Porn actress Emily Willis was found unresponsive at a Malibu rehab facility where she was being treated for addiction, and is in a “vegetative coma” and “fighting for her life,” her family said.
The 25-year-old adult film actress, whose real name is Lizzi Lala Banulos, went into cardiac arrest on February 5th and was in a celebrity rehabilitation center for eight days, according to her stepfather, Michael Willis. he told TMZ.
Willis, who has more than 2 million followers on Instagram, was rushed to a hospital in Thousand Oaks, California, where she remains in a coma and on a ventilator.
Her condition is stable, but the family is preparing for the worst, her stepfather said.
“Emily is still in a vegetative coma and fighting for her life,” her brother Michael said in an update to the online fundraiser.
“We’ve been watching her slowly recover, but it’s going to be a difficult road ahead.”
Law enforcement sources previously told TMZ that Willis suffered an apparent overdose, but Michael said doctors told the family that initial toxicology tests were negative.
“I would like to make it clear that, to the best of my doctors’ and my family’s knowledge, the reports of an overdose are not accurate. At the time of the incident, Emily was receiving the treatment and help she needed to overcome her difficulties. ” Michael said in an update.
“She retired from the adult industry about two years ago and had aspirations to succeed in other areas of entertainment. Those who worked with her on her new career path believe that she was able to make her dreams come true. “I knew I had the potential to do it,” he added.
In an initial announcement of a fundraising page that had raised more than $32,000 as of Friday morning, the family is asking for help to “shine a light in the lives of our precious daughter, sister, and everyone who knew her.” He said there was.
“Emily’s recent hospitalization changed her world, and ours, and set in motion an incredibly tough and unexpected battle. Emily demonstrated her incredible strength and courage to the fullest. “I’m fighting for it,” Michael wrote.
Her stepfather told TMZ that the family does not have access to Emily’s funds, but the funds are locked and no relatives are listed as beneficiaries.
