娱乐英语新闻:Former "Idol" champ hospitalized after apparent suicide attempt

BEIJING, Aug. 11 (Xinhuanet) -- Fantasia Barrino, the "American Idol" season 3 champ, was hospitalized Monday after overdosing on aspirin and a sleep aid, according to media reports.

"Her injuries are not life threatening. She was dehydrated and exhausted at the time," her manager Brian Dickens said. "Fantasia is stable now. She will be released from the hospital soon.

The fomer "Idol" champ was immediately taken to Mercy South Hospital at Carolinas Medical Center in Pineville, California,  after the apparent suicide.

The incident comes after Barrino was named in a court filing alleging that she was having an affair with Antwaun Cook, a married man.

Fantasia Barrino arrives at the 51st annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles February 8, 2009.

Last week, Cook's wife filed court documents that allege that her husband and Barrino began a "covert adulterous affair" in August 2009 and that the two made a sex tape, which led to the couple's divorce.

Barrino read the complaint on Monday and though she calls some of the allegations "totally false," she is "heartbroken and is sorry for any pain she may have caused."