Fortensky Still Listed as Critical
Larry Fortensky, the ex-husband of actress Elizabeth Taylor, remained hospitalized in critical condition Friday after falling down stairs in his San Juan Capistrano home.
Authorities Friday released 911 tapes indicating that Fortensky, 46, had been intoxicated at the time of the incident.
“He’d been drinking quite a bit,” an unidentified woman told the 911 dispatcher at 3:06 a.m. Thursday.
The woman added that Fortensky was knocked unconscious by the fall and was bleeding from the mouth. Paramedics arrived at his home within minutes and took him to Mission Hospital Regional Medical Center in Mission Viejo.
Hospital spokeswoman Karen Prestia said Friday that Fortensky was in critical but stable condition.
Fortensky, a construction worker, met Taylor at the Betty Ford Center in Rancho Mirage in 1988.
Times wire services contributed to this story.
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