Fantasia Barrino overdosed on “aspirin and a sleep aid” Monday night, but her injuries are not life-threatening, her manager said.
The overdose came the same day she read a court complaint from a woman who alleged that Barrino carried on a year-long affair with her husband, according to manager Brian Dickens.
Barrino publicly acknowledged the affair in a statement Tuesday issued by Dickens that said “Fantasia fell in love with Mr. Cook and believed that he loved her.”
“Fantasia is heartbroken and is sorry for any pain she may have caused,” Dickens said in a written statement to CNN. “Yesterday, she was totally overwhelmed by the lawsuit and the media attention.”
The former “American Idol” winner was hospitalized overnight but was expected to go home Tuesday, Dickens said.
The police report obtained by CNN said Dickens called 911 to report the overdose at the singer’s home in Charlotte, North Carolina.
In a child custody case filed last week, Paula Cook charged that Barrino and her husband, Antwaun Cook, became romantically involved last August.
The singer fell in love with Cook based on lies he told her, Dickens said.
“Fantasia believed Mr. Cook when he told her he was not happy in his marriage and his heart was not in it,” Dickens said. “She believed him when he told her he and Mrs. Cook separated in the late summer of 2009. She believed Mr. Cook when he told her he lived elsewhere.”
Cook even took her to a residence where he claimed he lived apart from his wife, Dickens said.
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