(Daniel Shapiro)
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John Travolta was filming in New York City the day a male massage therapist says the actor sexually assaulted him during a rubdown at the Beverly Hills Hotel, says the star’s lawyer, who provided the evidence yesterday.
It was the first time Travolta’s camp provided details of his alibi, and lawyer Martin Singer said it proves that the accuser’s assault-and-battery claim is “fictional and ridiculous.”
He gave The Post two photos of Travolta allegedly at a Manhattan costume fitting for his role in the film “Killing Season,” plus a TriBeCa restaurant receipt, all from Jan. 16, the day of the alleged assault.
Nevertheless, the accuser’s lawyer claimed yesterday that other masseurs will soon be “coming out of the woodwork” with similar allegations.
“I’ve been getting a lot of phone calls from a lot of men. I’ve only filed on behalf of two,” said Okorie Okorocha, who is also representing another unidentified accuser for an allegedly similar incident at an Atlanta hotel.
“I expect there will be more people filing. I’ll add more.”
But Singer insists “everything in his story is completely untrue” — and laid out a timeline that makes at least one of the attacks impossible.
Travolta left LA on his private jet, accompanied by two producers, at 11:21 p.m. New York time on Jan. 15, Singer said.
They arrived around 4 a.m. the next day, checked into a Manhattan hotel and then went to work on the upcoming film. The alleged attack in LA was supposedly that same morning.
“We have the flight logs and hotel bill to back this up,” said Singer — though he declined to provide copies.
Singer handed over photos of Travolta he said were taken at the lower Manhattan studio of the movie’s costume designer that day. A time stamp shows the pictures were taken late in the afternoon on Jan. 16.
Still, there’s no documentation on the photos proving they were snapped in New York.
Singer also provided a receipt from Mr. Chow, where Travolta and apparently two producers and an assistant spent $383 on dinner, paying the bill at 11:38 p.m. and leaving a $100 tip.
Their first names are all scrawled on the bottom of the receipt: “John, Anson, Linda and Chris” — but the line for a signature is blank.
Mr. Chow’s manager, Agnes Borowiak, confirmed that the “Grease” star was at the eatery that night.
But Okorocha, the lawyer for Travolta’s accuser, is expected to refute the authenticity of the photos and the restaurant receipt.
Okorocha said yesterday that lawyers for Travolta have “already conceded” the actor was in LA on Jan. 16, adding, “We can prove it” — without detailing how.
“That is an outrageous lie,” Singer countered.
Okorocha’s Texas-bred client sued Travolta in LA on May 4, claiming the “Pulp Fiction” star picked him up the morning of Jan. 16 in a black Lexus SUV strewn with condoms, the suit says.
Travolta then drove him to a bungalow at the Beverly Hills Hotel, where — in full sight of “an overweight black man preparing hamburgers” — he repeatedly groped the masseur, the suit claims.
“My client does not have a black chef or a Lexus or a black SUV. He drives a sedan,” Singer retorted.
“He doesn’t stay at the Beverly Hills Hotel — he has a home in LA.”
A second masseur joined the complaint this week.
He claims Travolta groped his buttocks, grabbed his crotch and asked for a “happy ending” during a private massage at an Atlanta resort on Jan. 28.
Travolta was in that city at the time, filming a movie.
“The second guy, at least, did his homework,” Singer said. “He obviously checked media reports that my client was in Atlanta working.”
“But the second claim is as much a fabrication as the first,” he said. “This is about a lawyer who is getting his 15 minutes of fame; he’s looking to get famous from a lawsuit.”
He said he will ask the court to let him depose the men as soon as possible.
As for the other alleged incidents, Okorocha said he has been inundated with calls from male massage therapists across the country with similar Travolta tales to tell.
He is combing through the claims and may add more alleged victims.
“By the time this case is over, Marty Singer will have to accuse more than 100 men of lying, because I have been contacted by people, mostly men, that have firsthand information about similar behavior on John Travolta’s part,” Okorocha told Radaronline.
Both current accusers are identified in court papers only as John Doe, because they are sex-assault victims, Okorocha said.
“If they were sex-assault victims, why did neither of them report it to the police?” Singer snapped.
Okorocha said the men were afraid they wouldn’t be believed.
Singer said he will file a motion insisting the accusers be publicly named in court papers.
“These people think they can hide behind anonymity, but at the end of the day, the courts will not allow it,” Singer predicted.
Additional reporting by Antonio Antenucci and Helen Kumari