Former NBA star Lamar Odom was clinging to life Tuesday after he was
found passed out and frothing from the mouth on the floor of a Nevada
brothel, authorities and the bordello owner said.
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The Queens native, who checked in Saturday and had been partying with
women for several
days, had apparently been using an herbal substitute
for Viagra, though it was not clear if the supplement affected his
condition.
The 6-foot-10 former forward, who was married to reality TV star Khloé Kardashian for six years, was staying at Love Ranch Vegas, one of the establishments brothel operator Dennis Hof owns.
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Odom was featured on "Keeping Up with the Kardashians" and starred in the spin-off "Khloe & Lamar." |
Kardashian is by Lamar’s side at Las Vegas’ Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center, a source said.
He is now in a coma with a failing heart and "serious problems" with his
liver and kidney after being found unconscious shortly after 3 p.m. at
the brothel, TMZ reported.
“This is serious,” Hof told the Daily News. “He might not make it.”
A Pahrump Valley Fire and Rescue Service ambulance arrived at the
brothel, about 70 miles west of Las Vegas, at 3:34 p.m., the Nye County
Sheriff’s Office said. Odom was taken to Desert View Hospital and
stabilized.
The former Laker, 35, was then taken by ambulance to Sunrise Hospital in
Las Vegas for further treatment. His large frame made it impossible to
airlift him, authorities said.
Odom’s distraught father cried foul, according to reports.
“Somebody drugged my son,” Joe Odom told Hollywood Life. “There’s no way he’s down there partying crazy like that. No way.
I knew something was wrong because I’ve been calling him all day and he
hasn’t been answering. I’m depressed right now — this is messed up!”
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