Terrell Owens, aka T.O., actually did try to commit suicide on Oct. 6 as originally suspected by the general public and speculated in the media.
A popular blog reports that it obtained the 911 call that was placed just a few moments before Owens was dashed to a Los Angeles hospital for another case of possible pill overdose. And, according to the words of his assistant, the talented but exiled receiver did try to do himself in.
According to the audio tape of the call obtained by tmz.com, which was placed at 11:02 p.m., the dispatcher eventually queries the assistant about what Owens was doing.
“Was this a suicide attempt?” the dispatcher asked.
The assistant can be heard uttering the words in response: “Yes, I believe so.”
While on the phone call, the woman said Owens was “talking to his girlfriend, ex-girlfriend … [I] don’t really know what you wanna call it.”
This latest revelation is very damning in that it cast suspicion on Owens’ previous denial of attempted suicide back in 2006, where he was infamously hospitalized under strikingly — and eerily — similar circumstances. Then, Owens insisted that he had a bad reaction to painkillers, despite initial reports that stated that he tried to leave the earth by ingesting 35 Vicodin pills.
The media sensation swirling about the previous incident was so great that Owens held a press conference to deny what he called ridiculous speculation and innuendos.
“The rumor of me taking 35 pills, I think is absurd. I don’t think I would be here if I had taken 35 pills,” he said at the time.
Well, it’ll be interesting to see how Owens tries to stiff-arm the encroaching media stampede about this latest incident. As of right now, no one in the Owens camp is talking. That speaks volumes because Owens’ mouth sometimes seems to be locked in the open position.
If one or both were indeed suicide attempts, T.O. narrowly escaped being the latest in a string of high-profile icons who either took their own lives or are suspected to have surpassed the pain threshold to the point where they didn’t care if they lived or died. –terry shropshire
