Peaches Geldof Suffers Drug Overdose

Allie @ Gone Hollywood | Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Peaches Geldof is reported to have been treated by paramedics after collapsing following a suspected drug overdose at her home.

The 19-year-old daughter of Sir Bob Geldof is believed to have been revived by a friend who reportedly gave her the kiss of life as they waited for the emergency services.

The paramedics arrived at Miss Geldof’s home in Islington, North London, on Sunday afternoon.

A spokesman for London ambulance service said: ‘We were called on Sunday at 4.45pm to an address in N1 to reports of a female patient taken ill.

‘We sent an ambulance bicycle responder and a fast response car, but following assessment the patient did not require hospital treatment.’

According to reports in the Sun newspaper, Miss Geldof could not breathe for several minutes and a friend had to give her mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.

After receiving treatment Peaches was said to be petrified that her 56-year-old father, the former Boomtown Rats singer, would find out after he publicly said he would go ‘ballistic’ if she ever turned to drugs.

She reportedly began to yell at the paramedics that treated her, shouting: ‘You have to respect my privacy’, before refusing to go to hospital and ordering them to leave.

The teenager will not face any charges over the incident.

A Scotland Yard spokesman said: ‘Police were called at about 4.45pm on Sunday by the London Ambulance Service to an address in Islington following a 19-year-old woman taken ill. When police arrived no offences were disclosed. No further police action will be taken.’

Earlier this year, Miss Geldof was spotted allegedly handing over money for drugs. Her mother, TV presenter Paula Yates, died of an overdose in 2000.

source: Peaches Geldof ‘treated by paramedics after suspected overdose’ [daily mail]