Paula Abdul "Shocked, Deeply Saddened" by Dead Fan Found Outside Her Home

Us Magazine - November 12, 2008 10:23 AM PST
Story photo: Paula Abdul Paula Abdul arriving for the New York Premiere Screening of "HAIRSPRAY" at the Ziegfeld Theater. July 16, 2007.Us Magazine
A rep for Paula Abdul says the American Idol judge is "shocked and saddened" after a 30-year-old woman was found dead in a parked car outside her Los Angeles home on Tuesday. The car is registered to Paula Goodspeed, a season 5 Idol contestant, TMZ.com reports.

I am deeply saddened and shocked about what transpired yesterday," she tells Usmagazine.com in a statement. "My heart and prayers go out to her family.

Her rep tells Entertainment Tonight that the woman had been an extreme fan and had "issues." They knew about her for "several years," her rep tells ET.

The license plate to Goodspeed's car read "ABL LV"; a picture of Abdul hung from the rear-view mirror.

The woman's car was found after 6 p.m. on Tuesday after the Los Angeles Police Department received a call. The cause of death may have been a drug overdose in an apparent suicide, according to TMZ.com.

Abdul was working on Idol all day and returned home late in the evening after the scene had cleared.

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  • this is my domain snitches
    that is so sad
    report abuseposted February 9, 2009 12:51 PM PST
  • OMG 30 YEARS OLD HOW SAD
    report abuseposted December 31, 2008 8:58 PM PST
  • cool person
    that is sad news....
    report abuseposted November 13, 2008 1:16 PM PST
  • ♥princess♥aira♥
    whata freak!
    report abuseposted November 13, 2008 12:45 AM PST
  • jogi
    wow, this is weird!!! =.=!!! i mean what the hell??? Alot of Idol stories cooking up before the next season premiers.... wish them all the best. Paula should start looking for a new house.
    report abuseposted November 12, 2008 12:51 PM PST
  • mom
    that was totaly freaky.......Freak
    report abuseposted November 12, 2008 11:18 AM PST
  • glamour
    It wasnt that other site it was this one that you just saw her on last week the milllionaire personals site ****** S H E P U R R S .C O M ********** last week. I am wondering what kind of relationship she is looking for on that site.Is she single again now? &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&am
    report abuseposted November 12, 2008 10:48 AM PST
  • Anna Lee
    I have to agree with shells on this one!!
    report abuseposted November 12, 2008 9:40 AM PST
  • Dane_Boy
    If I listened to Paula's music I would end things too!!
    report abuseposted November 12, 2008 9:14 AM PST
  • Autumnstar
    How terrible. I can't imagine how Paula could not be affected by this somehow. It's awful how some people blur the line between interest and obsession, and haunt celebrities to the point where they can reach the breaking point under that heavy psychologial burden.
    report abuseposted November 12, 2008 9:13 AM PST
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