Gunshots were reported at the home of actor Stephen Collins to the Los Angeles Police, according to the Huffington Post. Police investigated, but said they found nothing to indicate gunfire.
Collins is under media scrutiny after TMZ released a secret recording of a therapy session that reportedly contains Collins describing to his wife how he molested prepubescent girls and exposed himself to them. TMZ stated that their sources say the molestation described on the tape occurred 20 to 40 years ago.
Collins' Tarzana neighbor, former "Baywatch" actress Donna D'Errico tweeted "That guy from 7th Heaven lives right around the corner from me & just shot himself a few minutes ago..." TMZ reported that D'Errico tweeted a photo of six police units that had responded to the report of a gunshot.
TMZ also stated sources close to Collins said that Collins was not in that location and had "been in communication all night."
D'Errico has since removed her original tweet and released an apology.
Collins was reportedly fired from "Ted 2" and resigned from the National Board of the Screen Actors Guild, according to The Huffington Post.
Collins' attorney Mark Vincent Kaplan told TMZ, "Over the course of my representation of Stephen in the divorce case, Faye has repeatedly threatened to give this audiotape to the media unless Stephen agreed to pay her millions of dollars more than that to which she was legally entitled."
"When these demands were rebuffed, Faye attempted - without success - to peddle the tape in numerous ways to numerous different people," Kaplan continued. "It appears that she has finally found an audience for this tape - not surprisingly, on the eve of the trial in the divorce case where, again, she is seeking millions of dollars more than that to which she is legally entitled."
CNN's New Day pointed out that the statute of limitations on all alleged events has passed and Collins can not be charged for those crimes.
