Did Hasselhoff Make Phony Suicide Call?

David Hasselhoff lied to cops when he allegedly called 911 to report that his younger daughter attempted to commit suicide, according to his estranged wife, Pamela Bach. And Bach tells TMZ Hasselhoff made the call out of pure revenge.

TMZ first reported that police and paramedics responded to Hasselhoff''s 911 call Sunday night. Multiple police sources told TMZ the former "Baywatch" star reported that his younger daughter was "cut" and it was a suicide attempt. Now Pamela Bach tells TMZ that her daughter never attempted suicide and that David knew it. Bach claims David used his daughter as a pawn, telling Bach, "You're going down. I'm calling the police."

Hasselhoff Family Cat
Bach says her daughter was scratched by the family cat Sunday night at around 6 p.m. She says her daughter was crying uncontrollably, so she called David and suggested that it might be appropriate for the girl to see a psychologist on Monday. At that point Bach claims David began ranting that he would call the police and bring her down.

Bach says at around 8 p.m. the police and paramedics arrived and said that David had called in a suicide attempt, so by law they had to take the girl to the hospital. She was released shortly after arriving there.

Hasselhoff's publicist Judy Katz tells TMZ that Hasselhoff became alarmed when his older daughter called to say her sister was bleeding. Hasselhoff denies telling 911 about a suicide attempt, but his publicist says the 911 operator may have interpreted it that way. Hasselhoff, who was getting ready to board a plane for a film festival, left town without visiting his daughter.

Bach says Hasselhoff deliberately concocted the story to make her look like a bad parent. Hasselhoff denies he even spoke with Bach Sunday night, and says the allegations are false.



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46. FAT LITTLE GIRL NEEDS ATTENTION..................

Posted at 11:31PM on Sep 25th 2006 by gregg

47. Call me crazy but this sounds like a mom (Pamela Bach) who was worried about her daughter's over reaction to a simple scatch from the family cat. She is right to realize that there may be a deeper reason for this and that she needs psychological counseling to deal with the fact that her family is falling apart and reached out to him for help with the situation. Her father's overeaction to this episode (for what ever reason) only makes worse for the former couples' daughter. It is so sad that Mr. Hasslehoff can not see this and work together as a team to help their children work through this instead of just thinking about their own pain and needs. Speak from experience and learned quickly thank god.

Posted at 1:34AM on Sep 26th 2006 by Jodi Kvidera

48. He is a very creepy guy. I hope his kids come out of this stuff ok.

Posted at 9:03AM on Sep 26th 2006 by Kerry

49. He calls in his daughter's suicide and then gets on a plane without going to see this supposedly suicidal child? At the very least he is guilty of being an incompetent father but it really does sound like he just twisted things to give his wife trouble.
If it was a crime to be a total jerk he could be convicted in a heartbeat!!!

Posted at 7:53AM on Sep 27th 2006 by Marsha

50. David should be arrested for filing a false police report. And if he was so concerned about his daughter attempting suicide, why did he not rush right over to her house to check on her. Can you imagine how embarassing and humilated that poor girl was having the police show up for a cat scratch. And why in the world did her mother call the father for a cat scratch.

They are at war, leave the kids out of your mess.

I say pull the tapes from that night and see just who is mistaken. I bet any money it was David.

Note to David: You are a has been. And you should be castrated for involving your daughters in the mess you and your wife made of your lives, not your children's lives, although they will be the ones to suffer for your selfishness and hatred toward the woman who gave birth to your children. GROW UP. GIVE THE KIDS A BREAK AND ALL THE NECESSARY HELP THEY ARE GOING TO NEED.

Posted at 9:55AM on Sep 27th 2006 by Sweet Peaches

51. As a parent of a teenage daughter who is a "cutter," the first time I noticed scratches on her arm she said the cat scratched her..... If I was a betting woman, I would bet my life on the fact that his teenage daughter cut herself!!!!! They have my deepest sympathy if that is the case. Perhaps it will make them wake up and see what their fighting is doing to their children.

Posted at 10:41AM on Sep 27th 2006 by LINDA OWEN

52. The whole situation is a sad example of a wife afraid of anything that happens to the children, the ex husband is going to find some excuse to get back at her.

If this man was concerned enough to call 911, why with his OWN daughter taken to the emergency room, did he still leave town to go to a film festival, and NOT even stop to see her.

Not a one of you has pointed that out. HE needs to get his priorities straight. HE made enough money from Baywatch, does he really crave exposure and money so much, that he leaves town.

It sounds to me, like the kids are on edge from this horrible fighting which still seems to be going on between the two parents.

I agree with the ONE post that stated HOFF needs more therapy, but I doubt he will get it, the man has walked out on rehab more then once.

My kids used to watch Knight Rider, and enjoyed it. As they got older, the boys watched Baywatch on occasion, and Hoff seemed to be a good guy role model on that.

I am sorry to see him reduced to the person he seems to be now , vindicative, erratic, only concerned about himself, maybe he was always an egotist, and we are just seeing his true colors come out now.

I feel the most for his two children, they may have luxury, but they dont have peace of mind, with the parents on edge all the time. HOFF grow up.

Posted at 12:33AM on Sep 28th 2006 by Beth Augerinos

53. Teen DRAMA Queen !

cat-scratch?????
they better keep an eye on that one!....she'll be trying to OD on Tylenol next !

Posted at 10:41AM on Sep 28th 2006 by coolmom4pink

54. David is really in need of help. Any father that would call a phoney suicide attempt in for a child and then board an airplane is truly a sick person. He is just into making other people look bad instead of taking the blame for his own actions!

Posted at 6:10PM on Sep 30th 2006 by elynn

55. How frightened the poor girl must've been.Bad enough that she was scratched by her cat.But,to be used as a pawn from an insensitive anal retentive infantile penis suffering a**hole who thinks it is ok to use his own child to hurt the mother.How frightened she must've been to be taken by force to the hospital in an ambulance and put on suicide watch .THE MAN SHOULD HAVE NAILS SHOVED THROUGH HIS GENITALS....I HATE MEN OR ANYONE THAT USES THEIR OWN KIDS OR ANY KIDS TO HURT ANOTHER PERSON.THE ONLY PERSON YOU HURT IS THE KIDS AND THEY NEVER RECOVER EMOTIONALLY FROM THIS....
This all needs to be taken to the judge and the judge needs to cut any visitations with that old bastard.

Posted at 1:34PM on Oct 1st 2006 by Shiela

56. TMZ has recently uncovered that a restraining ordr has been taken out against Mr. Boots..

He is not allowed to enter the residence and is only allowed to have visitation under court ordered suppervision.

Man the cat always comes out the short end of the stick. But I got a feeling he will be OK in the end.... Go Bootsie

Posted at 1:33PM on Oct 2nd 2006 by Grady the MuleTMZ

57. I just want to say that both david and pamela need to get a life, and think about their kids and what they are doing to them. I used to think that david was a neat guy but now I don't know what his problem is, so they could either clean up their acts, and try to get along or just have big problems later, it's up to them!

Posted at 11:06PM on Oct 25th 2006 by Cecily

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