Screw publisher Al Goldstein is scheduled for a sanity hearing next Tuesday, and is currently being held in the psych ward of a hospital, where he was rushed by ambulance Monday after being found semi-conscious in his office by an employee.
Goldstein is being held at St. Vincent's Medical Center. "He was really upset - he said they could hold him a month, two months, even indefinitely," Linnea Quigley, Goldstein's fiancée, told AVN.com. "It sounds like he's cooperating more - and that could help him get out."
Doctors are saying that Goldstein is suicidal, a diagnosis that Quigley feels is incorrect. "I talked to him at eleven that night. I called him at the office. He had called here before I got here, about 8:30, and said he didn't feel good.
"I think he might have taken one too many Ambian, or maybe had a reaction because he takes so many medicines," suggested Quigley.
Goldstein himself has also suggested it was a medical mishap that led to his semi-conscious state, not an intentional overdose.
"I took a sleeping pill," Goldstein told the New York Post, speaking from the hospital. "I was unconscious because of a diabetic attack."
Goldstein cited the medicines he takes to combat osteomyelitis, a recent surgery, and his diabetes as contributing factors towards his recent comatose condition in court. In April, Goldstein was comatose during his attempt to rescind the guilty plea he entered in regarding the alleged harassment of his ex-wife.
The judge decided the plea should stand, and Goldstein is currently serving three years of probation.
Employees of Goldstein's at Screw have said in the past that it is not uncommon to see Goldstein undergo similar "black outs" while at the office.
Goldstein's legal situation has been further complicated. On Saturday, Goldstein went on a radio show and announced the name and phone numbers of his probation officers, an action similar to his announcing the name and phone numbers of his ex-wife, which led to the charges he is currently on probation for.
Goldstein is currently not allowed to leave Manhattan as part of his probation. As a result, his June wedding to Quigley, originally planned to take place in Florida, may be moved to New York.
