Jayson Williams Arrested And Hospitalized

Former New Jersey Nets Jayson Williams was arrested and hospitalized this morning after being tasered early this morning for tearing up his New York hotel room and acting “violent” and “suicidal.”

Williams attorney Joe Hayden tells TMZ that the former NBA star, who is currently under evaluation at St. Vincent’s Hospital:

“has no knowledge of a suicide attempt or being suicidal” and is at the medical facility for a “medical condition.”

And also added that Jayson “has not been arrested.”

Sources are saying that Williams will be staying in the hospital overnight for observation.

It all began around 4:28 am  when a woman reportedly called 911 on Jayson saying he was causing a disturbance and that alcohol and/or prescription drugs were involved.

Cops later confirmed that empty prescription drug bottles were found at the scene and they also had to taser Jayson, handcuff him and send him over to St. Vincent’s for psychological evaluation.