time: "The long-pending status of this matter continued to take a heavy emotional toll on my family, causing us to conclude that it was finally time to put this matter behind us.
"Therefore, after much reflection I concluded that it was in my family's best interest for me not to voluntarily return to The Bahamas to testify a second time at trial."
The charges against the two men were later dropped.
