John Travolta awarded $140,000 in legal fees in failed lawsuit filed against him by gay author

John Travolta, hit by several gay-related lawsuits this year, had a victory in court Friday when a judge in Los Angeles ordered an author to pay the actor approximately $140,000 in legal fees.

Robert Randolph had sued Travolta and his attorney Marty Singer in June alleging that the pair harmed his reputation with false statements and hurt the sales of his self-published book You’ll Never Spa in This Town Again which alleges he had sexual encounters with Travolta and other celebrities.

The lawsuit was dismissed in September and on Friday, LA Superior Court Judge Malcom Mackey awarded Travolta the legal fees and costs in the case.

Randolph’s lawsuit stemmed from when Gawker used part of Randolph’s book as source material for the article The Secret Sex Life of John Travolta.

Singer made legal threats to Gawker Media and sent a cease-and-desist letter which alleged that Randolph was an unreliable source in part because several people maintain that he had spent time in mental institutions.

Gawker posted Singer’s entire letter online.

In dismissing the case, the judge had ruled that the letter was a legitimate part of the legal dispute over the book and therefore protected by the First Amendment.

‘This legal fee award is another complete and total victory for Mr. Travolta,’ Singer tells The Hollywood Reporter in a statement. ‘Anyone else who files a ridiculous lawsuit against him should expect a similar outcome.’

Earlier this week, Travolta was sued by Doug Gotterba, a pilot who wants to be able to speak publicly about what he says was a six-year affair with the actor.

Gotterba claims in a lawsuit filed that he was threatened with legal action by Singer after he reportedly spoke to the National Enquirer about his alleged relationship with the actor.

The actor, whose film classics include Pulp Fiction, Grease, Saturday Night Live and Urban Cowboy, had faced a pair of lawsuits by two male masseurs accusing him of sexual battery and harassment. The lawsuits have since been withdrawn.