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   FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Former Florida Democratic candidate for   
   governor Andrew Gillum is named in a police report Friday saying   
   he was “inebriated” and initially unresponsive in a hotel room   
   where authorities found baggies of suspected crystal   
   methamphetamine.   
      
   Gillum, the former Tallahassee mayor who ran for governor in   
   2018, is not charged with any crime. The Miami Beach police   
   report says Gillum was allowed to leave the hotel for home after   
   he was checked out medically.   
      
   Gillum, 40, said in a statement that he was in Miami Beach for a   
   wedding and did not use illegal drugs.   
      
   “While I had too much to drink, I want to be clear that I have   
   never used methamphetamines,” Gillum said. “I apologize to the   
   people of Florida for the distraction this has caused for our   
   movement.”   
      
   According to police, fire rescue crews were called to the Miami   
   Beach hotel around 1 a.m. Friday regarding a suspected drug   
   overdose. Police say Gillum and two other men were in the hotel   
   room.   
      
   “Mr. Gillum was unable to communicate due to his inebriated   
   state,” the police report says.   
      
   Police say one of the men came into the hotel room and found   
   Gillum and Travis Dyson, 30, apparently under the influence of   
   an “unknown substance.” Officials began chest compressions on   
   Dyson and he was taken to a local hospital, where authorities   
   say he is in stable condition.   
      
   Gillum, meanwhile, had stable medical signs when authorities   
   returned for a welfare check and was allowed to leave the hotel   
   for home, the police report says.   
      
   Gillum was the first black nominee in a major political party to   
   run for governor in Florida. He lost narrowly to Republican Ron   
   DeSantis in the 2018 election.   
      
   Since then, Gillum has mounted an effort to register Democratic   
   voters in Florida and frequently appears on cable news channels   
   as a political commentator.   
      
   In 2019, the Florida Commission on Ethics found probable cause   
   that Gillum violated state ethics laws when he accepted gifts   
   during out-of-town excursions with lobbyists and vendors and   
   failed to report them. This included tickets to a performance of   
   the musical “Hamilton.” A settlement of $5,000 was agreed to in   
   that case.   
      
   https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/former-florida-   
   gov-candidate-found-inebriated-hotel-room-suspected-overdose-   
   n1158336   
        
      
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