Lamar Odom says he didn’t do drugs before overdose at Nevada brothel and blames owner
Lamar Odom claims he had not used any drugs before a debilitating overdose and subsequent major health crises in 2015 in the new special interview TMZ PRESENTS: Lamar Odom: Sex, Drugs & Kardashians.
In an explosive clip from the interview, the 43-year-old former Los Angeles Laker player claimed he had only had one drink on his first night at the brothel, claiming that the brothel’s late owner, Dennis Hof, had tried to kill him. .
The athlete, who was married to Khloé Kardashian at the time, was found unconscious several days after his stay at the brothel, and workers at the Love Ranch Vegas in Crystal, Nevada, claimed he had used cocaine on his first day there, according to the Los Angeles Times.
He subsequently suffered 12 strokes, multiple heart attacks, and even kidney failure, though he made a miraculous recovery.
Shocking claim: Lamar Odom, 43, claimed he did not use any drugs before his 2015 overdose at a Nevada brothel, blaming the late owner for trying to kill him in explosive new interview TMZ PRESENTS: Lamar Odom: Sex, Drugs & Kardashians which aired Monday on FOx
In the special, which aired Monday night on Fox, Harvey Levin asked Odom why he believed.
‘I dont know. This is only what I can tell you’, replied the former athlete.
I went there. I didn’t do drugs that night. I ended up with drugs in my system,” she continued.
Levin chimed in to point out that Odom was reported to have used cocaine on his first night at the brothel.
“There was only one night, as far as I’m concerned,” Odom replied.
Strange Circumstances: Odom claimed he only had one drink on his first night at Love Range Vegas in Crystal, Nevada, in October 2015. ‘I went there. I didn’t do drugs that night. I ended up with drugs in my system,” he continued.
Clarification: Levin chimed in to point out that Odom was reported to have used cocaine on his first night at the brothel. “There was only one night, as far as I’m concerned,” Odom replied; the room Odom stayed in at Love Ranch
Waking up: “I got there, had the drink and woke up three days later ripping tubes out of my neck, not knowing how I got there, unable to talk or walk,” he claimed.
“I got there, had the drink and woke up three days later ripping tubes out of my neck, not knowing how I got there, unable to talk or walk,” he said.
After Levin asked him if he was “sure” he didn’t use drugs, he replied: “As much as I’m sure, I’m a black man sitting across from you.”
The basketball player appears to dispute the initial report that he had initially used cocaine upon arrival at the brothel.
According to the LA Times, workers at the brothel reported that he had used cocaine on his first night while calling 911 to report that he was found unconscious.
Richard Hunter, a spokesman for the ranch, claimed at the time that he was found to have “a bunch of white stuff” coming out of his nose, along with “pinkish red fluid.”
A different story: Brothel workers said in 911 calls that she had used cocaine on her first night, though it was unclear if she used it on subsequent nights. It was also reported that she took 10 doses of a Viagra-like male sexual performance supplement; seen in April 2021
Hunter also claimed that Odom had taken 10 doses of the Reload 72-Hour Strong Sexual Performance Enhancer for Men supplement, which supposedly works in a similar way to Viagra, during the three days he was in the brothel, although it is unclear whether he used other drugs at all. throughout his life. Stay.
Although initially in a coma, Odom was reportedly on the mend a little over a week into his health crisis, and has made a miraculous recovery ever since.
Following his health crisis, Odom’s then-wife Khloé Kardashian put their divorce proceedings on hold to help ensure he received proper medical care.
Elsewhere in the new interview, he confessed that a drug binge with another woman that occurred during his marriage got so out of control that the woman he was with called Khloé for help.
Tense situation: Odom was married to Khloé Kardashian at the time, though she was in the process of divorcing him. She put the divorce on hold to help make medical decisions for him; seen in 2012 in Los Angeles
“I’m getting so heavy on drugs that the woman gets on my phone and calls Khloe like, ‘You have to come get him. He’s freaking out, he’s going to kill himself,'” she recounted.
The two were rushed to get married in 2009, having only known each other for 30 days before getting married.
They separated in 2013, though Khloé stayed by his side to help him through his recovery before resuming their divorce, which was finalized on December 9, 2016.