Lamar Odom: Brothel owner told Kardashian family to 'go to hell' after being asked to stay silent
Odom was found unconcious in the Love Ranch on Tuesday
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Your support makes all the difference.The owner of the brothel where Lamar Odom was discovered unconcious has hit out at the Kardashian family after his hospitalisation, claiming they asked him not to speak to the media during an appearance on the Nancy Grace show.
The former NBA player was discovered face down and unresponsive in a room at the Love Ranch brothel, owned by Dennis Hof, in Crystal, Las Vegas, on Tuesday morning. He was stabilised and taken to the Sunrise Hospital and Medical Centre, where he is reportedly on life support.
The Kardashian/ Jenner family were pictured leaving the hospital on Thursday after flying to be by his side earlier this week. Khloe Kardashian remains at the hospital and is reportedly in charge of his medical decisions because their divorce is not yet finalised. The pair married in 2009 and separated in 2013.
Mr Hof said: “I got a call from their publicist today saying, 'Are you going to do any media?' and I said yes I'm going to go on the Nancy Grace show.
“And she said ‘please don't do that, we'd rather have Khloe say what needs to be said’.
“I told her to go to hell.”
A representative for Kardashians said they politely asked Hof to respect their privacy. The family has not commented publicly on Odom’s condition.
On Thursday, CNN mistakenly used a picture of LaMarcus Aldridge during a segment about Odom’s hospitalisation, prompting accusations of carelessness from viewers.
The network used the wrong picture during its live coverage of Odom’s condition on Thursday and the error was pointed out by a number of Twitter users. The network has not commented on the mistake.
Authorities are now retracing the events leading up to the moment Odom was taken ill in a bid to determine what caused him to be found unconscious.
A staff member at the brothel told 911 dispatchers Odom had taken cocaine before arriving at the Love Ranch. He also reportedly took 10 over the counter supplements used as herbal viagra, which are sold at the brothel.
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