Tara Reid continues to talk out after being transported from a Rosemont, Illinois lodge on a stretcher on November 23 — an incident she has attributed to being drugged by a stranger.
However in accordance with police, newly reviewed surveillance footage doesn’t help that allegation.
The video that was obtained by TMZ captured Reid consuming and chatting with a person on the DoubleTree by Hilton Resort in Rosemont close to Chicago’s O’Hare Airport.
On Wednesday, December 3, the Rosemont Public Security Division informed PEOPLE that the footage doesn’t present proof of Reid’s drink being tampered with on the DoubleTree Chicago O’Hare Airport-Rosemont.
“Whereas video surveillance confirmed Tara Reid on the lodge bar, at no time did video present anybody tampering with or including one thing to her drink,” police stated in a press release to PEOPLE. “We will verify {that a} bartender coated her drink when she left the bar which is customary follow for bartenders to do.”
Authorities additionally famous that they haven’t but seen any hospital toxicology data. “We can’t, nevertheless, verify right now if or what particular chemical testing the hospital might have performed,” the division stated, including that they’re coordinating with Reid “to obtain these data which she has additionally not acquired.”
“Pending these outcomes or additional data coming ahead, our detectives will observe up on these leads accordingly,” the assertion continued. “Right now there isn’t a felony act that has been dedicated and there’s no one we’re presently investigating. Whereas we would not have any proof {that a} drink was tampered with, it’s a good reminder to by no means depart a drink unattended. In case you ever imagine you’ve gotten been drugged or really feel unsafe, please attain out to native authorities,” the assertion continued.
In her police report, the American Pie actress stated she “fully blacked out” after having a drink with a person she’d simply met whereas staying on the lodge for a star signing occasion.
Reid stated she had ordered a glass of white wine when “a person got here as much as me and launched himself as Sean P, a really profitable influencer and YouTuber.” The person then reportedly sat together with her on the bar.
In accordance to Reid, the 2 stepped outdoors to smoke and exchanged cellphone numbers. She later claimed that upon returning to her desk “there was a serviette over my drink,” ABC 7 experiences.
TMZ launched footage showing to indicate Reid unable to face with out assist as a person supported her and a lady introduced over a wheelchair.
Reid tried to report the incident as soon as she was again in Los Angeles two days later, however said that “they stated that I couldn’t file one over the cellphone and needed to be there in individual.”
She additionally informed police that the influencer she met “texted me the movies of me the following day,” which she considered as an try at extortion, claiming he stated he “might cease the movies [from] going out.”
Reid later issued a press release via her consultant, reiterating that she believes she was drugged.
“Backside line is nobody results in the hospital incapacitated for over 8 hours after a drink,” she stated. “Last item I bear in mind is having one drink and waking up within the hospital the following day with out remembering something. That was the scariest feeling I’ve ever felt. I felt so helpless. This has been a horrifying expertise for me that’s severely affecting my psychological well being. I can’t sleep over this, it’s a really scary feeling not understanding what occurred to me. I imagine I used to be drugged. One thing occurred to me.”
We reached out to Reid for remark, and she or he shared the next assertion:
“I’ve been trustworthy about the truth that I don’t bear in mind something after my first drink. All I stated was that I felt one thing was fallacious and that I felt I’ll have been drugged, as a result of I’ve no different rationalization for why I wakened in a hospital robe with no reminiscence of how I bought there.
Seeing the media twist my phrases and assault me for not remembering has been extremely painful and is severely affecting my psychological well being. I really feel bullied and judged for one thing I can’t recall. I’m attempting to heal, however the public scrutiny is making that very troublesome, and I’ve been afraid to even depart my home.
Nobody results in the hospital for round eleven hours from consuming wine alone. I hadn’t taken any remedy that day, and I do know one thing wasn’t proper. Whether or not I had further drinks after that doesn’t matter, the very fact is I don’t bear in mind something.
I’m asking for privateness, compassion, and area to heal. I’ve shared the one reality I’ve: what I bear in mind, and what I felt.”
