A former pilot of John Travolta's filed a lawsuit against the actor following an interview in which he said he allegedly engaged in a gay and "steamy affair" with the "Face/Off" star, according to TMZ.

Doug Gotterba, who said he served as Travolta's pilot from 1981 to 1987, did an interview with The National Inquirer and said he was engaged in a secret relationship with the 58-year-old actor. Soon after details of the interview were published, Gotterba, 62, said he received a letter from Travolta's attorney threatening to sue him for violating a confidentiality agreement he signed when he stopped his employment with Travolta. 

Gotterba filed a suit in response to the letter and said he never signed a confidentially agreement, according to the gossip website. Travolta's lawyer, Marty Singer, said otherwise. 

"Mr. Gotterba obviously filed this lawsuit to get his 15 minutes of fame. We plan to get this meritless case promptly dismissed," he said.

This is the fourth lawsuit Travolta faced this year, according to Yahoo. Two masseurs and a cruise worker sued the actor and accused him of improper sexual behavior, but the claims were later dropped. One of them, Fabian Zanzi, said in his filed court documents that Travolta offered him $12,000 to keep quiet after Zanzi deflected Travolta's advances and the actor "forced his naked person" against Zanzi, causing him to "experience pain, shock, embarrassment, distress and fear," the lawsuit stated.

The National Inquirer article said that, according to Gotterba, he and Travolta met in 1981 and carried on an affair through 1986. Travolta married actress Kelly Preston on 1991 but Gotterba said that when he spoke to the actor a year later, he revealed that he "preferred men." The two men have not seen each other since 1992, according to Gotterba. 

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