A North Carolina police report reveals that American Idol winner Fantasia Barrino attempted to commit suicide by taking an overdose of sleeping tablets and aspirin. The 26-year-old was taken to hospital after she was found slumped in her closet at home in North Carolina on Monday night.
Fantasia’s father, Joseph Barrino, spoke about his daughter’s overdose from his home in Greensboro, North Carolina. “She’s doing fine,” he told Radaronline. Fantasia’s spokesman, who called police, said: “She was dehydrated and exhausted at the time. Fantasia is stable now. She will be released from the hospital soon.”
The overdose came after the performer was named in a divorce petition following an 11-month relationship with a married man.
Paula Cook alleged that Fantasia’s relationship with her husband Antwaun ended her marriage, claiming she had intimate video footage of the two together. Fantasia denied parts of Cook’s allegations, saying she was not responsible for ending the marriage.
After photos emerged of her with Cook, her spokesman Brian Dickens said Fantasia was “heartbroken and is sorry for any pain she may have caused”. Speaking after her overdose he said she was “overwhelmed with the lawsuit and the media attention”.
In a statement he added: “Fantasia has always been an open book. Honesty, self-respect, and personal responsibility are values she wears proudly. She believed Mr Cook when he told her he was not happy in his marriage and his heart was not in it. She believed him when he told her he and Mrs Cook separated in the late summer of 2009. She believed Mr Cook when he told her he lived elsewhere.” Fantasia was the winner of the third season of American Idol, she went on to win eight Grammy Awards and her third album, Back To Me, was released last month.
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