Terrell Owens tries to commit suicide.

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DALLAS -- Flamboyant Dallas Cowboys receiver Terrell Owens attempted suicide by overdosing on prescription pain medication Tuesday, even putting two more pills into his mouth after a friend intervened, according to an internal police report obtained by The Associated Press.

Owens left the hospital late Wednesday morning, giving reporters a ``thumbs up'' but making no comment as he was driven away in an SUV.

Publicist Kim Etheridge said in various interviews Wednesday with Dallas-area media that the police have gotten the story wrong. She said she was with Owens, who was having trouble because he'd mixed his pain pills with supplements. She said she called for help because he was becoming unresponsive.
The Dallas police report said Owens was asked by rescue workers "if he was attempting to harm himself, at which time [he] stated, 'Yes.'"



The police report said the 32-year-old Owens told his friend "that he was depressed." Details of the police report were first reported by WFAA-TV.

The friend, who is not identified in the report, "noticed that [his] prescription pain medication was empty and observed [Owens] putting two pills in his mouth," the police report said.

Using her fingers, the friend attempted to pry them out of Owens' mouth. Owens told police he had taken only five of the 40 pain pills in the bottle he'd emptied before the incident.


The friend mentioned in the report is Etheridge, according to reports. She told The Fort Worth Star-Telegram and The Dallas Morning News that reports of an attempted suicide were false.

Etheridge told the Star-Telegram that Owens was "fine."

Etheridge said she called 911 because Owens was groggy and lethargic. After taking some supplements "it kicked in a reaction" with the painkillers, she told the Star-Telegram.

"Here's a person whose body is so clean, it really had a negative reaction to the medication and supplements he was taking," Etheridge told The Morning News. "Thank goodness someone was there to call an ambulance."

Police Lt. Rick Watson said he could only confirm that paramedics called police to say they were taking Owens to the hospital. He said no more details would come from the police because no laws were broken.

It is not a crime in Texas for a person to attempt suicide.

"This is a high-profile person. We looked into it and we determined it is not a criminal offense," Watson said. "This a medical type of situation that occurred."

NFL Network analyst Deion Sanders said he spoke with Owens shortly before his release from the hospital and that Owens was in good spirits.

"The fact that it has been reported a suicide attempt, he's laughed at that notion. It was a case that medication that was taken wasn't accepted well in his system with the other vitamins he's on," Sanders said.

Watson and fire department spokesman Joel Lavender cited privacy laws for the lack of information they could provide. Lavender said more details could come from the 911 call. The Associated Press filed a request under the Freedom of Information Act to get the contents of the call.

"Let's just look at the tape, review the tape," Lavender said. "I'll give you an honest answer once I know something."

At the police news conference, Watson released a version of the police narrative with certain sections blacked out. The full report was obtained by several news outlets and reported first by WFAA. The AP received the full version from WFAA.

According to the police report, Dallas Fire and Rescue was called regarding someone "attempting suicide by prescription pain medication." Officers arrived to find Owens being stabilized by ambulance workers, who then took him to Baylor University Medical Center.

Owens was hospitalized late Tuesday because of what his publicist said was an allergic reaction to pain medicine he was taking for a broken hand. Doctors reportedly tried to induce vomiting.

Owens, one of the league's top receivers during his 11-year NFL career, is best known for wild stunts on the field and other publicity-seeking antics off it.

When the Cowboys signed him to a $25 million, three-year deal in March, they said their background checks indicated no red flags. In fact, team consultant Calvin Hill -- who mostly deals with troubled players -- said during training camp that his department was not involved with Owens because he didn't have a history of those kinds of problems.

He missed most of training camp, and three of four preseason games, because of a hamstring injury. He was late for work during his recovery and was fined for it, but Owens laughed it off, saying he overslept. He said it had happened before, though not with Dallas, and would probably happen again.

Owens broke the bone leading to his right ring finger during a game a week ago Sunday. The next day, doctors screwed in a plate so the bone could heal without fear of further damage. Cowboys coach Bill Parcells said last week that the pain medicine made Owens ill.

Owens had not practiced since the injury, but because Dallas had a bye this past weekend he did not miss a game. He was expected to practice Wednesday, and Parcells had said there was a chance Owens could play Sunday against Tennessee.

Owens had been especially looking forward to the Cowboys' game after that -- Oct. 8, in Philadelphia, against the team that dumped him midway through last season only months after he helped them nearly win the Super Bowl.

Owens was seen laughing and joking on the practice field Tuesday morning. He chatted briefly with reporters in the locker room in the afternoon and seemed fine. A 2-inch scar on the top of his hand was puffy but not wrapped, and he said the swelling was doing down.

While in the locker room, he took a pill from a white paper bag and looked at another medicine bottle that was in the bag. He also called a business partner about a towel-wrap venture they're starting and joked to TV cameras that he wasn't talking until Wednesday and it was only Tuesday.

"My little boy knows better than that," he said, laughing, as he plopped onto a sofa in the middle of the locker room.

Also Tuesday, Owens was involved in launching a national campaign for the National Alliance to End Abuse, an organization aimed at helping at-risk youngsters. He appeared at a high school Tuesday morning and was scheduled to visit others but had to cancel because of changes in the team's practice schedule.

Owens has played two games for the Cowboys, catching nine passes for 99 yards and a touchdown.

Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2604395

[Now_Im_Not_Banned]

Just saw this on Yahoo...LOL. I doubt he tried killing himself, dudes just an attention whore... if someone wants to kill themselves, it's not really as difficult a task as people make it seem...PeACe

[MANBEARPIG.]

HAHAHAH
i cant help but to find this funny,  fucker is rich beyond any of our comprehension, how dare he be depressed!

[MontrealCity's Most]

HAHAHAH
i cant help but to find this funny,  fucker is rich beyond any of our comprehension, how dare he be depressed!

youre a moron.

['DsR']

I doubt he tried killing himself, dudes just an attention whore...

[GangstaBoogy]

yeah I don't believe this either.

[PLANT]

yeah I don't believe this either.

Its the cops and reporters who blew this shit outa sorts...He had an allergic reaction to the pain killers and suppliments he was taking.  Today he already denied a suicide attempt, said he has never been or told anyone he was depressed, and said he was going to practice tomorrow, and play sunday.

[WestCoasta]

waaaa cry me a river

I don't feel sorry for people who try to kill themselves

especially when they got the world by the balls

[NiCc_FrUm_ThA_nO]

He didn't try to commit suicide.

[Now_Im_Not_Banned]

LOL. Did you guys not hear the story from the person who was with him? They told him he was ODing, at which point he shoved 2 more pills in his mouth, as they supposedly tried prying them out...Attention whore.

[WestCoasta]

^^^ and somebody asked him if he was trying to harm himself and he say "yes"

[Sikotic™]

I doubt it. He's probably addicted to them, and took too many.

["THE" MoSav]

Just saw this on Yahoo...LOL. I doubt he tried killing himself, dudes just an attention whore... if someone wants to kill themselves, it's not really as difficult a task as people make it seem...PeACe

I know and what about the people that fail to kill themselves, thats just something else they 'fail at'..

[DAYUM]

TO is the shit...
he didnt try to commit suicide he mixed hydrocodone with vicadin and it fucked him up...
but when the cops and doctor were talking to him he said replied "yes" when they asked if he tried to harm himself
but now he says he was just too faded and doesnt remember really talking to the doctor
give the nigga a break

[WestCoasta]

^^^ haha