Brooke Shield’s Mother Checked Out Of Nursing Home By Journalist

A journalist who wanted a tabloid story apparently checked Brooke Shield’s mother, who suffers dementia, out of her nursing home on Thursday. According to police the freelance journalist took Teri Shields, 75, to a restaurant next door to the nursing home where she was found unharmed.

“I intend to take every lawful action against all who were involved or who authorized this despicable act,” Brooke Shields says in a statement to PEOPLE.

“My mother Teri Shields has been diagnosed with dementia. For her safety, she has temporarily been in a senior living facility, a very difficult decision for me,” she says. “Late Thursday afternoon, I was alerted by Old Tappan Police that my mother had been signed out of the facility by two reporters of the National Enquirer … who falsely claimed they were friends of hers.”

“They then drove my 75-year-old mother around looking for a tabloid story. As anyone knows who has a parent who suffers from dementia or Alzheimer’s, it is one of the most difficult experiences you can go through as a son or daughter. The idea that the National Enquirer took advantage of her state is reprehensible and disgusting.”

How horrible! The National Enquirer crosses the line all the time in order to get a story. As of yet no one has been arrested and the case is under investigation.

Source, Photo Source: WENN

Published 5/16/09 by

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