NFL player Chandler Jones claims he was placed in an ambulance and admitted to a mental health facility against his will.
33 year old defensive end Las Vegas The attackers made the claim in a social media post on Monday night.
“Last week I was taken against my will to the Las Vegas Fire Department,” he said in a handwritten note. Posted to X, the platform formerly known as Twitter.
“I was injected with something and it’s pending in court and the Las Vegas police are allegedly injecting me. I didn’t do anything wrong.
“The police said people were worried about me because of my online posts.”
Jones said he was taken to Southern Hills. hospital He was in Las Vegas before transferring to Seven Hills Behavioral. health The hospital is located in Henderson, a suburb about 24 miles southeast of the city.
He claimed that in one facility he had to sleep on the floor.
Monday was reportedly the first day the player was discharged from the hospital.
Jones also slammed the Raiders and their leadership in the memo.
The defense claimed that they called the team’s general manager, Dave Ziegler, multiple times but received no response.
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The Raiders placed Jones on the team’s non-football illness list earlier this month, which means he will be off the field indefinitely. NFL.com report.
He then tweeted about his team sending a mental health crisis response team to his home, according to the report. bleacher report.
Those posts have since been deleted.
“This is a personal situation and a private matter,” Raiders head coach Josh McDaniels said at the time.
“We’ve dealt with that and we’re not going to talk about it.”
Jones’ career began at New. England He played for the Patriots and then the Arizona Cardinals before being traded to the Raiders last year.
Representatives for the Las Vegas Fire Department, Las Vegas Police Department, the Raiders and Jones did not immediately respond to requests for comment from the US Sun.
