Owen Wilson hospitalized as rumors swirl
National Enquirer claims actor attempted suicide in Web report
Frederick M. Brown / Getty Images The National Enquirer and Star magazines are reporting that Owen Wilson attempted suicide.
Celebrity Web sites were reporting Monday that actor Owen Wilson was hospitalized Sunday in Los Angeles, with one tabloid claiming he had attempted suicide.
TMZ.com posted a statement from the Santa Monica Police on its Web site: “On Sunday Aug. 26, 2007 at 12:10 PM, officers from the Santa Monica Police Department responded to a medical assistance call from the Santa Monica Fire Department at the 900 block of 23rd Street. The person was transported to a local hospital where they are being treated.”
TMZ reported that due to medical privacy laws, police would not release any additional information, nor would they comment on why he was transported.
The National Enquirer Web site was reporting that Wilson was transported to St. John’s hospital in Santa Monica with sources telling the Enquirer and Star magazines that the actor had sliced his left wrist and taken an indeterminate amount of pills in a suicide attempt.