Well, be that as it may, anti-seizure meds tend to have rather extreme side effects in many cases, and I suppose it is the right of a parent (and the right of a 16-year-old boy, provided he is of sound mind) to decide whether or not to take such meds or forego them.
Of course, if the Travoltas were poor, CPS would no doubt be sniffing around.
But they're wealthy, they can afford to take legal recourse if unfairly persecuted, and Child Protective Services tends to steer clear of people like that.
It is not, in fact, a crime not to force anti-seizure meds upon a 16-year-old who is refusing them.
Whether it's a crime to withhold anti-seizure meds from a mentally disabled teenager who suffers from a seizure disorder is another matter, but 1. we have no proof the Travoltas did this, and 2. we don't even know for sure that Jett was mentally or psychologicaly disabled; all of Hollywood claims he was, including John Travolta's brother, who made a documentary about autism... but the Travoltas themselves claim their son suffered from no illness except Kawasaki Disease, a rare malady (occurs in 19 out of every 100000 kids) that he contracted as a baby.
Perhaps they're right.
Or perhaps they were within their rights to withhold anti-seizure meds from Jett, even if he was autistic or otherwise ill. Perhaps they felt the seizures were more managable than the side effects of the meds.
The thing is, we really don't know all the details, and neither does Hollywood.
It would behoove us all to wait for more information before jumping to conclusions.
