The investigation into claims made by Hollywood actress Tara Reid that she was secretly drugged when at a hotel bar in Illinois in November has been closed.
Rosemont Police Department told TMZ on Wednesday that there was just not enough evidence to move forward as the American Pie star did not have a chemical test after being rushed to a hospital.
The police have not said that her claims are false, they are just relaying they do not have enough to go on. Also, now new evidence has been presented, which has caused a dead end.
The 50-year-old claimed her drink was spiked and that is why she could barely walk when at the hotel bar.
Daily Mail has reached out to reps for the actress for comment.
The investigation into claims made by Hollywood actress Tara Reid that she was drugged when at a hotel bar in Illinois in November has been closed. Seen in November in West Hollywood
The 50-year-old actress had alleged she was drugged by a stranger after having just one drink at a hotel in Rosemont, near Chicago, on November 23, before being taken out on a stretcher and brought to hospital
‘We are not saying that [Tara’s] claims are false, however at this time we do not have evidence to support it and there is nothing further on our end to investigate. Should additional evidence of a crime be brought forward, we will reopen the case and investigate accordingly,’ the police department told the site.
Last week Reid said she feels ‘judged and bullied’ after police said there is no evidence her drink was drugged.
The actress had alleged she was drugged by a stranger after having just one drink at a hotel in Rosemont, near the O’Hare airport in Chicago, on November 23, before being taken out on a stretcher and brought to hospital after an employee called 911.
But police have insisted there is no video evidence of anyone ‘tampering with or adding something to [Reid’s] drink’.
Tara told Us Weekly: ‘I’ve been honest about the fact that I don’t remember anything after my first drink. All I said was that I felt something was wrong and that I felt I may have been drugged, because I have no other explanation for why I woke up in a hospital gown with no memory of how I got there.
‘Seeing the media twist my words and attack me for not remembering has been incredibly painful and is severely affecting my mental health.
‘I feel bullied and judged for something I cannot recall. I’m trying to heal, but the public scrutiny is making that very difficult, and I’ve been afraid to even leave my house.
‘No one ends up in the hospital for around eleven hours from drinking wine alone. I hadn’t taken any medication that day, and I know something wasn’t right.
Inside the hotel where Reid had her incident
Rosemont Police Department told TMZ on Wednesday that there was just not enough evidence to move forward as the American Pie star did not have a chemical test after being rushed to a hospital. The police have not said that her claims are false, they are just pointing on they do not have enough to go on; seen in July 2024
‘Whether I had additional drinks after that doesn’t matter, the fact is I don’t remember anything.’
Tara went on to ask for ‘privacy, compassion and space to heal’. She added: ‘I’ve shared the only truth I have, what I remember, and what I felt.’
In footage obtained by TMZ from the night, Reid was speaking incoherently and seemed to slip off a wheelchair in the lobby, and was helped back into the chair, before paramedics led her away on a stretcher.
In a police report filed at the time, Reid said she was in the lobby with ‘a bunch of’ YouTubers, and ‘the whole thing felt suspicious’ as most of them had ‘their phones out’.
In the report, she alleged that after stepping outside with one of the men, she returned to find ‘a napkin over my drink’.
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She told officers: ‘Then the last thing I remember was drinking that drink and seeing a couple sitting next to us.
‘The next thing I remember was waking up in the hospital around eight hours or more later not knowing where I was or anything that happened. I completely blacked out with no recollection of anything.’
The Rosemont Public Safety Department previously told Daily Mail that surveillance footage didn’t ‘show anyone tampering with or adding something to [Reid’s] drink’.
They did confirm ‘that a bartender covered her drink when she left the bar which is standard practice for bartenders to do’.
The authorities added: ‘At this time there is no criminal act that has been committed and there is no one we are currently investigating’.
