Former NBA and reality TV star, Lamar Odom was hospitalized on Tuesday after he was found unconscious at a Nevada brothel by two prostitutes, authorities said.
L-R: Lamar Jr, Lamar Odom, Khloe Kardashian and daughter Destiny at the 2011 Teen Choice Awards
Following a weekend of partying and popping pills containing an herbal Viagra substitute, 35-year-old former Los Angeles Laker player, Lamar Odom who is an ex husband of Khloe Kardashian, was admitted in a Las Vegas hospital on Tuesday after he was found unconscious at a Nevada brothel.
The professional basketball player was at Dennis Hof's Love Ranch South in Pahrump when the incident happened on Tuesday afternoon, days after he first arrived on Saturday.
Lamar is the estranged husband of Khloe Kardashian (above in May 2012), who filed for divorce in 2013
His ex-wife, Khloe Kardashian as well as her sister Kim and mother, Kris Jenner are by Odom's side, and a representative for Khloe called the ranch to go gather Odom's belongings according to Hof.
According to TMZ, he is in a coma as his lungs and kidneys suffer serious problems as he was discovered in his room unconscious by ranch workers, Ryder Cherry and Monica Monroe who immediately called for a manager.
The Love Ranch brothel, Nevada, where Lamar Odom was found unconscious by two ranch workers before being rushed to hospital
Cherry describes herself as a booker at the ranch while Monroe is thought to focus on 'high end' clients.
An employee turned the basketball player over and discovered liquid pouring out of his mouth and nose. He was taken by ambulance to the Desert View Hospital hospital, where doctors intubated him but he did not regain consciousness, he was then taken by another ambulance to Sunrise Hospital in Las Vegas because he was too tall at 6'10" to be airlifted.
Cherry (left), Monroe (right), were just two of the women working at the 24hr brothel on Tuesday
Dennis Hof also owns the Moonlite BunnyRanch in Carson City and he is the star of HBO's Cathouse series
In a phone interview, below is what Dennis Hof, who owns Love Ranch and other legal brothels in Nevada, told The Associated Press:
"My staff picked Odom up from a home in Las Vegas on Saturday. He just wanted to get away, have a good time and relax.
"He was happy he was sleeping every night while visiting, but two women went to check on Odom on Tuesday afternoon, after not hearing from him since early morning, and they found him face down and unconscious. When they turned him on his side at the direction of a 911 operator, Odom started throwing up all kinds of stuff.
There were no signs that Odom had been doing drugs other than the herbal Viagra substitute. It's incredibly sad,'' said Hof.