The Indianapolis Colts are on short notice after Wednesday's bombshell report by TMZ that team owner Jim Irsay was found unresponsive and gasping for air after a suspected overdose by police on Dec. 8. showed a reaction.
The team initially announced on January 9 that the 64-year-old was being treated for a “severe respiratory illness,” and re-emphasized those health issues on Wednesday following new information. .
“Mr. Irsai continues to recover from a respiratory illness,” the Colts said in a statement Wednesday. “We have no further comment on his personal health. We continue to ask that the privacy of Jim and his family be respected.”
According to ESPN, the Colts Field-based questions The owner spoke about Irsay's whereabouts in recent weeks before announcing he would be absent from his band's scheduled shows.
On Wednesday, Irsai was found on the bathroom floor of her Carmel, Indiana, home, her skin reportedly blue.
When police arrived, paramedics administered Narcan, a drug used to quickly reverse the effects of an opioid overdose, before transporting him to the hospital, the gossip site reported.
Police classified the incident as an “overdose” and “overdose/poisoning.”
Irsay told HBO Sports in November that he had used opioids and other drugs in the past and that he had been to rehab “at least 15 times” after a near-fatal accident and needed to be resuscitated.
“The doctor said, 'Well, Jim, you're the lucky one, because I was effectively signing the death certificate,'” Irsay says. As told to Andrea Kramer “Bryant Gumbel's Real Sports”
He attributed his addiction to painkillers to a series of surgeries over the years that limited his mobility, including hip and shoulder surgeries.
In 2020, the Irsay family launched the Kick the Stigma campaign, an effort to “raise awareness about mental health and remove the stigma often associated with mental health disorders.”
