As Lamar Odom remains unconscious and unresponsive in his Las Vegas hospital room, more and more details about the past few days are coming out to the public. He is still in a coma after being discovered in a brothel in Nevada Tuesday, as HNGN previously reported, and he has not yet woken up or responded.
As for why the former NBA player was found unconscious, the latest press conference has revealed that there was cocaine found in his system as well as 10 doses of a sex pill called "Reload." When found, he had blood, foam and a white substance running from his nose and mouth.
The scariest thing about this whole incident is that it is still unclear exactly how long he was unconscious for before he was found. The last time he was seen was around 6 a.m. Tuesday by two of the girls at the brothel, but he was not found until much later in the day, Nye County Sheriff Sharon A. Wehrly told Entertainment Tonight. The 911 call took place at around 3:15 p.m., so it is hard to say just how long he had been lying there.
The sex enhancement pills seem to be what everyone is confused and concerned about, as most people have never even heard of them. The FDA says that these pills are very dangerous and that they actually advise consumers to throw them away immediately, according to TMZ. The pills "can lower blood pressure to dangerous levels" and the fact that Odom took 10 of them over the course of three days has them very worried. Odom obtained Reload from the brothel itself, and the Sherriff has taken away all of the remaining inventory in the display case. As for the company responsible for this pill, officials have tried contacting them, but it seems as though they have gone out of business.
This visit to this specific brothel, called Love Ranch, was Odom's first. A spokesperson for the brothel, Richard Hunter, said that Odom scheduled his trip over a week ago and arrived Saturday around 4:30 p.m., according to ABC News. He was given the "best VIP suite" at the place and had an open-ended reservation.
While the over-the-counter performance enhancers were definitely taken during his stay, as it was the brothel who supplied them, they do have a very strict anti-drug policy. Hunter says that Odom was doing cocaine before his visit as he knew about this policy, and that if the women would have seen any drugs, they have the right to "stop the party."
He was accompanied by two women, who he personally picked himself, and sources at the Ranch have told TMZ that he spent about $75,000 in the three days he was there. These two girls were "at his beck and call" the entire time he was there.