Lamar may have suffered stroke

16 October 2015 - 02:47 By Reuters

Former pro basketball player and reality TV star Lamar Odom was reportedly on life support for a second day yesterday after falling unconscious at a Nevada brothel. Odom, 35, the estranged husband of reality TV star Khloe Kardashian, was found unresponsive on Tuesday at Love Ranch, a legal brothel in Crystal, Nevada, by employees who said he had used cocaine and a sexual performance-enhancing supplement, according to the Nye County sheriff.Odom was rushed to the Sunrise Hospital & Medical Centre in Las Vegas, which has declined to comment on his condition, citing patient confidentiality.Media reports, citing unnamed sources, said doctors believe Odom might have suffered an accidental overdose and a stroke.Kardashian was by his side along with friends and family, said the Reverend Jackson, a friend of Odom.Odom's two children from a previous relationship were also with their father, according to celebrity channel E!In a news conference on Wednesday, Nye County Sheriff Sharon Wehrly said authorities received an emergency call from panicked brothel staff, reporting that Odom was unconscious and had blood and a white substance coming from his nose and mouth.Love Ranch owner Dennis Hof said during Odom's three-day stay he had taken large amounts of "herbal Viagra", a non-prescription product which can dramatically lower blood pressure and interact with other medications.The former basketball star split with Kardashian in 2013. Their courtship, wedding and four-year marriage was captured in the television series, Keeping Up With the Kardashians and Khloe and Lamar. According to E!, which airs the popular Kardashian reality series, the couple signed divorce papers in July but are still legally married until a judge approves them...

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