Suicide Attempt

Madonna Badger Tried To Kill Herself Amid Tragic Christmas Fire


Posted on Jan 26, 2012 @ 05:30PM - 35 comments

By Amber Goodhand - Radar Reporter

The woman who lost her three children and parents in a tragic Christmas fire that destroyed her house has tried to take her own life.

Madonna Badger was hospitalized last week after a family member told the NY Daily News the mother purposely injured herself in an effort to escape the pain of losing her family.

"She is okay... She is out [of the hospital] and somewhere safe. It’s just terrible, nobody could really hold up well under the circumstances," the relative said.

Badger's Connecticut home went up in flames on December 25 after yule log embers were placed unsafely in a bag in the back mud room, taking the lives of her seven-year-old twins Grace and Sarah Badger, Lily Badger, 10, and her parents Lomer and Pauline Johnson.
Badger and her boyfriend Michael Borcina were the only survivors.

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Amber Portwood Reunited With Daughter Leah


Posted on Jun 23, 2011 @ 11:45AM - Add a comment

by Radar Staff

In the wake of her shocking suicide attempt nine days earlier, Amber Portwood had an emotional reunion with her two-year-old daughter, Leah, outside her Anderson, Ind., home on the morning of June 23, Star can report via RadarOnline.com.

In the wake of her shocking suicide attempt nine days earlier, Amber Portwood had an emotional reunion with her two-year-old daughter, Leah, outside her Anderson, Ind., home on the morning of June 23, Star can report via RadarOnline.com.

As RadarOnline.com previously reported, Amber’s baby daddy, Gary Shirley, has physical custody of Leah, and Amber is supposed to have supervised visitation with their daughter one day a week for two hours.

An eyewitness tells Star, “Maybe there was an official from Child Protective Services inside her house, but I didn’t see anyone else outside with Amber and Leah except someone who looked like an MTV cameraman!”

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Teen Mom Amber Portwood Has Custody Review; Keeps Once-A-Week Visits


Posted on Jun 22, 2011 @ 05:45PM - 4 comments

By Amber Goodhand - Radar Staff Reporter

Controversial Teen Mom star Amber Portwood will maintain supervised visits once a week with her daughter Leah, RadarOnline.com has exclusively learned.

Controversial Teen Mom star Amber Portwood will maintain supervised visits once a week with her daughter Leah, RadarOnline.com has exclusively learned.

The 21-year-old mother had a review of the custody arrangements set forth by Child Protective Services between her and baby daddy Gary Shirley on Wednesday and no changes were made, even though Portwood was released just one week prior from a 72-hour psych hold at St. Johns Hospital in Indiana after her attempted suicide.

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“There were no changes and they did not mention Amber’s suicide attempt during the hearing,” Gary’s attorney, Jeff Lockwood, told RadarOnline.com.

“If she goes into the rehab program she can be re-evaluated for custody of Leah, but CPS will have to monitor how the treatment goes.”

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‘Teen Mom’ Amber Portwood Tells Star Mag: I’m Going To Rehab


Posted on Jun 22, 2011 @ 10:40AM - 6 comments

by Radar Staff

Teen Mom Amber Portwood says she is going to rehab in an exclusive interview with Star magazine.

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“I am going to rehab for anger control issues and depression,” Amber, 21, told Star.

“I’m on medication at the moment to just help me relax. I’m in a vulnerable state right now and I know people want a lot of answers.”

Teen Mom Amber Portwood says she is going to rehab in an exclusive interview with Star magazine.

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“I am going to rehab for anger control issues and depression,” Amber, 21, told Star.

“I’m on medication at the moment to just help me relax. I’m in a vulnerable state right now and I know people want a lot of answers.”

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Teen Mom's Gary Shirley Says He's 'Pro Amber' Despite Suicide Attempt


Posted on Jun 19, 2011 @ 03:23PM - 11 comments

by Radar Staff

Teen Mom star Amber Portwood has had a rough time recently but the troubled young mom still has one person in her corner; on-again-off-again boyfriend Gary Shirley.

The reality-TV star took to his Facebook page on Saturday to speak out in support of Amber, 21, who was rushed to the hospital on Tuesday following a suicide attempt.

Teen Mom star Amber Portwood has had a rough time recently but the troubled young mom still has one person in her corner; on-again-off-again boyfriend Gary Shirley.

The reality-TV star took to his Facebook page on Saturday to speak out in support of Amber, 21, who was rushed to the hospital on Tuesday following a suicide attempt.

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"I have made threatening comments before yes...but the last time was a year ago," Gary wrote on his Facebook wall.

"I have grown since and I really realized how much it hurts a mother and I'm deeply sorry for that."

