Her mother, Linda, was an administrator of a mental health center, and her father, who worked for an agricultural firm, drowned when Preston was three years old. She later attended Punahou School and studied drama and theater at the University of Southern California. Preston first met John Travolta in 1987 while filming The Experts. Both traveled to Paris on an Air-France Concorde for a wedding ceremony at the Hotel de Crillon (close to the Place de la Concorde), celebrated on September 5, 1991. They have since had three children: Jett (born April 13, 1992), Ella Bleu (born April 3, 2000) and Benjamin Hunter Kaleo (born November 23, 2010). Jett reportedly suffered from Kawasaki disease as an infant and had a history of seizures. This revelation came during their testimony at the trial resulting from an extortion attempt related to their son’s death. in May 2010 Travolta and Preston announced that she was pregnant with the couple’s third child.
