Lamar Odom’s speech improving during therapy, family says
Published 3:00 pm Thursday, October 22, 2015
- FILE - In this April 30, 2012, file photo, Khloe Kardashian Odom and Lamar Odom from the show "Keeping Up With The Kardashians" attend an E! Network upfront event at Gotham Hall in New York. A family representative says Lamar Odom has left a Las Vegas hospital and is now in the Los Angeles area to continue his recovery a week after being found unconscious at a Nevada brothel. Alvina Alston, publicist for Odom's aunt JaNean Mercer, said Tuesday, oct. 20, 2015, that the former NBA star was transported by helicopter from Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center in Las Vegas around 5 p.m. Monday. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, File)
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lamar Odom’s family says his speech is improving as he undergoes therapy in Los Angeles more than a week after the former NBA star was found unconscious in a Nevada brothel.
A statement released Thursday by Alvina Alston, publicist for Odom’s aunt JaNean Mercer, says Odom “is beginning to gradually flourish both mentally and physically.”
Alston calls Odom’s therapy regimen “aggressive,” but she does not elaborate.
A day earlier, Odom and reality star Khloe Kardashian filed a court petition dismissing a divorce filing from December 2013.
Kardashian has been by Odom’s side since he was found in extremely critical condition Oct. 13 at the Love Ranch brothel in Crystal, Nevada, and hospitalized in Las Vegas.
The brothel said workers saw him drink alcohol and take supplements sold as “herbal Viagra.”
