The drug has wiped much of Taylor’s memory of what happened after the attack, which took place in the Mallorcan resort on 21 June, but her friends have helped fill in the blanks.
“They were on the phone to my mum and dad, and their mums and dads who were finding out the best advice which was a cold water shock shower.
“Other friends were on the phone to doctors, the hospital, things like that.”
At the hospital, blood tests revealed she had been injected with gamma-hydroxybutyrate, better known as GHB, as well as an anti-depressant drug.
GHB is a powerful sedative that causes extreme sleepiness and loss of inhibitions – and it erases the memory of what has happened under its influence.
It is notorious as a date rape drug.
Whilst the GHB would eventually work its way out of her system, doctors were worried about the potential for blood infections from the needle.
Taylor, who is a rising football star, is now on anti-viral medications to protect against HIV or hepatitis – but these drugs have themselves taken their toll.
