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Austrian influencer and reality TV star Vanessa Mariposa was hospitalized amid recent claims that she'd been drugged and robbed at a party.
Mariposa, 32, shared a video recounting the alleged incident on her Instagram account, which has more than 800,000 followers, on Monday (May 26), claiming she wanted "to use my platform today to talk about something REALLY important."
"I want to share something serious with you, something that happened to me recently and that every woman needs to hear," Mariposa wrote in the caption of the post. "This past weekend, I went to a party with my friend. We were there for about three hours, had three glasses of wine and kept our drinks with us the whole time. But suddenly, both of us started feeling extremely unwell, out of nowhere.
"I couldn’t walk properly, I threw up multiple times and I COMPLETELY blacked out - I lost all memory of the night. That’s when I knew something was really wrong."
Mariposa said that her partner, Luca, and another friend were nearby and felt that "something was wrong" before taking the two women back home safely. The influencer said she and her friend were rushed to the hospital the following day, at which point doctors found traces of date rape drugs.
"Later, the doctor found out that someone had slipped date rape drugs into our drinks. I was robbed - my Cartier bracelet was taken off my wrist and my SIM card was removed from my phone. I’m convinced the people who did this had far worse intentions.. otherwise, they wouldn’t have drugged us or taken steps to stop us from calling for help," Mariposa wrote.
"I’m sharing this because I want every woman out there to stay alert. Don’t trust anyone blindly. Never leave your drink unattended, she added. "Something far worse could have happened to us that night. Please take this seriously."
Mariposa has appeared on the reality television series Power Couples and The 50.