Report: Owens attempted suicide Tuesday night
A Dallas police report was released Wednesday stating that Dallas Cowboys’ wide receiver Terrell Owens attempted suicide Tuesday night.
Apparently Owens told Dallas police and rescue workers “that he was depressed.”
The rescue worker “noticed that [his] prescription pain medication was empty and observed [Owens] putting two pills in his mouth,” the police report said.The worker attempted to pry them out with her fingers, then was told by Owens that before this incident he’d taken only five of the 40 pain pills in the bottle he’d emptied. The worker then asked Owens “if he was attempting to harm himself, at which time [he] stated, ‘Yes.’”
Owens got the pills after he fractured a bone in his hand the Cowboys victory over the Redskins in week two.
The craziest thing about all of this is that Cowboys coach Bill Parcells stated earlier this week that Owens might have had a chance to play this weekend against Tennessee. Now this comes out?
Parcells released a statement this morning that Owens was having stomach problems due to the medication, but mentioned that it was more of a bad reaction – not a suicide attempt.
For as much public debate as Owens receives because of his antics and actions, obviously this goes beyond the football field. Owens needs help and I’m not saying that to be condescending in any way.
Sadly what comes to mind is how media hungry and desperate for attention this guy always is. If by some sick way this was all for attention – than he needs help more than any of us could ever imagine.
Either way he doesn’t need to be anywhere near a football field, because the game is secondary to his health right now. This man is in serious need of some help and hopefully the NFL and Dallas Cowboys take the necessary arrangements to get him that support.
This guy is in serious pain right nowm, but none of us can really say what he is going through in particular. I don’t know what he grew up with, how is life is now and what he believes is in his future.
I just wish him the best and hopefully he can get himself healthy again.
This is a bizarre story. Now TO’s publicist is denying the report, but it appears that the cat may already be out of the bag. TO is supposed to issue a statement today.
Just watched the TO press conference and he said that he had an allergic reaction and wasn’t coherent when he was being asked questions. He apologized to his team for the distraction and he hopes to practice tomorrow and play on Sunday.
His publicist was the one that called 911 because TO was out of it. She claims she never said that he was depressed (even though the police report says otherwise). She finished her statement by saying that TO “has 25 million reasons to stay here” (to stay alive). I thought that was a rather stupid thing to say…like rich people don’t commit suicide.
JP,
Just wrote an update on the story - I found the comment y Etheredge to be completely weird myself.
Something tells me there is more to this story than meets the eye, but Owens did seem like he was telling the truth…for whatever that’s worth.
-Anthony-
He may have 25 million reasons not to…..but all he needs is one in his mind to do it and that’s it.
Last week the report was about another football player who gave up his life for crime and he’s gone to jail.
Too much money, too much time, too few real friends and life can become to much to handle rich or poor.
Did he do on purpose? Who knows but I think this is another guy that has real issues and the story is just beginning.