Tara Reid has alleged that she was drugged and left unconscious during a frightening episode in the early hours of Sunday morning.
Disturbing footage acquired by TMZ depicts the 50-year-old American Pie actress being assisted into a wheelchair before being transported to a nearby hospital on a stretcher.
The video captures Reid speaking incoherently to those aiding her, and at one point, she appears to slip from the wheelchair as security personnel navigate her through a hotel lobby.
She is then helped back into the chair before paramedics arrive to transport her on a stretcher.
Reid recounted to the outlet that the unsettling event took place at a hotel bar near Chicago, although the specific location remains undisclosed.
The Daily Mail has reached out to Reid’s representatives for comment but has not yet received a response.
Tara Reid has claimed she was drugged and left unconscious in a terrifying incident in the early hours of Sunday morning; pictured November 12
Reid claimed she checked into the hotel on late Saturday and went to the bar downstairs for a drink.
She ordered a beverage and then went outside to smoke a cigarette. As she walked through the lobby, she claims she crossed paths with a number of YouTubers, and one of them joined her outside for the smoke.
A napkin was covering Reid’s drink when she returned to the bar, she claimed – however she says she never placed the napkin atop her beverage.
Reid then says she took the napkin off the cup and proceeded to consume the beverage.
But then, the outlet writes, ‘the next thing she remembers, she was in the hospital.’
Reid has struggled with substance abuse in the past however she insisted to TMZ she only had one drink on Sunday night.
The person who recorded the video told TMZ that prior to the arrival of paramedics, Reid was screaming, ‘You don’t know who I am. I am famous. I’m an actress.’
The website notes that at the time of publication, Reid had not filed a police report.
Speaking with the publication, Reid claimed the incident happened at a hotel bar outside of Chicago – although the exact location is not currently known
Reid, pictured second R, is memorably known for her role in the high school film American Pie
In 2008 Reid sought help for substance abuse at Promise’s rehab in Malibu.
‘Rehab saved my life,’ she told In Touch in 2009. ‘Before I used to think about tomorrow and I hated it. Now I can’t wait because I am clean and sober and I am excited.’
The latest incident comes shortly after Daily Mail learned that Reid split from boyfriend of six years, 43-year-old music producer Nathan Montpetit-Howar.
The former American Pie cast member broke it off after she felt the romance had ‘run its course’ and become ‘bad for her.’
Reid has also recently split from music producer Nathan Montpetit-Howar; pictured October 2024
She attended the launch of ARTISA in Los Angeles earlier this month, with a friend telling Daily Mail: ‘She looked single and ready to mingle.’
‘Tara is not crying into her pillow at home. She is in a good place,’ the friend said.
The source added, ‘I’ve not seen her this happy in years and it really shows in her smile, the way she carries herself, her energy, everything about her is just lighter and brighter!
‘I’m so proud of her she’s getting Best Actress Awards left and right, she’s producing her own movies, she’s embracing her new energy as a woman who really knows what she wants. She’s making great decisions including becoming single and embracing it.’
It was added that the romance had not been the best in recent months.
‘I think a lot of times women get trapped in bad relationships and they just let it drag them down endlessly, that definitely happened to her but she was strong enough and loved herself enough to say Not Anymore!’ added the pal.
Reid played Vicky Lathum in the legendary teen film
‘She walked away because she knows she deserves better.’
Reid rose to fame in the late nineties, particularly for her role as Vicky Lathum in the American Pie film series.
She is also known for roles in films like The Big Lebowski, Josie & The Pussycats and the Sharknado movies.
Tara has spoken about having cosmetic surgery in the past. Back in 2004, she had a joint liposuction-breast enhancement operation which went wrong.
She previously said of the procedure: ‘I got lipo because even though I was skinny, I wanted – I’m not going to lie – a six-pack.
‘I had body contouring, but it all went wrong. My stomach became the most ripply, bulgy thing.’
Due to her naturally thin frame, she has previously faced eating disorders rumours.
‘I have no anorexia and never have,’ she told the Los Angeles Inquisitor in a past interview.
She is also known for roles in films like The Big Lebowski, Josie & The Pussycats and the Sharknado movies; pictured 2013 in Sharknado
‘And I definitely don’t have any bulimia. I’m terrified of throwing up, so that’s not gonna happen. And I love food too much.’
The star also described speculation about her weight as a form of bullying, saying: ‘So anyone that says I’m anorexic or bulimic, they’re wrong. So stop it.
‘Leave me alone. Pick on me again on something else, but not on those two things. It’s not right.’
Along with her film roles, Tara has also done reality TV. She appeared on Celebrity Big Brother UK in 2011 where she became good friends with former X Factor stars Jedward.
In 2023, she appeared on Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test, a quasi-military training series alongside the likes of Blac Chyna, Brian Austin Green and Jack Osbourne.
