M&S model Noemie Lenoir found unconscious after suicide attempt in Paris

By Peter Allen In Paris

Drastic action: Noemie Lenoir, pictured here in a campaign for M&S, has been found unconscious after trying to commit in suicide Paris

Top model Noemie Lenoir has been found unconscious after trying to commit suicide in a wood outside Paris.

The 30-year-old, who has become a household name in the UK after spearheading a Marks & Spencer advertising campaign, was found slumped on the floor in a forest in La Celle-Saint-Cloud, on the outskirts of the French capital.

She is believed to have formulated a potentially deadly cocktail of alcohol and drugs at the home of her on-off boyfriend Claude Makelele, the ex-Chelsea football star who is father to their son, Kelyan, five.

A man out walking his dog found Ms Lenoir’s body on Sunday afternoon and called the emergency services straight away.

‘After coming too, Noemie was in a state of great distress and clearly very ill,’ said a source close to the model. ‘She had clearly attempted to harm herself and had fallen unconscious.

‘She was rushed to a nearby hospital and treated for the effects of poisoning. It seems that she had tried to commit suicide as a cry for help. She’s now in a far better condition and recovering.’


Turbulent relationship: The model has a five-year-old son with her on-off boyfriend Claude Makelele, the ex-Chelsea football star


Household name: Noemie in a Christmas advert for M&S with, from left, Erin O'Connor, Twiggy and Myleene Klass


Police in Paris confirmed the tragedy, with a spokesman saying : ‘A young woman age 30 was found unconscious in La Celle-Saint-Cloud on Sunday afternoon.

'She was rushed to hospital for treatment for the effects of an overdose. She is now recovering well.’

Ms Lenoir and Makelele have had a turbulent relationship since 2003, when they first started going out together.

The midfield, who retired from international football two years ago and this week rejected an offer from French national football coach Raymond Domenech to join France's World Cup squad, had often been linked with other women


Cry for help: The model was rushed to hospital after taking a potentially deadly cocktail of alcohol and drugs at Makelele's home


Stunning: Pictured, left, on a photshoot on Miami Beach in December 2008 and, right, in another ad campaign


source: dailymail