Former NBA star Lamar Odom was reportedly arrested and booked for driving underneath the affect early Saturday morning in Las Vegas, TMZ reported.
Together with the DUI cost, the 46-year-old was hit with two visitors violations for driving over 41 miles per hour over the set pace restrict and improper lane change/failure to take care of lane.
Per TMZ, Odom continues to be in police custody on the time of writing.
The incident isn’t a primary for Odom.
The 2-time NBA champion has publicly struggled with alcohol and drug abuse, and he was arrested for a DUI in Los Angeles in 2013.
In October 2015, Odom had an enormous scare when he almost died of an overdose earlier than his ex-wife, Khloé Kardashian rushed to the scene and located him unconscious at Nevada’s Love Ranch brothel.
From there, the Quenns native went right into a coma and later claimed he didn’t willingly take the medicine he took that evening and has accused both the brothel’s proprietor Dennis Hof or somebody working for Hof for being answerable for the incident.
Afterward, after recovering, Odom admitted in a 2021 Fb Stay interview with “Dependancy Discuss” that he was “actually damage” and “embarrassed” after coming to following that evening in 2013.
Odom, who had a 14-year NBA profession, has been open about his sobriety lately.
In 2021, he admitted to taking ketamine to help his sobriety.
“I went to rehab and did another issues, however ketamine got here into my life on the proper time,” Odom mentioned on “Good Morning America” on the time.
“I’m feeling superb,” he added. “I’m alive, I’m sober, I’m blissful.”
