Lawyer's 'Movie Quote' Strategy Fails in John Travolta Case

The trial of two Bahamians accused of trying to extort $25 million from John Travolta took an unintentionally hilarious turn Tuesday when Travolta's beleaguered lawyer resorted to shouting lines from A Few Good Men. Michael McDermott couldn't weather an attack by a defense attorney who yelled, "I suggest, Mr. McDermott, that you sought to give birth to an extortion plot but it was stillborn," so he replied as any high-powered Hollywood attorney would: "And I suggest that you can't handle the truth!" The courtroom erupted into laughter; the judge, no doubt channeling Men's formidable Hon. Julius Alexander Randolph, quickly restored order. [NYDN]