ESPN.com - NFL - Police report: Owens hospitalized after suicide attempt
Filed Under General Sports | Posted on September 27, 2006
ESPN.com - NFL - Police report: Owens hospitalized after suicide attempt
DALLAS — Flamboyant Dallas Cowboys receiver Terrell Owens attempted suicide by overdosing on prescription pain medication Tuesday, even putting two more pills into his mouth after a friend intervened, according to an internal police report obtained by The Associated Press.
Owens left the hospital late Wednesday morning, giving reporters a “thumbs up” but making no comment as he was driven away in an SUV.
ESPN’s Michael Irvin said that Owens denied he attempted suicide and said he was rushed to the hospital as a result of an adverse reaction to medication. And a source close to Owens told ESPN.com’s Michael A. Smith that Owens wasn’t attempting suicide.
Publicist Kim Etheridge also said in various interviews Wednesday with Dallas-area media that the police have gotten the story wrong. She said she was with Owens, who was having trouble because he’d mixed his pain pills with supplements. She said she called for help because he was becoming unresponsive.
TO will have a press conference later today. Sort of sounds like everything was blown out of proportion, but I would like to hear more of the facts. Looks like he could have mixed some anti-depressants and pain killers which sent him into a non-responsive state.
