{"id":267331,"date":"2025-11-07T07:52:13","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T07:52:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/267331\/"},"modified":"2025-11-07T07:52:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T07:52:13","slug":"edmonton-woman-alleges-she-was-drugged-at-concert-overnight-my-life-changed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/267331\/","title":{"rendered":"Edmonton woman alleges she was drugged at concert: \u2018Overnight my life changed\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Having drugs slipped into your drink is something women hear and are warned about all the time growing up \u2014 but never expect to happen to them.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/70c8fc80.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s how Lilliana Villalta felt on Sept. 29 when she attended a heavy metal <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/korn-concert\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Korn concert<\/a> at <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/rogers-place\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rogers Place<\/a> with her mom.<\/p>\n<p>Villata said she was super excited to see the band perform in Edmonton, but now, is still recovering from what happened that night.<\/p>\n<p>Villata had been watching the opening act play for about an hour as she said she sipped on one hard iced tea drink that\u2019s about five per cent alcohol.<\/p>\n<p>She said she was surrounded by people who were touching and grabbing at her.<\/p>\n<p>After about an hour and a half of that, she and her mom went to report the uncomfortable behaviour to security \u2014 and that\u2019s when she started to feel off.<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>She told security what happened and that she didn\u2019t feel well, adding Rogers Place security accused her of being intoxicated and told her to leave.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s when she called her fianc\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s really kind of blurry from that point,\u201d said Villata.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs soon as I picked up the phone, I noticed right out away there was something not right \u2014 that\u2019s not even drunk, like she\u2019s really not all there, not making sense,\u201d said Tyler Monteith, her fianc\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/healthiq.jpg\" alt=\"Receive the latest medical news and health information delivered to you every Sunday.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGet weekly health news<\/p>\n<p>Receive the latest medical news and health information delivered to you every Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-blockquote__content l-article__blockquoteContent\">\u201cI just dropped what I was doing and started making my way to her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Monteith found his fianc\u00e9e on the ground three blocks away from the hockey arena in downtown Edmonton.<\/p>\n<p>He got her in his vehicle and took her home \u2014 which is where things got even worse.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe started having difficulties breathing, so I called 911,\u201d said Monteith.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-blockquote__content l-article__blockquoteContent\">\u201cIt was a couple minutes after that she stopped breathing and her heart stopped.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Paramedics revived the young woman, who spent a week in hospital recovering.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: 'Roofied: How date-rape drugs affect your mind and body'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Getting_roofied_-5e3dd72c1cb3010001f9bb40_1_Feb_07_2020_21_44_48_poster.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"   data-\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t0:55<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRoofied: How date-rape drugs affect your mind and body\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Villata is a nursing student who likes running and hiking; now she can only take a few steps and her life has come to a halt.<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-blockquote__content l-article__blockquoteContent\">\u201cJust overnight my life changed, and it\u2019s just so difficult.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Monteith said he was told by paramedics it could have been a mix of GHB \u2014 gamma-hydroxybutyrate, a common date-rape drug \u2014 and molly (also known as MDMA\u00a0 ecstasy) that reacted with her medication.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tTrending Now\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11514695\/intercepted-communications-india-temple-assassination-canada\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Anand-Modi.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tIntercepted communications link Indian government to B.C. 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The police are well aware of it,\u201d said Mary Jane James, CEO at SACE.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: 'Date-rape drug awareness'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GC140825_TP_Jill_640x360_321962563656.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"   data-\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t1:49<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDate-rape drug awareness\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>The Edmonton Police Service said it is investigating the incident and encourages anyone who may have a similar experience to report it.<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, Stu Ballantyne, president and COO of Rogers Place and Ice District, said, \u201cThe safety and security of patrons in Rogers Place and ICE District is our top priority and we have developed strong, ongoing operational plans in coordination with our partners at the Edmonton Police Service, security providers and our staff, and implemented industry best practices in event design and operations, security, training, and crowd management to assist in the safety of all fans, patrons and residents in ICE District.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-blockquote__content l-article__blockquoteContent\">\u201cWe encourage this patron to file a police report and we will do everything we can to support an investigation with our EPS partners. We also encourage all event attendees to report any suspicious behaviour they may see.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2025 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Having drugs slipped into your drink is something women hear and are warned about all the time growing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":267332,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[49,48,2169,75,84,123070,123071,123069,123072],"class_list":{"0":"post-267331","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-crime","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-health","13":"tag-korn-concert","14":"tag-metal-concert","15":"tag-rogers-place","16":"tag-spiked-drinks"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=267331"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267331\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/267332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=267331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=267331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=267331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}