According to Wonderwall, Alexa Ray Joel has been released from a New York Hospital after swallowing several Traumeel pills in an alleged suicide attempt.
Traumeel is an inflammation regulating homeopathic medication,
Alexa is the daughter of pop singer Billy Joel and model Christie Brinkley. She reportedly left St. Vincent's Hospital after being admitted on Saturday, Us magazine confirms. Her father remained at his home in Oyster Bay, Long Island making phone contact with his daughter up until her release.
The New York Post is reporting that Alexa Ray called 911 herself, telling dispatchers: "Took pills. Want to die." It had originally been thought that a friend of the 23-year-old had been the one to dial for help.
Alexa Ray is the only daughter of the famous couple. Their 9-year marriage ended in 1994.
Reportedly, Alexa Ray had been distraught over a failed relationship with ex-boyfriend Jimmy Riot, who she'd broken up with a few years ago. "She has battled depression,"a source told the NY Daily News. "She had a rough breakup with a boyfriend . . . It was her first love."
In addition it was reported that pressure from her parents' divorce, her mother's divorce from second husband Peter Cook and her father's marriage to a woman not much older than her added to Alexa Ray's stress.
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