Jim Irsay Discovered Unresponsive, Blue Throughout Suspected Overdose In December, Cops Say

Jim Irsay was discovered laying in his mattress unresponsive, chilly to the contact and gasping for air throughout a suspected overdose in December … this in accordance with police in Indiana.

Carmel Police Division paperwork, obtained by TMZ Sports activities, present cops have been dispatched to Irsay’s Carmel residence on Dec. 8 at round 4:30 AM … after somebody stated they’d discovered the Indianapolis Colts proprietor unconscious on a toilet flooring with a blue pores and skin tone.

When police first arrived on the scene, they are saying Irsay had been moved to his mattress … the place he was struggling to breathe and had a weak pulse and constricted pupils.

Police say within the docs an try to wake him with a sternum rub was unsuccessful. They added, although, that after administering one dosage of Narcan — a drug generally used to revive individuals in opiate overdose conditions — “he responded slightly.”

Cops say they have been ready to connect an AED to Irsay — however paramedics arrived and “took over lifesaving efforts.” Irsay was ultimately transported to a close-by hospital through an ambulance.

Officers famous within the paperwork {that a} caretaker offered them a listing of the drugs Irsay had been taking … although they wrote within the report, “At this time, it is unknown what Mr. Irsay had ingested prior to our arrival.” They categorized the incident within the docs as each “overdose” and “overdose/poisoning.”

Irsay had not been seen round his Colts’ crew within the weeks following the incident … and on Jan. 9, the team announced he’d been coping with a “severe respiratory illness.” The Colts defined in a press release that he would miss a scheduled look in Los Angeles along with his “Jim Irsay Band” whereas receiving remedy for the ailment.

“He is receiving excellent care and looks forward to returning to the stage as soon as possible,” the Colts stated. “We’ll have no additional information at this time and we ask that you respect the privacy of Jim and his family as he recovers.”

We have no idea if Irsay’s latest hospitalization is expounded to the December incident at his house.

Irsay — who’s been the proprietor of the Colts since 1997 — stated in an interview with Andrea Kremer again in November, he is battled dependancy to alcohol and ache drugs throughout his life, requiring a minimum of 15 journeys to rehab. He additionally informed Kremer he beforehand suffered an overdose after he “was trying to detox myself.”

“All of a sudden I started slurring my words and then code blue, I stopped breathing,” he informed Kremer of the OD. “And they revived me, and the doctor goes, ‘Jim, you’re one lucky man because I had signed, virtually, the death certificate.'”