Jonathan Rhys Meyers’ suicide bid denied

You might have seen stories in the less fabulous blogs that ‘Tudors’ star Jonathan Rhys Meyers attempted suicide this week. Well, a close friend says they’re all wrong.

Reports said the 33-year old was found ‘slumped on the floor,’ by paramedics late Tuesday. The medics thought he’d swallowed some pills but he refused treatment so they called the Police.

And the boys in blue gave the press a great quote:

“Officers were called by London Ambulance Service following reports of a man refusing treatment,” a Scotland Yard spokesman confirmed. “The man was taken to hospital.”

Jonathan then spent a few hours in hospital for observation and tests and was later released. At least, that’s the story. But a friend says it’s wrong:

“It was not a suicide attempt,” says the pal. “He had a relapse and was hospitalized for that, but was released.”

The friend says Jon was just weak after a short stay in rehab. And records show it was his fifth.

His first try at sobriety was at California’s ‘Promises Center’ in 2005. It didn’t work – In ‘07 he was arrested in Dublin for disturbing the peace, but the charges were dropped. In June of ’09 he was arrested again after a fight at France’s Charles de Gaulle airport, and he’s banned from United Airlines for life after another flare-up at JFK airport in May 2010.

The troubled actor only completed his last trip to rehab a month ago, which might explain the chance of a relapse. But this all seems too strange.

Was it a relapse, or perhaps something darker? — Let’s hear your call on this news….

Source: PopEater