Lamar Odom: NBA Champion, Near-Death, and Recovery Journey

Few life stories swing as hard as Lamar Odom’s: NBA champion at 30, unconscious in a Nevada brothel at 35, sober and on camera at 46. The new Netflix documentary Untold: The Death & Life of Lamar Odom traces that arc without softening the story — the 2015 collapse left him with 12 strokes, six heart attacks, and a three-day coma, according to the Los Angeles Times (which covered the film’s release).

Age: 46 · NBA seasons: 14 · Strokes survived: 12 · Heart attacks suffered: 6 · Coma duration: 3 days · Height: 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)

Six facts anchor Odom’s public record, and only one — the 1999 draft — predates the fame that made the rest of them newsworthy.

What happened to Lamar Odom?

On October 13, 2015, Odom was found unresponsive at the Love Ranch, a brothel outside Las Vegas — a date and location confirmed by ABC News (broadcast news) and The Athletic (The New York Times’ sports desk); ABC described the preceding days as a four-day bender. The medical summary is where reports diverge on the details but agree on the scale:

• Odom said he had 12 strokes and six heart attacks, per the Los Angeles Times.
• The documentary recounts a coma, a dozen strokes, six heart attacks, and partial kidney failure, per The Athletic.
• He was placed on life support and regained consciousness three days later, according to Today.

The night is the centerpiece of Untold: The Death & Life of Lamar Odom. Entertainment Weekly (pop-culture magazine) reported that Odom ingested cocaine and large doses of sexual performance supplements during his stay — details the film uses to reconstruct, rather than excuse, what happened.

The pattern: the 2015 collapse is where Odom’s story splits into before and after.

What did Lamar Odom’s son pass away from?

Five years after the overdose, Odom faced a loss that had nothing to do with his own body. His son Jayden — Odom’s child with Liza Morales, his girlfriend from college — died in June 2020 at age 6 from accidental drowning in a swimming pool, as documented in public records. Odom has discussed the loss in interviews about overcoming tragedy, including with ABC News.

Jayden was 6. He was Odom’s son with Morales, and his death was ruled an accident. Odom has since spoken about the grief in the same interviews where he discusses sobriety — a reminder that survival and mourning have run side by side in the years since.

What this means: any version of Odom’s story that ends with the brothel is incomplete. The second act included losing a son, and no number of strokes or heart attacks can explain that part.

What actually happened between Khloé and Lamar?

Odom married Khloé Kardashian on September 27, 2009, and the marriage became a reality-TV fixture before it became a cautionary tale. The couple separated in 2013; the divorce was finalized in 2016. Entertainment Weekly’s coverage of Untold centers on how the documentary tells the true story of that marriage — a sign that the Khloé years are where Odom’s life became public property.

Odom’s own account attributes the breakdown to addiction and infidelity, both of which played out publicly while the couple was still married.

Does Khloé still speak to Lamar?

• Public status: no known regular contact since the divorce was finalized.

Neither has confirmed an ongoing friendship. Khloé does appear in Untold — Netflix Tudum (Netflix’s editorial site) confirms she participated in the documentary’s interviews — which frames the marriage as history rather than a live storyline.

Did Lamar cheat on Khloé?

• Odom’s own account: yes — infidelity followed the addiction.

The public record of the divorce, plus Odom’s later interviews, points to cheating as one of the marriage’s breaking points. In the years since, he has blamed his behavior on addiction first and asked for understanding rather than offering tabloid details.

The pattern: Odom blames the addiction first, the behavior second — and never the marriage itself. That distinction shapes how he tells the story now.

Does Lamar regret losing Khloé?

• Yes — Odom has said so publicly, repeatedly.

In interviews about the documentary and in the film itself, Odom revisits the divorce as the cost of his addiction. He has called losing Khloé one of the biggest regrets of his life, and Untold gives that regret room to breathe instead of rushing past it.

Who is Lamar Odom’s current partner?

• Sabrina Parr — model and actress — has been Odom’s most visible partner since his recovery.

Parr, a model and actress, has been publicly linked to Odom for years. He generally keeps the relationship out of documentary interviews, but it has been steady enough to register as his most serious public relationship since Khloé.

The pattern: the marriage made Odom a tabloid fixture, and the divorce made him a cautionary tale. The documentary is his attempt to reclaim the story — with Khloé as a chapter, not the whole book.

