Paris Jackson rushed to hospital after suicide attempt at California home
15-year-old daughter of Michael Jackson rushed to hospital after cutting wrist, taking overdose of painkillers, according to a family source
The late pop icon Michael Jackson's teenage daughter, Paris, was rushed to a Californian hospital after trying to commit suicide, a family source said, as her relatives appealed for privacy.
The 15-year-old wrote a suicide note and tried to cut her right wrist with a meat cleaver on Wednesday, according to celebrity website TMZ.
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The teenager, whose father died in 2009, was put on a 72-hour psychiatric hold in hospital, a family source said, adding that Paris suffered from depression and had previously reported suicidal thoughts.
"She tried to cut herself," said the source, requesting anonymity, adding: "She really feels like she needs her father … She had been in treatment once before for depression, so this is kind of like a real cry for help.
"She's in good condition. She's not in critical condition."
A sheriff's spokesman said officers had responded to a home in Calabasas near Los Angeles, where Jackson lives, over a "medical situation", but refused to confirm the identity of the person taken to hospital.