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An anonymous masseur who said John Travolta groped him during a Beverly Hills massage now claims he got the date of the randy rubdown wrong — and his lawyer is cutting him loose.
The massage therapist, known only as “John Doe 1,” says he “miscalculated” the time frame and that Travolta’s alleged sex assault occurred before Jan. 16, the date he initially claimed in a $2 million federal lawsuit against the “Pulp Fiction” star.
The admission came two days after Travolta’s legal team put out evidence — including flight information and a dinner receipt — that showed the actor was in New York, and not LA, the day of the alleged incident.
The timeline backtrack was first reported by Radar Online.
John Doe 1 had initially insisted that Travolta booked a massage, picked him up in a black SUV Jan. 16 and drove him to a bungalow at The Beverly Hills Hotel. Then — as a chef casually flipped burgers nearby — Travolta allegedly grabbed the massage therapist’s crotch and eventually masturbated in front of him after the masseur refused the advances.
Okorie Okorocha, the lawyer who filed the lawsuit on behalf of two John Does, said John Doe 1 “definitely” still has a case but needs another lawyer.
“I am not dropping him as a client,” Okorocha told The Post yesterday. “But I can’t represent both [John Does] fairly because it represents a conflict.”
“They have very different cases and issues. That’s why we need another lawyer on board.”
Okorocha had earlier insisted that the Jan. 16 date was correct and that Travolta’s alibi wouldn’t stand up.
Yesterday he said the lawsuit — which was amended this week to include the second John Doe — will likely be amended again to remove John Doe 1.
Okorocha said the claims made by John Doe 2 are strong, with “substantial documentation” to back them up.
That attack allegedly occurred Jan. 28 at a five-star Atlanta resort where Travolta stayed while filming “Killing Season.”
Workers at the hotel and spa have reportedly been warned not to talk to the media.
Hotel brass has reportedly been ordered to keep all surveillance video from the spa and the hallway outside Travolta’s room from the day of the alleged encounter.
Travolta’s lawyer, Martin Singer, has dismissed John Doe 2’s claims as “ridiculous” and said he will set about disputing the details as soon as Okorocha coughs them up.
Singer also dismissed claims made by a third man, Royal Caribbean cruise-line worker Fabian Zanzi, that Travolta offered him $12,000 during a 2009 cruise.
Singer said he had never heard of Zanzi before the story surfaced, blasting, “This is just another ridiculous claim by someone hopping on the bandwagon to get his 15 minutes of fame with a story about something that supposedly happened over three years ago.
“At that time, Zanzi’s supervisors did not believe him, confined him to his cabin and subsequently fired him, according to media reports,” he said.
“That we are only hearing about him now . . . three years later, speaks volumes.”
With Reuters