NBA player Ryan Anderson has revealed his struggle to come to terms with the suicide of his girlfriend, “Bachelor” contestant Gia Allemand, in a new interview with Sports Illustrated.
The New Orleans Pelicans forward found Allemand, 29, hanging from a vacuum-cleaner cord “so tight around her neck that at first he couldn’t loosen it” in August 2013. She died a short while later.
Anderson, 26, fell into despair after she was taken off life support. He returned to basketball in September.
Anderson took to Twitter after an outpouring of support from readers.
Read the article at SI.com.
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