NEWTON ON SUICIDE WATCH IN REHAB
Actor MATTHEW NEWTON has been placed on suicide watch in rehab.
The Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities star is currently undergoing treat ment in Sydney for the second time this year (10) following an alleged bu st-up with his girlfriend, Transformers star Rachael Taylor.
A day after he was admitted to the facility, the actress took out an ap prehended violence order against the star, alleging she was the victim of two "gravely serious" attacks by Newton while they were vacationing toge ther.
Newton’s parents, Bert and Patti, opened up about their fears for their son on Monday’s (30Aug10) edition of Australian news show A Current Affa ir - and revealed their son is under observation from experts who fear he may take his own life.
When asked if he has threatened to kill himself, Patti said, "Many time s".
She explained, "He’s the saddest I’ve ever heard anyone sound. He’s jus t so sad. He knows what’s happened. He knows what he’s done. Hopefully, m edication will help him sort it out and work out why he needs all this me dical help. All Bert and I can do is be very sorry for everything that he has done to cause any hassle with anybody." Patti also revealed she warned Taylor to be "careful" in the relationsh ip because of Newton’s behaviour.
She adds, "I told her many times that she had to be really careful and I worried about her, and I told her… a long time ago that: ‘You have to be careful. He needs help. He needs medication’. And that’s no excuse fo r what he did. I think we were all aware there was a bomb about to go off somewhere, sometime." Newton’s mother admits she has spoken with the actress since the incide nt that led to the split and the AVO order: "I don’t think we have to say anything to Rachael. Rachael spoke to me the night she was leaving (Matt hew) and she said he’s very sick - very, very sick, he needs psychiatric help, and I said, ‘I know, I agree’."
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