Lamar Odom is fighting for his life after suffering heart failure induced by a four day binge at a Nevada brothel where he took up to ten herbal Viagra.
The professional basketball player, 35, was found unconscious with liquid pouring from his mouth and nose at Dennis Hof’s Love Ranch South, in Pahrump.
His ex-wife Khloe Kardashian has rushed to the Nevada Hospital where he is being treated and was described as completely inconsolable. Her sister Kim Kardashian West and mother Kris Jenner are understood to be with her.
TMZ reports that the 35-year-old is also in a coma as his lungs and kidneys suffer serious problems.
Odom had been taken by ambulance to the nearby Desert View Hospital, where doctors intubated the basketball player, but he did not regain consciousness.
He then had to be taken to the Sunrise Hospital in Las Vegas by ambulance for further treatment because at 6'10'', he was too tall to be airlifted.
His former LA Lakers team mate Kobe Bryant has also been seen entering the Sunrise Hospital to visit Odom after leaving his team's game against Sacramento Kings early last night.
Meanwhile speaking outside the facility, Odom's personal trainer Fareed Samad said he believed his client has suffered a 'momentary lapse' and had previously been working out for three hours a day in a bid to get fit.
He explained: 'This is all of a sudden. He was doing so well and was looking to get back to fitness.
'Next thing you know someone calls and tells me he is unconscious.'
Asked why he thought the NBA star had gone to the brothel, Mr Samad added: 'When he wakes up we will find out.'
Odom arrived at the legal brothel, the Love Ranch, in Crystal over the weekend and ordered a bottle of cognac.
It is understood that a female worker at the ranch last saw him at around 6am on Tuesday morning.
Fellow ranch workers Ryder Cherry and Monica Monroe then discovered the basketball player unresponsive that afternoon and immediately called for a manager.
Brothel owner Hof told DailyMail.com that an employee saw liquid pouring from his mouth and nose.
He said there were no signs that Odom had been doing drugs other than the herbal Viagra substitute.
'It’s terrible. You got people, the girls that found him, out here that are very upset,' said Hof. 'I hope he lives.'
Hof estimated that Odom had possibly taken 10 of the herbal Viagra substitutes but would not say if the athlete was a regular at the establishment.
However, the basketball star's estranged father Joe has spoken out, saying he believes that his son was drugged.
He told Hollywood Life: 'Somebody drugged my son. 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 need all his fans to send him well wishes. If Khloe knows anything about this, please, tell her to call me. We all love Lamar and want him to pull through this.'
Odom is a two-time NBA champion and won a Bronze medal at the 2004 Olympic in Athens.
Reed Cowan of News 3 Las Vegas spoke with another of Odom's trainers outside the hospital who said he had been training hard and dropped 35 pounds, but that things would go wrong when Odom spoke with his ex-wife.
Meanwhile the NBA star's former team the LA Lakers released a statement saying they had no other information and that none of their players had been in contact with Odom.
In 2009, Odom married Kardashian after a whirlwind romance, but by 2013 she had filed for divorce.
TMZ said at the time that Kardashian's decision to file for divorce was the result of Odom's usage of 'hardcore recreational drugs.'
Later that month Odom was arrested for DUI and refused to be tested, resulting in a one-year suspension of his driver's license.
He entered a rehab program shortly after but left just 24 hours later. The divorce was finalized this past July.
The Kardashians have yet to comment on the incident but Kylie Jenner did abruptly end a live stream she was doing on Tuesday evening, writing on Twitter; 'Had to end my live stream. I love you guys.'
Odom has two children from a previous relationship with Liza Morales; Destiny, 17, and 13-year-old Lamar Jr.
The couple had a third child, Jayden, who died aged 6½-months from sudden infant death syndrome.
Odom was reportedly partying at the ranch alone the past five days, without any of his friends. Prostitution is legal in Nevada.
His NBA career has deteriorated over the past few years, and he was waived by the New York Knicks in July 2014.
Odom was also seen confronting Kardashian this past August shortly after the pair divorced, ambushing her early in the morning as she headed into a workout.
TMZ reported that Odom screamed at Kardashian demanding she speak to him as she tried to make her way into a Soul Cycle class.
She ignored Odom who then grabbed her arm as she screamed; 'Get off of me, get off of me. Stop. Stop.'
When someone asked Kardashian if they should call the cops, Odom yelled at the individual; 'You're not going to call the cops on Lamar Odom.'
Kardashian then ran to her car and drove away from the scene.
He was interviewed by TMZ shortly after and said: 'It's hard for me to keep my composure, to everybody that I know and that supports me I'm sorry but that's it, the dog has to fight back.
'Ya'll beat me down, degraded me, said I would do everything in the world. I'm a womanizer, a f**king drug addict, everything. I probably couldn't even get f**king hired at Home Depot right now because of how people look at me, it's over...If it happens again I will air everything out.'
In June, Odom's best friend Jamie Sangouthai died at the age of 37 as the result of a flesh-eating disease caused by dirty needles.
Another friend, Bobby Heyward, died just days later of a reported drug overdose.
Odom appeared to be doing well of recent, having started a new Instagram account just a few weeks ago and posting old photos and videos of himself playing basketball while also showcasing his healthy eating habits by sharing meal pictures.
One of those photos showed him playing for the Los Angeles Lakers when they won the NBA Championship.
'Feels just like yesterday,' he wrote next to the picture.
Khloe meanwhile had shared a photo of some of the books she was reading just before the tragic incident, including Black Butterfly.
Barnes & Nobles writes that author Robert Drake penned the book 'for those who have lost someone in death and in life.'
Odom had a difficult childhood but still managed to excel at basketball.
His father was a heroin addict and his mother died of colon cancer when he was just 12-years-old, but despite all this he went on to play basketball at the University of Rhode Island and then went pro.
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