Perez Hilton was treated for an overdose directly afterlivestreaming acts of self-harm on TikTok, according to a police report obtained by People. The incident report conducted by the Miami-Dade County Sheriff’s Office provides more details regarding
the incident that occurred last week.
On Aug. 4, authorities arrived at Hilton’s home after his sister, Barbara Lavandeira, witnessed Hilton committing acts of self-harm at his home and “covered in blood” inside his bathroom. Following the discovery, Lavandeira fled the home with the blogger’s three children and entered her vehicle. At this point, Hilton had also exited the home “unclothed” and “covered in blood” and began “banging on the vehicle’s driver window,” as Lavandeira described to police.
When officers arrived on scene, Hilton was back inside his home with the front door locked. Eventually, the officers entered the home alongside “some of Hilton’s family members.” It was then that a fire rescue team “began treatment on scene for multiple lacerations and an overdose” before the blogger was hospitalized.
Since the incident, Hilton has been hospitalized under the Florida Baker’s Act, which allows authorities to involuntarily admit and hold an individual if they may be at risk of serious bodily harm to themselves or others. On Aug. 9, Hilton’s family provided an update via his official website that said that the blogger was in “serious but stable” condition after “[he] experienced significant blood loss and sustained additional injuries that will require surgery in the coming days.”
According to the police report, Lavandeira said that her brother has been “suicidal” the week prior to the livestream and that he had been taken to get treatment by the family that same week. In an interview with Page Six, she provided more details on Hilton’s state of mind. “He told us that a few days earlier he had felt empty, hopeless and like he was a burdenon everyone,” Lavandeira said. She also clarified that she and her mother, Teresa Lavandeira, were not trying to seek permanent custody of Hilton’s three children. “We are seeking a temporary legal arrangement so our mother can make the necessary decisions for them while Mario receives treatment and recovers,” she said.
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