Lex McAllister, a contestant on the season 14 of The Bachelor, was pronounced dead yesterday from an apparent suicide attempt. She was 31.
According TMZ, a 911 call was placed on Saturday afternoon around 2 p.m., with the caller saying that she had received a text from Lex earlier that day about her wanting to end her life. When the caller went to check on her, it looked like Lex had taken prescription pills in abundance.
She was then taken to a hospital in stable condition, but her body started to shut down. Her family decided to take her off life support and she died Tuesday morning. According to one of Lex’s family members, she struggled with depression and bipolar disorder.
The bubbly blonde was vying for Jake Pavelka’s heart during season 14, but was unfortunately eliminated early on in the show. However, she grabbed the public’s attention once again after Pavelka and Vienna Girardi – the eventual winner – broke up. McAllister publicly sided with Girardi, saying “I find it hard to believe that she is guilty of anything negative in the breakup … except for falling in love with a man whose heart was clearly not available for her in the first place.”
Gia Allemand, one of Lex’s fellow contestants, committed suicide in 2013 by hanging.
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