Demi Moore Saves "Tweeter" from Suicide

Actresses Demi Moore and Nia Vardalos were linked to an online chain of Twitter posts that ultimately led to Florida authorities intervening Friday when an 18-year-old man threatened to commit suicide.Moore's Twitter account, mrskutcher, was among those responding to a message from an 18-year-old man threatening to hang himself in his front yard in Casselberry, north of Orlando. Moore -- with more than 2.5 million followers -- and husband Ashton Kutcher are both active on the social network.Vardalos' account included a message that she had called a suicide hotline and been connected to Florida police. "I gave his name+city. They went to home, helped him," one message read.The Seminole County Sheriff's Office said authorities received two calls around 2:30 a.m., one from California and one from Vancouver, British Columbia. Both callers reported the suicide threat on Twitter. There was no record of the callers' names, Lt. Sonia Pisano said, however WFTV obtained a recording of a call involving Vardalos, who starred in "My Big Fat Greek Wedding."911 dispatcher: "Where are you located?"Vardalos: "I'm in Los Angeles."911 dispatcher: "And how do you know (deleted)?"Vardalos: "I don't know this person. I'm reading a Twitter. His Twitter page is public and I saw it on Demi Moore's page, because I follow her."Deputies went to a home and took the man to a hospital, Pisano said.The teen's mother told the deputy responding that her son "was very emotional and diagnosed with obsessive compulsive disorder," according to a report released Friday by the sheriff's office. Her son was sitting at his computer desk crying when he told the officer he "did not know what to do with himself without help" and admitted to posting the tweet.The man was then placed in protective custody.WFTV tried contacting both actresses about the incident, but their publicists said they aren't saying anything about it.Moore's Twitter account was involved in a similar case last April, when a California woman messaged that she was going to kill herself. San Jose police said they took a woman to a hospital for "psychiatric evaluation" after someone called about a tweet sent to Moore threatening suicide.