Tara Reid has resurfaced publicly for the first time since the investigation into claims her drink was spiked at a hotel bar was closed three months ago.
On November 23, 2025, the American Pie star, 50, alleged she was drugged by a stranger after having just one drink at a hotel in Rosemont, near the O’Hare airport in Chicago, Illinois.
She was taken out on a stretcher and brought to the hospital after a hotel employee called 911, which was captured in a now-viral video.
The harrowing ordeal made global headlines but three weeks later the Rosemont Police Department announced they were closing the investigation.
The police did not say that Reid’s claims were false but that they did not have enough evidence to move forward.
On Monday, Reid, who spoke exclusively with the Daily Mail about the incident in December, looked in high spirits as she stepped out in Los Angeles.
Tara Reid has resurfaced publicly for the first time since the investigation into claims she was secretly drugged at a hotel bar was closed three months ago
The actress was joined by her musician friend Tina Win.
Reid flashed a wide smile as she and her pal arrived at a restaurant, where they dined outdoors.
She was dressed in a pink and gold satin zip-up jacket, which she styled with distressed skinny jeans and pink high top sneakers with silver studs.
She had her signature bleached blonde hair and she wore a full face of makeup.
On December 17, 2025, the Rosemont Police Department released a statement to TMZ confirming that they would be closing an investigation into Reid’s drink-spiking allegations.
‘We are not saying that [Reid’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.
Earlier in December, Reid said she felt ‘judged and bullied’ after police insisted there was no video evidence of anyone ‘tampering with or adding something to [Reid’s] drink’ at the hotel.
Reid 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.
On Monday, Reid, who spoke exclusively with the Daily Mail about the incident , looked jovial as she stepped out in Los Angeles with her musician friend Tina Win
The actress flashed a wide smile as she and her pal arrived at a restaurant, where they dined outdoors
‘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.
‘Whether I had additional drinks after that doesn’t matter, the fact is I don’t remember anything.’
Reid 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’.
Reid told officers: ‘Then the last thing I remember was drinking that drink and seeing a couple sitting next to us.
On November 23, 2025, the American Pie star, 50, alleged she was drugged by a stranger after having just one drink at a hotel in Rosemont, near the O’Hare airport in Chicago
Inside the hotel where Reid had her incident
The police did not say that Reid’s claims were false but that they did not have ‘enough evidence’ to move forward; Reid seen in November 2025
Reid is known for her roles in major films like The Big Lebowski and American Pie; American Pie stars Eddie Kaye Thomas, Alyson Hannigan, Chris Klein, Seann William Scott, Jason Biggs, Mena Suvari, Natasha Lyonne, Reid and Thomas Ian Nicholas pictured
‘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 the 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’.
