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By Debra Yeo

American Idol winner Fantasia Barrino was hospitalized Monday night after overdosing on aspirin and a sleep aid.

Her manager, Brian Dickens, released a statement Tuesday, saying Barrino’s injuries were not life-threatening and she would be released from hospital soon.

But a North Carolina police report called the overdose a “serious injury” and classified it as an attempted suicide, according to UsMagazine.com.

Barrino was rushed by ambulance to Carolinas Medical Center-Pineville in her hometown of Charlotte, N.C., at about 8:55pm Monday, according to local media.

The 26-year-old, who won the TV singing competition in 2004, was recently named as the other woman in a divorced suit filed by a North Carolina woman. Paula Cook alleges that Barrino was her husband Antwaun Cook’s mistress and that the pair made sex tapes.

Dickens released a statement to TMZ saying Barrino is “certain that she is not responsible for the deterioration of Cook’s marriage.”

Dickens said Tuesday that Barrino “believed (Cook) when he told her he and Mrs. Cook separated in the late summer of 2009.” Dickens said Barrino was in love with Cook and the two dated “on and off for about 11 months.”

According to UsMagazine.com, Dickens added that, “Fantasia is heartbroken and is sorry for any pain she may have caused. Yesterday, she was totally overwhelmed by the lawsuit and the media attention.

“Fantasia is a fighter and a survivor. This is not the hardest thing Fantasia has endured. Fantasia will be stronger, smarter, and better for it.”

Originally published by thestar.com.