Tara Reid has claimed she was drugged at a Chicago hotel bar after footage emerged showing her nearly unconscious and being wheeled out on a stretcher by paramedics.
The 50-year-old American Pie actress was seen in a video donning a tan fur coat, her hair disheveled and her speech slurred, as several people struggled to lift her into a wheelchair.
At one point, Reid’s body went limp, and her midriff was exposed as she slumped out of the chair.
Moments later, paramedics arrived to take her to a nearby hospital.
In the clip, filmed in the early hours of November 23, she was heard saying: “Come on, guys,” as well as, “You don’t know who I am. I am famous. I’m an actress,” according to an onlooker who witnessed the incident, per PEOPLE.
Tara Reid claims she was drugged at a Chicago hotel bar. Credit: Araya Doheny/Getty
A rep for Reid confirmed that she has filed a police report and believes her drink was tampered with.
“Tara is recovering and asks for privacy during this traumatic time,” the statement read.
“She also urges everyone to be careful, watch your drinks and never leave them unattended, as this can happen to anyone.”
However, a spokesperson for Rosemont Public Safety told the publication that while they responded to an EMS call at 12:39 a.m. for a “sick person,” no report of alleged drugging had yet been received.
In a statement to TMZ, the Sharknado actress recalled checking into her hotel late Saturday night before heading down to the bar.
She said she left her drink momentarily to smoke a cigarette, during which she ran into a group of YouTubers, one of whom joined her outside.
When she returned, she noticed her drink was covered with a napkin she didn’t place there.
After consuming it, she said, the next thing she remembered was waking up in the hospital.
“Without finishing my drink, I just passed out,” Reid said, cited by Page Six.
“Before I knew it, I was at the hospital, eight hours later. It’s really scary… You have to really be careful with your drink. [The hospital] said, ‘You got drugged last night at the bar.’”
Reid, who has faced public scrutiny in the past over her appearance and health, emphasized that she only had one drink that night and denied any suggestion of substance abuse relapse.
While she has not issued further comment, her team says she is cooperating fully with authorities and focusing on her recovery.