Surveillance footage of Tara Reid does not show that she was drugged
Not even two weeks later Tara Reid claimed she was drugged at a hotel bar outside Chicago, police claim surveillance footage shows “no evidence” of anyone “tampering” with her drink We weekly can confirm.
In a statement to us on Wednesday, December 3, the Rosemont Public Safety Department – which operates in the Chicago suburb of Rosemont – said an investigation into a November 23 incident involving 50-year-old Reid remains “active and open.”
The statement continued: “After receiving the report alleging that her drink had been tampered with, Rosemont detectives reviewed hotel surveillance, including video footage at the hotel bar. In addition, multiple interviews were conducted. While video surveillance showed Tara Reid at the hotel bar, at no time did she [the] video shows someone tampering with her drink or adding something to her drink. We can confirm that a bartender covered her drink as she left the bar, which is standard practice for bartenders.”
The department said it is “currently awaiting hospital data” and could not confirm “if and what specific chemical tests the hospital may have conducted.”
The department is “working” with Reid to obtain that data. “Pending these results or further information, our detectives will follow up on those leads accordingly,” the statement said.
The department said: “No criminal offense has been committed and there is no one we are currently investigating. While we have no evidence of any drink being tampered with, it is a good reminder to never leave a drink unattended. If you ever think you have been drugged or feel unsafe, please contact local authorities.”
On Monday, November 24, Reid’s rep released a statement Ussaying: “Tara Reid is attempting to file a police report following an incident where she believes her drink has been tampered with. She is cooperating fully with the investigation. Tara is recovering and asks for privacy during this traumatic time. She is also urging everyone to be careful, watch your drinks and never leave them unattended as this can happen to anyone. She will be making no further comment at this stage.”
A source said Us that day at the time of the incident, Reid was in Chicago for ComicCon, where some YouTubers “noticed” her at a Doubletree hotel bar. Reid “went outside for a cigarette and left a glass of wine at the bar,” the insider said, and when she returned, there was reportedly a napkin over her glass. Reid claimed she “never put a napkin over her glass,” the source said.
The source claimed that Reid “brought a few with him [of] sips and the next thing she remembered was waking up in the hospital, where Reid’s agent picked her up.
The American pie star subsequently filed a report confirming these details and adding more. She claimed she was approached by a man named Sean P., who introduced himself as a “highly successful influencer and YouTuber” and was among the group of content creators. She claimed the man joined her at the bar and outside to smoke a cigarette.
“We went out for a smoke, exchanged numbers and came back and there was a napkin over my drink,” she continued in the report. “The last thing I remember was drinking that drink and seeing a couple sitting next to us.”
She has since traveled home to Los Angeles.
Tara Reid shut down speculation about her weight after her appearance in Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test. “I am not anorexic and never have been,” Reid, 47, told the Los Angeles Inquisitor in an interview with Page Six on Wednesday, October 25. “And I definitely don’t have bulimia. I’m terrified of throwing up, so […]
“She’s really freaked out about the whole thing,” the source said Us last week.
TMZ, which first reported the news, obtained images of a visibly dazed Reid being assisted by several people on Sunday, November 23. The video, which was filmed by an onlooker, showed Reid being led into a wheelchair in a hotel lobby. Paramedics arrived and placed Reid on a stretcher and into an ambulance.
“You don’t know who I am,” Reid said in the clip. “I’m famous. I’m an actress.”
