Former Patriot Chandler Jones says he was hospitalized towards his will, ‘injected’ with unknown substance

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“I’m nonetheless confused on what I did improper. I’m caught right here.”

Las Vegas Raiders defensive end Chandler Jones (55) warms up before an NFL football game against the New England Patriots, Monday, Dec. 19, 2022, in Las Vegas. Las Vegas Raiders defensive end Chandler Jones indicated in since-deleted social media posts on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023, that he no longer wanted to play for coach Josh McDaniels and general manager David Ziegler.
Chandler Jones has not performed with the Raiders to this point in the course of the 2023 season. John Locher / AP Picture

Former Patriot and present Las Vegas Raiders move rusher Chandler Jones stated in a social media put up on Monday night time that he was taken to Southern Hills Hospital “towards my will” by the Las Vegas Fireplace Division earlier than being positioned in Seven Hills Behavioral Well being Hospital in Henderson, Nevada.

Jones posted a collection of messages on the social media platform X (previously Twitter) relating to his alleged keep at Seven Hills, which included a number of journal entries, together with an announcement of “affected person rights” from Seven Hills that have been highlighted in areas that Jones believes the behavioral well being facility didn’t comply with.

“I’m nonetheless confused on what I did improper. I’m caught right here,” Jones famous, though his social media put up appeared to point that he was out of the ability on Monday. 

In response to Jones’s journal entries, the 33-year-old defensive lineman alleges that “5 to 7” Las Vegas Fireplace Division officers arrived at his house, telling him that he had been placed on a “courtroom maintain” by the Las Vegas Police Division.

“I haven’t executed something improper,” Jones wrote. “The police stated folks have been involved about me due to my posts on-line. I answered my entrance door and a gaggle of 5 to 7 [LVFD] have been there to place me in an ambulance the place I used to be later injected and I requested them to not. I had no mobile phone or no communication.

“I used to be taken to Southern Hills Hospital after which transferred to Seven Hills, the place they tried to power me to take meds and injections.”

Jones, who added that he was undecided what he was injected with on the way in which to the hospital, stated that he later tried to name Raiders common supervisor, Dave Ziegler, for assist, however obtained no reply.

Jones has not performed this season with the Raiders, and was positioned on the non-football sickness record final week final week by the group because of what the group described as a private matter.

Jones alleged on social media earlier this month that the Raiders despatched a member of the town of Las Vegas’ disaster response group to his home after he criticized group officers equivalent to proprietor Mark Davis, Ziegler, and coach Josh McDaniels.