Douglas Gotterba, John Travolta Gay Tell-All: Judge Rules Actor Can't Stop Ex-Pilot, Alleged Lover Lawsuit

Douglas Gotterba, former pilot to John Travolta, was given approval to make a case that he has no confidentiality agreement covering his employment with the actor, a California appeals court ruled on Tuesday. 

Gotterba signed a written termination agreement in 1987 after six years of working for Alto Aircraft and Travolta. In 2012, he came forward to "tell the story of his life and those involved in it," which included his alleged affair with the star after claiming he was "unwillingly thrust" into the spotlight by allegations from another Alto employee. 

Travolta attorney Martin Singer sent out cease-and-desist letters to the National Enquirer (who broke the news) and Gotterba, warning him he was in breach of his confidentiality agreement. 

Atlo insists that the enforceable agreement is a four-page document signed on April 3, 1987, which includes the following provision: "You hereby represent that you have not and will not disclose, communicate, use, nor permit the use of, in any fashion, any personal (i.e., those matters not customarily disclosed by Employer other than to insiders, in the case of [Atlo], or close friends in the case of Travolta), confidential or proprietary information about Employer or any principals of Employer that you obtained during your employment with Employer."

Gotterba claims there was never a confidentiality agreement and what is being presented by Alto "is not authentic."

He claims his termination agreement, signed a full month earlier, "does not contain a confidentiality provision restricting Gotterba's disclosure of personal, confidential, or proprietary information obtained during the course of his employment with Atlo."

Presiding justice Arthur Gilbert said the case was not based on Singer's "sabre-rattling [but] the validity of the asserted termination agreements

He added: "Although the pre-litigation letters may have triggered Gotterba's complaint and may be evidence in support of the complaint, they are not the basis of the complaint."

He ruled that to say otherwise "would lead to the absurd result that a person receiving a demand letter threatening legal action for breach of contract would be precluded from seeking declaratory relief to determine the validity of the contract."

Travolta's camp is filing an appeal, but as it stands Gotterba will have his day in court. We at Mstarz will keep you posted. 

Via Entertainment Weekly