Model Noemie Lenoir Recovering From Apparent Suicide Attempt
Model Noemie Lenoir. Photo: Getty Images
One of the world's top models has had a serious health scare, the Daily Mail reports.
According to reports, 30-year-old model Noemie Lenoir -- who has appeared in the Marks & Spencer ads alongside Twiggy as well as campaigns for L'Oreal, Next, Gap and Victoria's Secret -- appears to have attempted suicide while in Paris.
"We're very sorry to hear this and wish Noemie a very speedy recovery," a spokesman for Marks & Spencer told the souce.
"Our thoughts are with her and her family at this difficult time."
The French-born beauty -- who starred in "Rush Hour 3" -- allegedly took a dangerous mixture of alcohol and drugs and was found unconscious in a forest in La Celle-Saint-Cloud, near the home of her on-off boyfriend, footballer Claude Makelele, the paper reports.
Makelele, who is also the father of Lenoir's five-year-old son, is said to have called an ambulance after finding her passed out in his home, police sources tell the Daily Mail.
Lenoir reportedly then came to and called off the ambulance, but took off and was allegedly found unconscious hours later by a passerby on Sunday afternoon.
"After coming to, Noemie was in a state of great distress and clearly very ill," a source close to the model reportedly told the paper.
"She had clearly attempted to harm herself and had fallen unconscious.
"She was rushed to a nearby hospital and treated for the effects of poisoning. It seems that she may have tried to commit suicide as a cry for help. She's now in a far better condition and recovering."
The paper confirmed the report with a police spokesman, who said, "A young woman age 30 was found unconscious in La Celle-Saint-Cloud on Sunday afternoon.
"She was rushed to hospital for treatment for the effects of an overdose. She is now recovering well."
Sources speculate to the Daily Mail that Lenoir was upset over new boyfriend Carl Hirschmann, a Swiss millionaire who is reportedly facing charges in a sex, extortion and blackmail scandal.
"Noemie is extremely worried about Carl and has been suffering extreme angst," a "highly placed source in Paris" told the paper.
"Her relationship with Claude Makelele is important to her, but only because he is the father of her child. The real love of her life at the moment is Carl."
Stay tuned for more details as the story unfolds. We wish Noemie a speedy recovery.






L, 5-12-2010, 3:10PM
suicide is "a serious health scare"?
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