David Hasselhoff Taken to Hospital After Drunken Binge

By Chris Jancelewicz Posted Oct 9th 2009 10:41AM

David Hasselhoff was taken to hospital after accidentally hitting a doctor and wetting the bed following an alcohol binge.

The former 'Baywatch' star's staff and handlers became so concerned about his "emotional and aggressive" behaviour following days of heavy drinking at London, England's St. Martins Lane hotel, they phoned Dr. Paul Ettlinger to admit the Hoff to the Capio Nightingale Hospital's rehabilitation unit.

However, when the medical professional arrived, the actor reportedly "lashed out" and accidentally bruised the physician's forehead.

A close friend told Britain's The Sun newspaper: "David is very hard to handle when he drinks, often very emotional and aggressive. On this occasion he became so drunk he wet his hotel bed - ruining two mattresses - and was becoming a real pain for staff. His assistant Joe Townley was so concerned he called out a doctor.

"David was furious and lashed out at him - but mistakenly hit the doctor."

Staff at the hospital were so concerned about the actor's behaviour they were forced to lock him up until the emergency services arrived.

The friend explained: "They decided they had no option but to lock him in the basement until an ambulance arrived."

Hasselhoff was discharged from the $1600-a-night medical centre yesterday after spending two evenings sobering up and recovering in a private suite.

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A fellow patient said: "He was recognized immediately. Everyone was thrilled he was there and wanted to meet him. But the nurses were anxious to make sure he had a quiet time to recover and were telling him he needed vitamins and iron to build himself up."

The 'America's Got Talent' judge has publicly battled alcoholism for years and has been hospitalized on several occasions.

His latest drinking binge reportedly began at the weekend when he joined 400 celebrity guests who were partying at a Hertfordshire mansion to celebrate Simon Cowell's 50th birthday.

David apparently got so drunk he was escorted out of a secret exit and taken back to the hotel.

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Comments

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Friday 09 October

By Wayne

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David Hasselhoff..... what an idiot!

By fenderbass

How mundane our lives are when we have to have interest in an egotistcal moron who pisses his bed. Do these actor/actresses think that their piss doesn't stink? Is this something that we really are interested in?

Saturday 10 October

By vipdevron

I agree 110% with you.I could not have expressed how I feel better! I can't believe any studio would even want to hire this jerk when thre are so many much more talented people around. What a loser he is---just like Nick Nolte

By nina

ouch! that has got to hurt. To bad that no one cares enough to help.....it is not that we care about a celeb and what they do it is that we can learn from these outragious behaviour... so we know what to do and what not to do........

By basinr

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He's got a sickness,that needs addressing,he's a raging alcoholic!!!

Friday 23 October

By yeaIsaidIt

As the saying goes: Growing OLD is MANDATORY, Growing UP is a CHOICE. This OLD rusty A-s needs to GROW UP and sit hisself somewhere and settle down. His TV Hunk days is over... get over it David!!!Admit yourself in a retirement home or something.

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