Actress Tara Reid was hospitalized over the weekend after claiming she was drugged at a Rosemont hotel bar.
The “Big Lebowski” and “American Pie” actress told TMZ on Monday that she was hospitalized early Sunday after drinking a glass of wine she alleged had been spiked.
In a news release Tuesday night, Rosemont’s Public Safety Department confirmed the incident involving Reid, stating the department responded to a call of a sick person at Rosemont’s DoubleTree Hotel just before 12:40 a.m.
The patient received care from Rosemont paramedics, with assistance from patrol officers, before getting transported to a local hospital, according to the department.
In her account to TMZ, Reid said she had ordered a drink at the hotel bar, then briefly stepped outside to smoke a cigarette. When she returned, Reid said her drink was covered by a napkin, which she added struck her as odd because it was uncovered when she left. Still, she continued on drinking, she said.
“Without even finishing my drink,” she said, “I just, like, passed out. And before I knew it, I was in the hospital eight hours later.”
When asked by TMZ hosts Harvey Levin and Charles Latibeaudiere if she was subjected to a blood alcohol test, Reid replied, “No, they just said you were drugged. That’s what they said, they said you got drugged last night at the bar.”
“It was all kind of vague,” she said. “It was all, like, very blurry.”
Reid said that after her hospital stay, she went on to attend a signing event.
About 2:15 p.m. Tuesday, Rosemont Public Safety spoke with Reid, who was looking to file a police report, the department said. An online report was submitted “to fully document the incident and properly detail what is known at this time,” the department said.
The department noted that it “understands the severity of the allegations being reported and are committed to investigating this incident fully,” adding it was in communication with the hotel to gather video surveillance footage.
“You have to be really careful with your drink,” Reid told TMZ.