EXCLUSIVE: David Hasselhoff Under Psych Hold in Hospital

Posted on Nov 29, 2009 @ 01:55PM

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David Hasselhoff is under an involuntary psychiatric hold in Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, RadarOnline.com has learned exclusively.

Hasselhoff: The Drunken Coverup Exposed

Hasselhoff was taken by ambulance to the hospital on Friday, as RadarOnline.com reported exclusively.

We have now confirmed that The Hoff had once again been drinking a large amount of alcohol before his hospitalization.

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He was picked up under the California Welfare and Institutions Code 5150 that allows authorities to take into custody persons they believe may be a danger to themselves or others, are gravely disabled or suffer from a mental disorder. Cedars-Sinai doctors agreed he needed to be admitted, and under Code 5151, hold him for up to 72 hours for a psychiatric evaluation.

Hasselhoff Rushed to Hospital With Alcohol Poisoning

Hasselhoff has been battling alcoholism for years and has been hospitalized at least five times with alcohol poisoning.

He returned from Canada on Wednesday and saw a doctor. He had been drinking before that and also resumed drinking afterward. His several-day booze bender resulted in a seizure and transport to the hospital via ambulance Friday.

Expert Warns: Hasselhoff Will Die If He Does Not Stop Drinking

Now people close to him want to place him in a lock-down rehab facility to treat his alcoholism, RadarOnline.com has learned exclusively.

Drunken Hasselhoff Decks Doctor

Hasselhoff and his pr and legal team have consistently covered for him, denying reports that he was previously hospitalized for alcohol poisoning. But this time things are so severe that for a while he was disoriented and didn't recognize people he knew.

WENN

Comments

TMZ has a post that Hoff's ex wife just got a DUI last night, over twice the legal limit, a 15 grand bail and due in court on Christmas Eve. (ROL has a post too but TMZ's says more.) Those poor kids!

by Funnin Around
Posted Sun, 11/29/2009 - 6:07pm

The youngest "kid" is almost 18 -

by JonKateSuck
Posted Sun, 11/29/2009 - 6:45pm

His nine lives are almost up! He has bottomed out so many times, how can you forget the famous hamburger tape! He needs to want his sobriety, not everybody else!

by Janice Soprano
Posted Sun, 11/29/2009 - 5:45pm

He seems like a person who is so troubled by aging that he drinks to escape the reality of getting old. How sad for him. The "old" years can be fun if you quit worrying about your looks!

by notofthisworld
Posted Sun, 11/29/2009 - 4:23pm

It amazes me that Alchohol is legal and Pot is not........... Never seen anyone need rehab for pot, this guy is about to die of Alchohol and the government says hey it's ok go down to you local pub and get some more just stay away from the weed.

by khly
Posted Sun, 11/29/2009 - 4:07pm

I really hope that he can be held in a lock down rehab ward until he's off the booze but who's to say that he won't go right back to it when he's free? I really hope he gets his act together because he has two teens who need him - sober.

by amagod121
Posted Sun, 11/29/2009 - 3:51pm

Headline: Hasselhoff Dead: Millions assemble outside home

by Jack Meyhoffer
Posted Sun, 11/29/2009 - 3:41pm

Hasselhoff dead?!! What a terrible setback that would be for German music fans...

by Jack Meyhoffer
Posted Sun, 11/29/2009 - 3:38pm

Seriously, all kidding aside, this is a very tragic situation for ANYbody, especailly for someone the seems to have all the comforts of life & is STILL not content with themselves...I pity him.

by Seriously
Posted Sun, 11/29/2009 - 2:59pm

earlybird: Normally I would agree but he hit rock bottom a long time ago. He is way beyond that now. He needs lockdown for 6 months to even recover a little. He has done so much damage to his mind, his liver etc. He is closer to death then life.

by shoot1
Posted Sun, 11/29/2009 - 2:53pm