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A source close to the couple exclusively revealed to RadarOnline.com that Gary is "trying to keep his mind off stuff with Amber by filling his time with friends" and that he joined a couple buddies for drinks at a local bar on Friday night in Indiana.

"I re-watch this stuff it kills me to see things I say or do and how childish-immature I look. I'm very pro-Amber," Gary said of his baby mama.

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Amber was taken to St. John's hospital in Anderson, Indiana on Tuesday after Gary called 911 claiming the mother of his two-year-old daughter, Leah, had threatened to take her own life.

After being held at St. Johns Hospital on a 72-hour "psychiatric evaluation" Amber was released on Friday and is recovering at home.

 

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Amber Portwood Went Through Gary Shirley's iPhone -- Outraged At Messages From Other Women


Posted on Jun 15, 2011 @ 03:45PM - 8 comments

By Amber Goodhand
Radar Staff Reporter

Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned!

Teen Mom star Gary Shirley was the target of baby mama Amber Portwood’s fury last week after she found photos and messages from other women in his cell phone, RadarOnline.com has exclusively learned.

“Gary thought he lost his iPhone last week but he’d actually left it at Amber’s house,” a source close to the situation told us.

“Amber managed to crack his password and went through his phone. She found a bunch of messages from other girls and even pictures that girls had sent him!”

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EXCLUSIVE VIDEO INTERVIEW: Jersey Shore's 'J-WOWW' In Vicodin Suicide Drama


Posted on May 02, 2011 @ 06:46AM - 5 comments

Jersey Shore star Jenni  “J -WOWW"  Farley may have  tried to kill herself shortly after the premiere of the MTV hit series, a former beau tells RadarOnline.com in his very first video interview. 

A crying Farley, 25, called ex-boyfriend and former manager Tom Lippolis in the days after the show premiered in late 2009 and told him she “swallowed a bottle of pills” and  “insinuated that she tried to kill herself.”

“I rushed home,”  Lippolis tells us in this exclusive video  interview, “and talked her out of the bathroom because she locked herself in.”

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EXCLUSIVE: Fantasia Fails To Keep Reporters Out Of Courtroom After Abortion Confession


Posted on Dec 16, 2010 @ 07:20AM - 2 comments

Fantasia Barrino was not pleased when her private courtroom confession of an abortion was made public so the American Idol winner attempted to seal the next hearing but failed, RadarOnline.com is reporting exclusively .

Fantasia Barrino was not pleased when her private courtroom confession of an abortion was made public so the American Idol winner attempted to seal the next hearing but failed, RadarOnline.com is reporting exclusively .

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“Fantasia’s attorney tried to have the courtroom sealed for Tuesday’s hearing but was denied by the judge,” a source with inside information told RadarOnline.com.

The 26-year-old has been in and out of North Carolina court hearings with her married lover Antwaun Cook and his scorned wife, Paula Cook – claiming she didn’t know Antwaun was married when they started their affair.

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EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Fantasia - "I'm Doing Much Better Now"


Posted on Sep 04, 2010 @ 10:00AM - 4 comments

Fantasia is out promoting her new album, and RadarOnline.com was there with her in the pre-dawn hours Saturday for her appearance at Atlanta Live.

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"I'm doing much better now,"  she told RadarOnline.com exclusively.  "I've got my strength.  I'm OK."

Fantasia is out promoting her new album, and RadarOnline.com was there with her in the pre-dawn hours Saturday for her appearance at Atlanta Live.

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"I'm doing much better now,"  she told RadarOnline.com exclusively.  "I've got my strength.  I'm OK."

It has been just a few weeks since the controversial former American Idol champ attempted suicide following revelations she's made a sex tape with her married lover.

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Looking like she's put that sensational incident behind her, Fantasia had a listening party at Justin's restaurant Friday night and at 3:30 am Saturday, sang up a storm on Atlanta Live.

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Fantasia sang Free Yourself, Bitter Sweet and Man of the House during the Atlanta Live appearance.

She is continuing to work on a reality TV series about her roller coaster life.

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EXCLUSIVE: Fantasia Still Talking To Ex While Recovering From Suicide Attempt


Posted on Aug 13, 2010 @ 06:05AM - 3 comments

American Idol winner Fantasia Barrino has spoken with her ex-boyfriend Antwaun Cook since trying to take her own life, RadarOnline.com has exclusively learned.

Barrino - who is recovering at her North Carolina home surrounded by family and friends – spoke with Cook over the phone. The two broke up shortly before her suicide attempt on Monday night.

American Idol winner Fantasia Barrino has spoken with her ex-boyfriend Antwaun Cook since trying to take her own life, RadarOnline.com has exclusively learned.

Barrino - who is recovering at her North Carolina home surrounded by family and friends – spoke with Cook over the phone. The two broke up shortly before her suicide attempt on Monday night.

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