John Travolta walked away with his head held high as the defamation lawsuit against him by an author who claimed the actor was involved in a number of homosexual encounters at spa across the country was ruled in Travolta’s favor.

Los Angeles Superior Court was the stage for the latest legal drama involving the actor and his sexual preferences when on Thursday (September 27th) the latest defamation lawsuit against Travolta and his lawyer, Martin Singer, was dismissed by the ruling judge. The lawsuit was filed by Robert Randolph who, in February this year publish the book You'll Never Spa in This Town Again, claimed that both the actor and lawyer spread false statements about Randolph’s mental health in 2010 in an effort to dissuade the public from buying his tell-all book. According to court documents obtained by Reuters, Randolph’s case revolved around a letter that Singer wrote to the website Gawker.com in response to a story about the planned book. Although Reuters have admitted that they were unable to determine why the judge dismissed the case, later reports by CNN revealed that the letter has free speech protection under the law.

Three months prior to the publication of the book, two unidentified male masseurs filed separate sexual assault lawsuits against Travolta, although both cases were quickly dropped after doubts had been cast over the reliability of the details of the encounter.