T.O.'s O.D.
Though there will never be any way to verify this, I'd bet the farm that there was nothing accidental about Terrell Owens' overdose.
Owens obviously has very serious emotional problems that are exacerbated by the spotlight and the way he is portrayed in sports media, which, while understandable and predictable, is generally not fair. His press conference explaining the situation with his publicist had cover-up written all over it, and something doesn't smell right about the change of mind of the Dallas P.D. regarding the nature of the incident.
Bottom line -- guys like T.O. don't just mix up their pills, even if they are "out of it" after a long day of practice and some pain medication. T.O. is no stranger to long days of practice and pain medication. It just doesn't add up.
What does add up is that T.O. obviously has severe depression and self-image issues stemming from his troubled childhood. It is no secret that T.O. is emotionally unstable...we just didn't know the extent. This explains his obnoxious, attention-grabbing behavior that he clearly cannot control and which has cost him millions of dollars of endorsement money throughout his career, not to mention costing him a bundle in terms of his sallary generally. (He is still paid far less than a WR of his talent level is worth because he is such a huge liability off the field).
His publicist implied that T.O. can't possibly be depressed because he is rich. Apparently she doesn't know many rich people. T.O. implied that if he had really taken the balance of his pain medication, he wouldn't be alive. That's also ridiculous...people O.D. on pills trying to kill themselves all the time, and many of them are saved. None of the excuses or explanations offered by T.O. and his people made sense. The initial police report, however, made perfect sense.
If T.O. really wanted to prove that this was not an O.D., he would release the medical records of the event and show that his stomach was not pumped. Or, maybe he would have showed up at the press conference with the vial of pills to show that he hadn't taken all of them. At this point, the only evidence we have is T.O.'s word.
T.O. swears that (1) he didn't try to kill himself, and (2) he remembers nothing about the incident. It doesn't take a genius to realize that those two assertions are entirely inconsistent. Hopefully, T.O. won't let fear of public embarassment or financial interests get in the way of seeking psychological help.
Owens obviously has very serious emotional problems that are exacerbated by the spotlight and the way he is portrayed in sports media, which, while understandable and predictable, is generally not fair. His press conference explaining the situation with his publicist had cover-up written all over it, and something doesn't smell right about the change of mind of the Dallas P.D. regarding the nature of the incident.
Bottom line -- guys like T.O. don't just mix up their pills, even if they are "out of it" after a long day of practice and some pain medication. T.O. is no stranger to long days of practice and pain medication. It just doesn't add up.
What does add up is that T.O. obviously has severe depression and self-image issues stemming from his troubled childhood. It is no secret that T.O. is emotionally unstable...we just didn't know the extent. This explains his obnoxious, attention-grabbing behavior that he clearly cannot control and which has cost him millions of dollars of endorsement money throughout his career, not to mention costing him a bundle in terms of his sallary generally. (He is still paid far less than a WR of his talent level is worth because he is such a huge liability off the field).
His publicist implied that T.O. can't possibly be depressed because he is rich. Apparently she doesn't know many rich people. T.O. implied that if he had really taken the balance of his pain medication, he wouldn't be alive. That's also ridiculous...people O.D. on pills trying to kill themselves all the time, and many of them are saved. None of the excuses or explanations offered by T.O. and his people made sense. The initial police report, however, made perfect sense.
If T.O. really wanted to prove that this was not an O.D., he would release the medical records of the event and show that his stomach was not pumped. Or, maybe he would have showed up at the press conference with the vial of pills to show that he hadn't taken all of them. At this point, the only evidence we have is T.O.'s word.
T.O. swears that (1) he didn't try to kill himself, and (2) he remembers nothing about the incident. It doesn't take a genius to realize that those two assertions are entirely inconsistent. Hopefully, T.O. won't let fear of public embarassment or financial interests get in the way of seeking psychological help.
posted by AdmiralLando at 10:41 PM
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