Nashville councilmember reports being drugged at restaurant

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - A member of the Metro Council had to be rushed out of a Nashville restaurant due to a drugged beer over Labor Day weekend, according to their account on social media.

Olivia Hill wrote about the incident in an online post on Tuesday:

“Last weekend, I was drugged at a restaurant here in Nashville,” Hill wrote. “I had less than a beer that night — maybe half — when suddenly my words slurred, my food spilled from my hands, and my body started shutting down. It happened so fast that Bianca had to get help from strangers in the restaurant just to get me safely out the door. She was terrified, and at first thought it might ruin me politically if she called 911 because I genuinely appeared to be drunk. She got me home, stayed by my side, and prayed I would come around."

Hill continued: “By 2:00 a.m., I woke up and started asking questions. I knew something terribly wrong had happened, so I asked her to take me to the ER. At Vanderbilt, doctors ran every possible test for a stroke, heart attack, or other medical emergencies. Thankfully, my heart is strong. My body is sound. But the truth is clear: my drink had been compromised."

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Hill goes on to contemplate possible motivations and describes what happened:

“What chills me is the ‘why?’ Was I meant to be arrested for public drunkenness? Shamed on video to discredit me? Or worse…was a fake ride share waiting outside, ready to take she and I somewhere we might never come back from?“ It feels intentional. Two glasses were brought to our table. However, Bianca never drinks beer from a glass; she prefers a bottle. So I was the only one that drank from the glass. I believe both glasses were compromised, and by pure chance, she drank from the bottle.

“What many don’t realize is that hospitals don’t routinely test for drugs like GHB — the same drugs predators use to incapacitate people. Survivors are often left without proof, just trauma and unanswered questions.

“I can’t ignore that just a day before, I was on national television (TMZ LIVE). Maybe it’s coincidence. Maybe it’s not. But whether this happened to me because of who I am — or simply because predators exist — the truth is, it could happen to anyone."

Hill thanked the strangers who helped at the restaurant and the medical staff at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, and then asserted that the incident would not have the desired effect that the culprits desired.

“I am still here. I am still standing. And I am not going anywhere,” Hill wrote. “If those who targeted me thought they could intimidate me into retreat, they miscalculated badly. I have carried burdens heavier than this, and I will use every ounce of my strength to make sure no one else has to endure what I did. This is not the end of my story—it is the fuel for the next chapter."

Officers with the Metro Nashville Police Department responded and took a report from Hill, and concluded that since nothing was found in her system and no direct threats were made, an investigation into the matter was not necessary.

The report stated, however, that the doctor at Vanderbilt admitted that the drug screening did not test for Rohypnol or GHB.