The 35-year-old Lamar was discovered earlier this week after an apparent drug overdose that left him unconscious inside a brothel in Nevada. His breathing was consistent but he seemed to be in a deep sleep-like state, said Richard Hunter, a Love Ranch spokesman and one of the people who called 911.
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Former National Basketball Association star Lamar Odom was conscious and able to say “Hi” to estranged wife Khloe Kardashian, a source with knowledge of the situation said Friday.
While Odom and Kardashian were widely reported to have filed for divorce in December 2013, citing irreconcilable differences, California court records obtained Wednesday by NBC News show that the divorce still hasn’t been finalized. One of the big issues is the use of cocaine along with the herbal substitute for Viagra, which is a potentially deadly combination.
Lance admitted Khloe and her family felt they had to “cut off” Lamar when they no longer felt they could help with his substance abuse problem. Doctors have told friends and family that this is a good sign of improvement because a critical organ is responding.
The owner of the brothel where Lamar Odom was discovered unconcious has hit out at the Kardashian family after his hospitalisation, claiming they asked him not to speak to the media during an appearance on the Nancy Grace show.
Odom, 35, won two National Basketball Association championships as a forward for the Los Angeles Lakers. Several media outlets are also crediting Khloe for flying out Odom’s father Joe, who has been seen outside the hospital. “We ask for your continued prayers”, it read.
The Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center in Las Vegas, where Odom, 35, was being treated has declined to comment on his condition, citing patient confidentiality. I just tried to learn a lot from him professional-wise.
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The sources told E!, which is owned by NBC Universal, that medical personnel informed them that the onetime Los Angeles Lakers champion had multiple drugs in his system when he was rushed from the Love Ranch to the hospital on Tuesday afternoon.
