“Buffy the Vampire Slayer” actor Nicholas Brendon was hospitalized after suffering a “cardiac incident,” his sister revealed.
“Nicky is doing fine now but he had to be rushed to emergency about two weeks ago because of a cardiac incident (tachycardia/arrhythmia),” she captioned a series of photos showing Brendon in an ambulance and a hospital.
“Some of you might remember he had a similar incident after his second spinal surgery last year (for Cauda Equina) but this time. He is trying to get a little more rest and has been concentrating on medical appointments.”
The “Criminal Minds” actor underwent spinal surgery to treat paralysis he was experiencing in his genitals and legs, which was worsened by having to sleep in concrete-floored jail cell after his arrest for prescription fraud, his manager claimed.
“During the arrest they were not quite careful with his condition,” Theresa Fortier added. “It has aggravated the symptoms of his previous injury and the paralysis is starting to reappear. He may have burst another disc or [had] everything fell out of alignment.
“So sleeping on a cement floor with other inmates was not exactly conducive to healing and it aggravated his injury and since then he has been in immense pain with numbness and paralysis,” she explained.
Brendon, 51, was arrested and charged with prescription fraud of a controlled substance and for a refusal to identify himself while stopped for an infraction in August 2021. It was the latest in a series of legal woes, with the actor previously having been arrested twice in 2015 before heading to rehab that same year.