Reports: Isiah Thomas in OD drama at NY home

[CatWoman]

Embattled former New York Knicks coach Isiah Thomas was at the center of reports about a drug overdose at his $4 million suburban New York home early Friday morning.

Police said a 47-year-old man was taken to the hospital and treated for an accidental overdose of sleeping pills at Thomas' home.


Harrison Police Chief David Hall told the New York Daily News that the victim had consumed about 10 Lunesta sleeping pills.

"He was unconscious, but breathing on his own," Hall said.

The Associated Press quoted Hall as saying it was not a suicide attempt: "We're classifying it as an accidental overdose of prescription sleeping pills."

The AP also said Hall refused to provide the victim's identity. "I'm not going to confirm or deny that it was Isiah Thomas," Hall said. "It was an individual at his home."

But The New York Post and WCBS-TV in New York reported that the man taken to the hospital was Thomas. According to The Post, Harrison police said Thomas was taken to White Plains Hospital Center after police and an ambulance were summoned to his Purchase, N.Y., home after midnight following a 911 call.

http://msn.foxsports.com/nba/story/8715316?MSNHPHCP>1=39002

[El Supremo]

1. Wow! n/m

[MaineDem]

2. I heard on NY radio that Thomas said it was his daughter

But in any case, why is any of this information being given to the press? Doesn't HIPAA prevent this?

[Forkboy]

3. The whole team played they had taken that many Lunestas too.

:yoiks: