For nearly two weeks, Tara Reid’s shocking claim—that she was drugged at a Chicago-area hotel bar and left incapacitated for hours—has dominated tabloids, fueled online sympathy, and revived old fears about predators targeting women in nightlife settings.

But newly released 911 audio, surveillance footage, and statements from police have thrown her entire account into doubt, raising unsettling questions about what really happened that night, and whether Reid’s own past is now working against her.

The 911 Call: Panic, Slurred Words, and a Star Who Couldn’t Sit Upright

The recording obtained by DailyMail.com begins not with Reid’s voice, but with panic.

A female hotel employee, her voice tight and urgent, tells the dispatcher that a “celebrity guest” is “really inebriated” and physically unable to hold herself upright in a wheelchair. Behind her, Reid can be heard slurring, moaning, and mumbling unintelligibly—unable to answer even when the worker repeatedly shouts, “Ms. Reid! Ms. Reid!”

The caller insists Reid isn’t vomiting blood or struggling to breathe, but fears she could collapse and hit her head if staff leave her unattended.

Another dispatch record shows EMTs later describing the actress as “the intoxicated female” found “laying on the floor of the hallway,” barely responsive.

It is chaos. And yet, in that chaos, police say they found zero evidence of a drink-spiking crime.

Police: “No footage shows anyone tampering with her drink.”

In a development that blindsided both fans and the actress herself, Rosemont Police announced this week that:

• They found no signs anyone drugged Reid’s wine

• Surveillance video shows no tampering

• A bartender covered her drink when she stepped away

• No suspects are being investigated

• Police are still waiting for hospital tox screens, if any were performed

According to their statement, officers reviewed hours of footage from the DoubleTree Hotel bar and interviewed multiple employees. Their conclusion was blunt:

“At no time did video show anyone adding anything to her drink.”

For Reid—who has insisted over and over that she remembers having one drink, then waking up eight hours later in a hospital bed—this finding was devastating.

Tara Doubles Down: “Something happened to me. I know it.”

Speaking exclusively to the Daily Mail after police rejected her claims, Reid did not back away.

“Bottom line is no one ends up in the hospital incapacitated for eight hours after one drink. Something happened to me.”

She admits she remembers nothing after stepping away from the bar.

“I woke up in the hospital terrified. I felt helpless. I can’t sleep over this.”

Friends say she is “highly disappointed” and “still convinced something was done to her.”
But others quietly worry that the controversy is already damaging her ability to book new projects.

A Hollywood Career Filled With Highs, Lows… and Public Scrutiny

It’s impossible to separate Reid from her history—something that complicates how the public interprets her latest ordeal.

A former child actor, she rocketed to fame in the late 1990s and early 2000s with hits like American Pie, Urban Legend, Josie and the Pussycats, and Van Wilder.
She later found cult resurgence in the Sharknado franchise.

But Reid’s personal struggles have long shared the spotlight with her professional life.
In 2008 she entered Promises Malibu for substance issues, later saying:

“Rehab saved my life.”

Her past, fair or not, now shadows the current investigation.

A Case Built on Fear, Memory Gaps… and Conflicting Evidence

Reid’s insistence that she was drugged has struck a chord with countless women who share her fear of losing control in a public place.
But police say they must follow evidence, not instinct.

And so far, the evidence leans heavily away from criminal activity.

• No video of tampering

• No witnesses

• No suspicious individuals

• No known substances identified (yet)

• Bartender acted responsibly

At the same time, Reid’s symptoms—confusion, collapse, inability to speak—can be consistent with involuntary intoxication or extreme inebriation.

Until toxicology reports become available, the exact cause remains unknown.

“She wants to lay low until this settles.”

A source close to the actress says the fallout has already begun:

“It’s affecting future jobs. She wants to stay quiet until things settle. And she is adamant she does NOT have a substance problem.”

Whether the industry believes that—or whether the final toxicology report does—may determine how Tara Reid’s next chapter is written.

For now, the story sits in limbo: a frightened actress, a night she cannot remember, a 911 call full of chaos, and a police department publicly contradicting her every claim.

Somewhere inside those contradictions lies the truth.

And until the final medical report emerges, no one—not Tara, not police, not the public—can say for certain what happened on that November night in Rosemont.