French supermodel Noemie Lenoir, best known for advertising Marks & Spencer lingerie in recent campaigns, is recovering after what appears to be a suicide attempt. She was found unconscious lying in a forest on the outskirts of Paris beside a pile of pills and an empty bottle of spirits.

Noemie Lenoir in M&S LingerieIt is believed the lingerie model called an ambulance for herself claiming she ‘felt very ill’ but then made a second call to cancel the ambulance shortly after. Friends suggested that Ms Lenoir’s turmoil may well have been linked to her relationship with multi-millionaire Carl Hirschmann, who is involved in a sex and extortion scandal in Switzerland. Hirschmann, a notorious playboy, has been accused by police of being involved in orgies with young models whom he is said to have plied with vodka-based cocktails called ‘Love Potion’ before videoing them in depraved sex acts.

She also has a 5 year old son with former Chelsea footballer Claude Makelele, and was at his £1million detached home on the day of the incident.