( CNN ) -- A paramedic accused of plotting to extort $ 25 million from actor John Travolta after his 16-year-old son died in the Bahamas told a jury Wednesday the boy had been dead for some time before the ambulance service was called . John Travolta 's 16-year-old son , Jett , died in the Bahamas in January after having a seizure . Tarino Lightbourn said in his statement to the Nassau , Bahamas , jury that a doctor told medics to keep administering cardiopulmonary resuscitation on Jett Travolta despite knowing the teen was dead , and that the ambulance company was told to transport him to the hospital -- something not usually done if a person was already dead . Lightbourn and former Bahamian Sen . Pleasant Bridgewater are on trial on charges they attempted to extort money from Travolta after his son 's January 2 death from a seizure . In Bahamian courts , defendants are allowed to make a statement without being placed under oath and will not face cross-examination . Earlier in the trial , Travolta testified that his son was found unresponsive by a nanny at the home on the island of Grand Bahama , where the family was spending the New Year 's holiday . Lightbourn said Jett Travolta 's veins had collapsed and his body was stiff as he lay on the bathroom floor . Someone in the room suggested that those present would receive a lot of money if they stayed quiet , he said , adding he thought this was part of a cover-up . Lightbourn did not say to whom he was referring . Travolta testified he initially told the ambulance driver to rush them to an airport where his private jet was parked and where Travolta , who is a pilot , planned to fly his son to a West Palm Beach , Florida , hospital instead of driving him to one in nearby Freeport . The paramedic , however , asked Travolta to sign a statement releasing the ambulance company from liability . `` I received a liability of release document . I signed it . I did not read it . Time was of the essence , '' Travolta testified earlier in the trial . While he and his wife were riding in the ambulance with their son , they decided to divert to the hospital . At the hospital , the actor was told his son `` was n't alive , '' he said . In her statement , Bridgewater said she advised Lightbourn not to sell the document because she was trying to protect the Travoltas and the Bahamas . She said she was concerned Travolta would tell his friends not to travel to the Bahamas because of the lack of privacy . Lightbourn said Wednesday that he asked attorney Bridgewater to assist him in negotiations with Travolta 's attorneys . Travolta earlier testified he learned of a demand for $ 25 million , or `` stories connected to that document would be sold to the press ... The stories would imply the death of my son was intentional and I was culpable somehow . '' Travolta attorney Michael McDermott testified that he assisted police in a sting by secretly recording meeting with the defendants in a Nassau hotel room . Bahamian police had placed wireless microphones on McDermott and hidden two cameras in his room , McDermott said . Lightbourn said his eyes popped when Travolta 's attorney offered him $ 15 million for the document Travolta signed . Travolta 's attorney testified the negotiations between Lightbourn and himself were all part of the Bahamian police sting . On Wednesday , Travolta attorney Michael Ossi told CNN he could not comment on specifics in the case . `` The statements made today are not evidence , but what has already been placed into evidence speaks for itself , '' he said . Defense attorneys have attempted to convince the jury that Travolta 's attorney came to the Bahamas to `` set up '' their clients . Murrio Ducille , who represents Bridgewater , said to Travolta 's attorney , `` you came to the island with evil in your heart . '' The trial is expected to wrap up early next week when the jury will begin its deliberations . Travolta and his wife , actress Kelly Preston , are not expected back in court . Journalist Arthia Nixon in Nassau , Bahamas , contributed to this report .
Paramedic on trial , accused of plotting to extort $ 15 million from John Travolta . Jett Travolta testifies Tarino Lightbourn had been dead before help was summoned . In Grand Bahama , defendants can make statement without being under oath . John Travolta 's son died on Grand Bahama island on January 2 after a seizure .