Newly obtained 911 audio from August is giving the public a clearer picture of what happened at Perez Hilton’s home. On the call, his sister Barbara Lavandeira tells a Miami-Dade dispatcher that her brother is“covered in blood”and“having a meltdown.”She described him as suicidal and self-harming, said he had a box cutter or a knife, and confirmed he was awake and breathing in the bathroom. She also explained she had already stepped outside with her daughter and Hilton’s three children, and that she didn’t believe he would harm anyone else.
That call connects to the livestreamed August 4th incident that led to Hilton’s hospitalization. He later required surgery after significant blood loss and was moved into a residential treatment facility. Since then, his mother Teresita Lavandeira has been granted temporary custody of his three children, and Hilton has had limited supervised visits with them.
The story lands at a weird intersection of mental health, privacy, and the internet’s appetite for raw moments. A family emergency that would normally stay behind closed doors became public in real time, and now even the 911 call is out there. It’s worth sitting with that before hitting share. What do you think about 911 audio being released in cases like this?
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