Heather Locklear Hospitalized for Possible Overdose Hours After Leaving Jail

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Former Melrose Place actress Heather Locklear continues to make headlines for her health.

On Monday, Locklear was hospitalized just hours after being released from jail for an alleged attack on a police officer and an EMT, People confirms. TMZ first reported the news. 

According to People, paramedics and Ventura County Sheriffs were called to Locklear’s Thousand Oaks, California on Monday to treat a possible overdose. A Sheriff’s Office spokesman told People a patient at the home was taken to Las Robles Hospital & Medical Center, though he did identify the patient by name.

Locklear, 56, has had several recent run-ins with authorities after threatening suicide earlier this month. Below, a timeline of everything we know so far.

The Alleged Attack on a Police Officer and an EMT: June 25, 2018

According to TMZ, a family member called 911 on Sunday, when she was “heavily intoxicated” and reportedly punched a police officer and kicked an EMT. After being taken to a hospital and then to jail, she was held on $20,000 bail and booked for two counts of misdemeanor battery. She was released Monday morning after posting a bail bond. According to People, she looked “disheveled.”

The Suicide Threat and Psychological Evaluation: June 18, 2018

On June 18, TMZ reported that Locklear was transported to a hospital for a psychological evaluation after a family member called the police to say she was threatening to kill herself. She was reportedly “agitated and violent,” and the caller reported she was searching for a gun.

Previous Arrests: March 2008-April 2018

In February, Locklear was arrested on suspicion of felony domestic battery and three counts of battery on a police officer. According to TMZ, her brother called 911 after he saw Locklear and her boyfriend fighting. People reports that she threatened officers and said she would “shoot them if they ever came to her house again.”

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She was charged with domestic abuse in March after being accused of hitting her boyfriend, though those charges were later dropped. In April, Locklear’s attorneys Blair Berk and William Haney plead not guilty to battery on a police officer on her behalf because she was in rehab after seeking treatment for addiction.

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In March 2008, Locklear’s doctor called 911 saying she was suicidal, and she later sought psychological help at a facility in Arizona, according to People. That November, she was charged with driving under the influence of drugs and later went into a rehab program. Additionally, Locklear was hospitalized in 2012 after a 911 call reported she mixed drugs and alcohol.

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