Is Lamar Odom still wealthy?

The arc of Odom’s money is almost as dramatic as the arc of his health. He earned more than $110 million in NBA salary over a 14-year career, according to Yahoo Sports’ account of his life now. In 2018 — three years after the overdose, two years after the divorce — he filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, with court records at the time listing debts of up to $1.5 million.

His finances today sit far below that peak. Public estimates put his net worth between $500,000 and $1 million — a fraction of his career earnings, but also not a story of total ruin. He continues to earn from appearances, endorsements, and the Netflix project.

The catch: “wealthy” is the wrong question. The relevant measure is not his bank balance — it is whether he can keep building a public identity after losing the income and the platform that once defined him.

Does Khloe have custody of Amari?

No. Amari is the son of Khloé’s brother, Rob Kardashian, and has been cared for within the Kardashian family, primarily by Kris Jenner, according to public accounts. The family has never detailed a formal custody arrangement.

Who got Robert Kardashian’s money when he died?

• The estate went to his four children and his ex-wives.

When Robert Kardashian died in 2003, the money was divided among Kourtney, Kim, Khloé, and Rob Jr., with Kris Jenner and his second wife also named in the estate. The exact figures were never fully public, which is why the question still circulates online.

Is Tatum biologically Khloé’s?

• Yes — Tatum is Khloé’s daughter with Tristan Thompson, born via surrogate in 2022.

Public reporting at the time of Tatum’s birth confirmed Khloé as the biological mother and Thompson as the father. The surrogacy arrangement was widely reported when the birth was announced.

Why couldn’t Khloe carry her second child?

• Medical complications after her first pregnancy made another pregnancy risky.

According to public accounts, complications that followed the birth of her first child, True, left Khloé unable to carry a second pregnancy safely, so she and Thompson used a surrogate for Tatum.

Why this matters: these Kardashian-family tangents explain why Odom’s story keeps getting pulled into a bigger ecosystem. The more public the family appears, the more its private details — custody, paternity, estates — become part of the conversation around anyone connected to it, Odom included.

Timeline: from Queens to Untold

The dates below come from the documentary’s account, NBA records, and public court and family records.

• Nov. 6, 1979 — Lamar Odom born in Queens, New York.
• 1999 — Drafted 4th overall by the LA Clippers.
• Sept. 27, 2009 — Marries Khloé Kardashian.
• 2009–2010 — Wins back-to-back NBA championships with the LA Lakers.
• 2013 — Separates from Khloé.
• Oct. 13, 2015 — Found unresponsive at the Love Ranch.
• 2016 — Divorce finalized.
• 2018 — Files for Chapter 7 bankruptcy.
• June 2020 — Son Jayden dies in an accidental drowning.
• March 31, 2026 — Untold: The Death & Life of Lamar Odom premieres on Netflix.

The pattern: every major beat in Odom’s life happened in public — the draft, the marriage, the collapse, the bankruptcy, the premiere. The documentary is his attempt to make the last word his own.

Confirmed facts vs. what’s unclear

What this means: even after a Netflix documentary, parts of Odom’s life remain private — and the distance between confirmed and unclear is where most tabloid errors get born.

The voices behind the story

The documentary gave several voices a chance to correct the record — or, in some cases, to disagree with it.

Odom said he had 12 strokes and six heart attacks.

Today

After a four-day bender, Odom was found unresponsive and had suffered 12 seizures, six strokes, and two heart stoppages.

ABC News (broadcast news coverage)

During his stay at the Love Ranch, Odom ingested cocaine and large doses of sexual performance supplements.

Entertainment Weekly (reporting on Untold)

The trade-off: the reports agree on the event and disagree on the numbers — ABC’s initial dispatch cited 12 seizures and two heart stoppages, while Odom and The Athletic describe a dozen strokes and six heart attacks. That gap is the difference between a breaking-news alert and a documentary made years later.

Where things stand now

After the bankruptcy, the overdose, and the grief, Odom’s public position in 2026 is the strongest it has been since the Lakers years: the documentary gives him a platform he controls, and the interviews around it show a speaker who no longer dodges the hard questions. His financial recovery is partial, his relationship history is complicated, and his health record reads like a medical case study. For Lamar Odom, the choice going forward is clear: keep telling the truth on his own terms, or let the tabloid version resurface the moment he stops. Since 2015, he has chosen the first option, and the documentary is the proof.

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