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From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it’s investigating the financials of Elon Musk’s pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, ‘The A Word’, which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.<\/p>\n
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Your support makes all the difference.<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nRead more<\/span><\/svg><\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nTara Reid has reflected on an incident that took place a few months ago when she claimed she was drugged in a hotel bar in Chicago. <\/p>\n
In November 2025, the American Pie<\/em> actor, 50, was seen being removed from the lobby of the DoubleTree hotel at Chicago O\u2019Hare Airport. She later claimed she had been drugged, with a representative for the actor tellingThe Independent<\/em> that she had filed a police report. <\/p>\nSpeaking to People<\/em> in an interview published Friday, Reid said that she is currently trying to \u201ckeep going\u201d after the incident. <\/p>\n\u201cIt was a very unfortunate thing that happened, but I’m just trying to get by and put it behind me because it’s just devastating in so many different ways,\u201d she said. \u201cI try not to talk about it that much and just live my life and live forward.\u201d<\/p>\n
The actor also advised people to be better about watching their drinks in public. <\/p>\n
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\u2018I’m just trying to get by and put it behind me,\u2019 Reid said of the incident (Getty Images for Jane Owen Publi)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\u201cYou got to really just check your glasses. You just don’t know. You have to not let your drink out of your hand,\u201d she said. \u201c[But] I’m fine. I’m good. Moving on. Better, bigger things ahead of me now.\u201d<\/p>\n
In a police report seen by People<\/em>, Reid claimed that she passed out after ordering a glass of wine from the hotel. According to the report, Reid said that she remembered speaking to a man who had introduced himself as a YouTuber. She also alleged that the pair swapped phone numbers shortly before she stepped out of the bar with him to smoke a cigarette.<\/p>\nReid claimed that, when she returned, a napkin had been placed over her drink.<\/p>\n
Despite a video from TMZ <\/em>showing Reid slurring her words before being pushed out of the hotel in a wheelchair at the time of the incident, the police found no evidence that she was drugged. <\/p>\n\u201cWhile video surveillance showed Tara Reid at the hotel bar, at no time did video show anyone tampering with or adding something to her drink,\u201d Rosemont Police said in a statement given to People<\/em> in December. \u201cWe can confirm that a bartender covered her drink when she left the bar which is standard practice for bartenders to do.\u201d<\/p>\nAuthorities added that they were working to obtain any chemical tests conducted by the unnamed hospital that treated her.<\/p>\n
\u201cPending those results or further information coming forward, our detectives will follow up on those leads accordingly,\u201d the statement continued. \u201cAt this time there is no criminal act that has been committed and there is no one we are currently investigating.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it’s investigating the financials of Elon Musk’s pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, ‘The A Word’, which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging. At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story. The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political spectrum. And unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock Americans out of our reporting and analysis with paywalls. We believe quality journalism should be available to everyone, paid for by those who can afford it. Your support makes all the difference. Read more Tara Reid has reflected on an incident that took place a few months ago when she claimed she was drugged in a hotel bar in Chicago. In November 2025, the American Pie actor, 50, was seen being removed from the lobby of the DoubleTree hotel at Chicago O\u2019Hare Airport. She later claimed she had been drugged, with a representative for the actor tellingThe Independent that she had filed a police report. Speaking to People in an interview published Friday, Reid said that she is currently trying to \u201ckeep going\u201d after the incident. \u201cIt was a very unfortunate thing that happened, but I’m just trying to get by and put it behind me because it’s just devastating in so many different ways,\u201d she said. \u201cI try not to talk about it that much and just live my life and live forward.\u201d The actor also advised people to be better about watching their drinks in public. \u2018I’m just trying to get by and put it behind me,\u2019 Reid said of the incident (Getty Images for Jane Owen Publi) \u201cYou got to really just check your glasses. Y…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11970,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11969"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11969"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11969\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}