“Buffy the Vampire Slayer” actor Nicholas Brendon was hospitalized after suffering a “heart attack,” his sister revealed.
“Nicky is now doing well but had to be rushed to the emergency room about two weeks ago due to a cardiac event (tachycardia/arrhythmia),” she captioned a series of photos on Brendon’s Instagram on Monday showing him in an ambulance and a hospital. is visible.
“Some of you may remember he had a similar incident last year after his second spine surgery (for Cauda Equina), but this time. He is trying to get a little more rest and is concentrating on medical appointments.”
The ‘Criminal Minds’ actor underwent spinal surgery to treat paralysis of his genitals and legs, which was exacerbated by having to sleep in a concrete-floored cell after his arrest for prescription fraud, his manager claimed.
“During the arrest, they were not completely careful about his condition,” Theresa Fortier added. “It has exacerbated the symptoms of his previous injury and the paralysis is starting to reappear. He may have cracked another disc or [had] everything fell out of line.
“So sleeping on a cement floor with other inmates wasn’t exactly conducive to healing and it aggravated his injury and he’s been in tremendous pain with numbness and paralysis ever since,” she explained.
Brendon, 51, was arrested and charged with prescribing fraud and for refusing to identify himself while under arrest for an offense in August 2021.
It was the latest in a string of legal woes, with the actor having been arrested twice before in 2015 before entering rehab that same year.