Tara Reid claims she was drugged while drinking at hotel bar: ‘It knocked me out’
Tara Reid attends the Entertainment Weekly Comic-Con Celebration on day three of Comic-Con International on Saturday, July 21, 2018, in San Diego. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)
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Tara Reid contacted police after she said she was drugged with something that “knocked me out” while at a Chicago bar over the weekend.
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Tara Reid, Sharknado lead actress on “Sharknado: The 4th Awakens” red carpet at Stratosphere Hotel Casino Tower. Sunday, July 31, 2016. [Glenn Pinkerton/Las Vegas News Bureau]
Tara Reid’s rep, Jane Owen, told Entertainment Weekly, “Tara Reid has filed a police report after an incident in which she believes her drink was tampered with. She is cooperating fully with the investigation. Tara is recovering and asks for privacy during this traumatic time. She also urges everyone to be careful, watch your drinks and never leave them unattended, as this can happen to anyone. She will not be making further comments at this stage.”
The ”American Pie” actress has struggled with substance abuse in the past, and shared her story with TMZ about what happened at the Chicago bar over the weekend.
LAS VEGAS, NV – AUGUST 06: Actress Tara Reid attends the premiere of “Sharknado 5: Global Swarming” at The LINQ Hotel & Casino on August 6, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images for Caesars Entertainment )
“So I got the hotel. I checked in, and then I went downstairs to have a drink and have a cigarette, and I got my drink. I left it on the bar, and I went outside to smoke a cigarette,” said Reid, who estimated she was at the bar a total of 30 minutes, beginning about 10:30 p.m. “And there was a bunch of YouTubers there in the lobby — like, everywhere. And they were videotaping stuff, and it was just weird. I went back to the bar, and my drink was covered up with a napkin. I thought that was weird, because I didn’t put that over my drink.”
After taking sips from her drink, she recalls something strange happening.
Reid continued, “Without even finishing my drink, I just passed out. Before I knew it, I was in the hospital eight hours later.”
The “Sharknado” alum told TMZ that the hospital told her she had been drugged, but she didn’t ask specifically which drug.
Tara Reid attends the Entertainment Weekly Comic-Con Celebration on day three of Comic-Con International on Saturday, July 21, 2018, in San Diego. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)
“It was all kind of vague,” she said. “It was all kind of blurry. I can’t even explain it, because I don’t even know what happened.”
“The whole thing is really scary,” Reid said. “I’m just glad I was in a public place, and there was security there to help me, because if this happened at not a public place, you could get raped. A lot of things could have gone really, really, really wrong. So this is a thing that everyone should be aware about. Cause I don’t know what that stuff was, but whatever it is knocked me out.”
NBAers Chauncey Billups, ‘Scary Terry’ Rozier arrested in major gambling bust involving 4 Mafia families, LA Lakers and LeBron James
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Three NBA stars, including Hall of Famer Chauncey Billups, have been charged in a pair of sweeping and “historic” federal gambling busts — one of which allegedly implicates four of the five Mafia families, and the other involves bets placed on LeBron James and four NBA teams.
The mob is accused of paying Billups and former NBA player Damon Jones, 49, to act as “face cards” to attract high rollers to big-money poker games that were fixed using sophisticated cheating tech, including rigged X-ray card tables, card shufflers and special glasses and contact lenses, according to an indictment unsealed Thursday in Brooklyn federal court.
The indictment named a slew of mob associates who have previously made headlines — including Thomas “Tommy Juice” Gelardo, who allegedly collected gambling debts with threats and intimidation, and Nicholas “Fat Nick” Minucci, a Gambino associate who was convicted of beating a black kid with a baseball bat while shouting the N-word in 2005.
The other indictment involves an illegal sports gambling ring that placed bets on games using insider information about the Los Angeles Lakers, Toronto Raptors, Charlotte Hornets and Portland Trail Blazers and their players.
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While Billups is not charged in the second indictment, he appears to be identified as “Co-Conspirator 8” in that case for allegedly leaking secret information to gamblers that the Portland Trail Blazers were planning to tank a March 24, 2023, game against the Chicago Bulls – a tip-off that netted the bettors big winnings, the court papers claim.
Billups, who made $106 million as a player and earned $4.7 million coaching the Blazers, was arrested in Oregon Thursday morning — the night after coaching his team’s season opener.
Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier, aka “Scary Terry,” and ex-Cleveland Cavaliers player Jones were both charged with allegedly doling out insider info on teams and players for bets on games, US Attorney for the Eastern District of New York Joseph Nocella said
Multiple people arrested in Michigan over Halloween weekend attack plot, Patel says
Nation Updated on Oct 31, 2025 7:14 PM EST — Published on Oct 31, 2025 10:56 AM EST
DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — Multiple people who had been allegedly plotting a violent attack over the Halloween weekend were arrested Friday in Michigan, FBI Director Kash Patel said in a social media post.
The law enforcement effort was focused on suburban Detroit. Patel said more information would be released later.
Investigators believe the plot was inspired by Islamic State extremism and are investigating whether those in custody were potentially radicalized online, according to two people briefed on the investigation who could not publicly discuss details. They spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity.
FBI and state police vehicles were in a neighborhood near Fordson High School in Dearborn. People wearing shirts marked FBI walked in and out of a house, including one person who collected paper bags and other items from an evidence truck.
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Police in Inkster, another suburb, said FBI personnel were at a storage facility there.
“There is no current threat to public safety,” said Jordan Hall, an FBI spokesperson in Detroit, who declined further comment.
The investigation involved discussion in an online chatroom involving at least some of the suspects who were taken into custody, people familiar with the investigation told AP. The group had discussed carrying out an attack around Halloween, referring to “pumpkin day,” according to one of the people. The other person briefed on the investigation confirmed that there had been a “pumpkin” reference.
It wasn’t immediately clear if the group had the means to carry out an attack, but the reference to Halloween prompted the FBI to make arrests Friday, one of the people said.
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said on X that she was briefed by Patel. She said she was grateful for “swift action” but offered no details.
Residents in the Dearborn neighborhood watched as investigators worked at the house.
“It’s really scary because we have a lot of relatives around this neighborhood,” said Fatima Saleh, who was next door.
Separately, in May, the FBI said it arrested a man who had spent months planning an attack against a U.S. Army site in suburban Detroit on behalf of the Islamic State group. The man, Ammar Said, didn’t know that his supposed allies in the alleged plot were undercover FBI employees.
Said remains in custody, charged with attempting to provide support to a terrorist organization. The criminal complaint was replaced in September with a criminal “information” document, signaling that a plea agreement could be possible in the months ahead.
Associated Press writers Mike Balsamo, Sarah Brumfield and Alanna Durkin Richer in Washington, and Ed White in Detroit contributed to this report.
