Ted Cruz's daughter 'okay' after report of self-inflicted wounds
By: Dan Carson (Chron)
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HPD responded to a Tuesday night call concerning a teenage individual with self-inflicted stab wounds at the River Oaks home of U.S. Senator Ted Cruz.
Houston police responded to the River Oaks home of Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) on Tuesday night after receiving a call concerning an injured individual on the premises, ABC 13's Jessica Willey reports.
HPD officials told Willey that an unidentified teenager was transported from Cruz's home to a nearby hospital after authorities arrived at the residence. The senator's office has since issued a statement on the incident. Cruz and his wife Heidi are parents to two daughters.
"This is a family matter and thankfully their daughter is okay," a representative told Willey. "There were no serious injuries. The family requests the media respect their daughter's privacy at this time."
As of Wednesday morning, Cruz has not addressed the incident on his oft-used social media accounts. The junior senator from Texas has spent much of the last month vigorously stumping for Georgia U.S. Senate candidate Herschel Walker in the former football star's failed runoff election against Democratic incumbent Raphael Warnock, which was decided Tuesday night.
Cruz recently confirmed he will seek reelection to serve a third term in the U.S. Senate in 2024 and did not rule out a future presidential run.
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Nice to hear the girl is okay. Kids are just along for the ride when they have controversial public figure parents.
Something isn't right. Self inflicted stab wounds????
Some teenagers cut themselves. I think this issue has been around for a while.
I know that. Just seems weird. I guess her father's limelight has affected her mentally. Sad.
They do that when they feel they have no control over things. Cutting is a way of gaining control
I think you're right.I hope they get her help
Just guessing, but I think the girl cut herself, the parents found out, and called the police, rather than deal with it themselves, in order to "escalate" the situation and make the girl see her behavior on a larger stage.
Never understood that. Cutting.
Here’s hoping this incident will get her the help she needs. Let the family be in dealing with an obviously serious situation.