Ex-Patriots star claims he was hospitalized against his will
Former New England Patriots defensive end Chandler Jones has claimed in a social media post that he was taken to Southern Hills Hospital “against my will." He was then placed in Seven Hills Behavioral Health Hospital. People became aware of this after Jones shared three hand-written notes on X, formerly known as Twitter, and started by saying, "First […]
Former New England Patriots defensive end Chandler Jones has claimed in a social media post that he was taken to Southern Hills Hospital “against my will." He was then placed in Seven Hills Behavioral Health Hospital.
People became aware of this after Jones shared three hand-written notes on X, formerly known as Twitter, and started by saying, "First day out but I’m still aligned.”
Along with the notes, he included a photo of the statement of "Patient Rights" from Seven Hills Hospitals. Jones highlighted a few parts that he believes the facility failed to follow.
Jones has not played this season, having been a healthy scratch before being placed on the NFI list last week. He has not been quiet on social media.
The defensive end has included an exact schedule of what happened while he was forced to be hospitalized.
He claims that "5 to 7" members from the Las Vegas Fire Department showed up at his home, where he was put in an ambulance and was injected with something he wasn't made aware of. He added that he had no way to communicate with people.
Jones then added that once he received a way to reach out to people, he contacted Raiders s general manager, Dave Ziegler, but did not hear back.
Here is everything he wrote:
"First day out, if my fans & friends were wondering, I was taken in by the Las Vegas Fire Department last week against my will. I was injected with (I don't know what). They said that it was a court hold & the Las Vegas Police put me on it. I haven't done anything wrong. The police said people were concerned about me because of my posts online. I answered my front door and a group of 5 to 7 were there to put me in an ambulance where I was later injected and I asked them not to. I had no cell phone or no communication. I was taken to Southern Hills Hospital and then transferred to Seven Hills where they tried to force me to take meds & injections."
"I called Raiders GM 6 to 7 times asking for help and I wondered if he had me put in here, but he never answered. I even left him voicemails. I was just trying to figure out why I'm not allowed in the building still and why do I have to continue to watch my brothers suffer every Sunday. But no answer. This place (Healthy Heros) is NOT a place for high profile athletes. My first night I slept on the floor & was not offered a bed. My brothers need to bring me decent meals to eat & clothes… My dad comes & reads me Bible verses. Every game that I miss is $1 million. I'm still confused on what I did wrong. I'm stuck here. I'm very sane."
"I workout in my room everyday. Even down the hallway at 3 a.m. if you ask the staff here. All I know is whoever put me in here had bad intentions. I'm too strong of a person to be mentally broken for all of my friends that know me. They know!!"
Jones began his career with the New England Patriots in 2012, being selected in the first-round and later signed a four-year contract with the team. In his fourth and final season with the Patriots, Jones had an incident that required him to get hospitalized.
Prior to New England's AFC Divisional Round game in Jan. 2016, Jones was hospitalized after showing up at the Foxborough Police Station in a disoriented state. It was later reported that he had a bad reaction to synthetic marijuana.
After his time with the Patriots, Jones spent six seasons with the Arizona Cardinals before landing with the Raiders in 2022.
Raiders’ Chandler Jones claims he was hospitalized against his will
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