| Qmx323 | 10-13-2015 10:01 PM |
Former Laker player Lamar Odom found unresponsive in Nevada
Lamar Odom taken to hospital after being found unconscious at Nevada brothel Quote:
LAS VEGAS -- Former NBA and reality TV star Lamar Odom was hospitalized after he was found unconscious Tuesday at a Nevada brothel, authorities said.
The 35-year-old former Los Angeles Laker and onetime member by marriage of the Kardashian family was in a Las Vegas hospital Tuesday night and there was no immediate word on his condition, officials said.
The Nye County Sheriff's Department was called at about 3:15 p.m. to Love Ranch in Crystal, Nevada, about 70 miles outside of Las Vegas for a report of an unresponsive man needing an ambulance, Sheriff Sharon A. Wehrly said in a statement.
Odom was stabilized and taken to Desert View Hospital in nearby Pahrump, the statement said. Officials then tried to have him airlifted to Las Vegas, but the 6-foot-10-inch Odom was too tall for the helicopter that was available and he was driven by ambulance to Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center.
Hof, who owns the Love Ranch and other legal brothels in Nevada, said his staff had picked up Odom from a home in Las Vegas on Saturday.
"He just wanted to get away, have a good time and relax,'' Hof told The Associated Press in a phone interview.
Hof said Odom was "happy, he was sleeping every night,'' while visiting, but two women went to check on Odom Tuesday afternoon after not hearing from him since early morning and found him face down and unconscious.
| I know it really could be in the NBA thread but I think Lamar is a bit of a household name by now... all thoughts are with him and I hope he pulls through.
He's had a pretty rough couple of years.
Currently in critical condition on breathing support in the ICU. | 